News: the latest attempt to shift the "nerdwear" reputation of Google Glass is a collection of headsets by Diane von Furstenberg that look more like traditional eyewear. More about Google enlists Diane von Furstenberg to turn Glass headsets into fashion accessories
News: Danish studio BIG has been granted $335 million to upgrade Lower Manhattan's storm defences, as one of six winners in the Rebuild by Design initiative to revive parts of the USA struck by Hurricane Sandy (+ slideshow). More about BIG awarded 5 million to improve Lower Manhattan storm defences
Giant panes of glass form the walls of this triangle-shaped maze at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City by artist Robert Morris. More about Glass panes form transparent labyrinth by Robert Morris
Compartments that form the top of this table by Mexican design studio Esrawe Studio allow belongings to be meticulously organised (+ slideshow). More about OCD Table by Esrawe Studio panders to compulsive organisation
Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of five pairs of tickets to the award previews for the 2014 New Designers graduate exhibition this summer. More about Competition: tickets to New Designers 2014 award previews to be won
News: a cultural centre in Arnhem covered in a dense pattern of pale concrete mullions by Rotterdam firm Neutelings Riedijk Architects has won the award for the Netherlands' Best Building of the Year 2014. More about Rozet cultural centre by Neutelings Riedijk Architects wins Dutch Best Building award
A circular doorway provides access to a passage lined with shoes at this futuristic sneaker store in Melbourne by local designers March Studio (+ slideshow). More about Sneaker store in Melbourne by March Studio features tunnel-like interior
A London exhibition of animated gifs allowed visitors to view artworks via a custom-designed app on a smart phone or tablet using augmented reality. More about 15Folds presents augmented reality exhibition of animated gif art
Six timber boxes protrude from the sides of this house in the hills north of Barcelona by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes (+ slideshow). More about Casa GG by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes comprises six wooden boxes
Coca-Cola's London headquarters has relocated to a space designed by UK studio MoreySmith that includes a wall of 5,000 recycled drink bottles (+ slideshow). More about Coca-Cola headquarters by MoreySmith is decorated with vintage memorabilia
New York designer Paul Loebach's flat-pack wooden chair slots together without glue, as demonstrated in a series of vaguely pornographic gifs (+ slideshow). More about Paul Loebach's PEG chair slots together (suggestively)
Fancy paddling on an unguarded rooftop? Or doing lengths in a structure cantilevered from a skyscraper? Following the popularity of yesterday's house with an infinity pool on the roof, here are some of the scariest swimming spots from Dezeen's architecture archives (+ slideshow). More about Special feature: eight extreme swimming pools
After being asked to create "the most outstanding building in the region", Korean architect Moon Hoon inserted a protruding balcony within the curving frontage of this music agency in the South Korean city of Seongnam (+ slideshow). More about Boxy viewing platform punctures a curved facade at Moon Hoon's K-Pop Curve
Footwear designer Silvia Fado has used hydraulic pistons and rubber balls in the heels of these shoes, aiming to improve the wearability of high heels (+ slideshow). More about Silvia Fado designs impact absorbers for more comfortable high-heeled shoes
News: construction is now underway on a 60-storey skyscraper with a segmented pinnacle, designed by architect Daniel Libeskind for Makati, the Philippines. More about Daniel Libeskind breaks ground on Philippines skyscraper
Buildings by SANAA, Herzog & de Meuron, MAD and more appear to pulsate, spin, dance and grow in this series of animated gifs by French architect Axel de Stampa. More about Architecture Animée presents shape-shifting buildings with animated gifs
Swedish studio Form Us With Love has moved into graphic design, creating a collection of prints depicting extreme objects from nature illustrated at 1:1 scale in ballpoint pen. More about Form Us With Love draws giant natural objects for first graphics collection
Inside Festival 2014: in this movie Voon Wong of VW+BS says he'll be looking for interiors projects that respond intelligently to their physical and cultural context as jury member for this year's Inside Festival. More about Good interior design must be "appropriate to its context"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: photographers Iwan Baan and Mette Tronvoll are showing images of Nordic-influenced architecture built in East Africa in the 1960s and 70s, at the Nordic Pavilion during the Venice Biennale this week. More about Nordic countries reexamine architectural influence in Africa for Venice Biennale
Icelandic graphic designer María Rut Dýrfjörð's Hidden World pattern collection references the work of the country's former state architect Guðjón Samúelsson. More about María Rut Dýrfjörð bases textile prints on Icelandic architecture