News: the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has saved most of the structure and "the majority of its contents" but is still working to extinguish the fire that ripped through the Mackintosh building earlier today. More about Firefighters "prevent destruction" of Mackintosh's iconic Glasgow School of Art
Plinths filled with tropical trees and plants were designed by Swiss studio Big-Game, to showcase the finalists of a design prototype competition in Paris organised by fashion house Hermès. More about Big-Game designs indoor oasis for Parisian Prix Emile Hermès exhibition
Artist duo Sofie Lachaert and Luc d'Hanis have recreated a terrace of workers' cottages to house an exhibition of their work at Belgium's Grand-Hornu Images museum (+ slideshow). More about Sofie Lachaert and Luc d'Hanis build temporary housing terrace for exhibition
News: the international architecture community is in mourning for Mackintosh's masterpiece as tributes pour in for "immeasurably" influential building. More about Glasgow School of Art fire "unbelievably tragic", says Steven Holl
News: witness reports people crying in the street as "nightmare" fire continues to burn at the Mackintosh-designed Glasgow School of Art. More about Fears rise for Glasgow School of Art's structural safety as fire rages
News: fire crews are battling to save Glasgow School of Art, the masterpiece designed by Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, from a fire that is engulfing the building. More about Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art devastated in fire: "I think we've lost it"
Milan 2014: Marc Viardot of Swiss bathroom brand Laufen explains the concept behind two installations by Konstantin Grcic and Toan Nguyen, which showcased the company's new slimline SaphirKeramik product in Milan (+ movie). More about Bathrooms aren't getting bigger; good design is about "optimising the space"
News: "In the spirit of Steve Jobs, when I identify that I am no longer 'with it' I'll retire," says Norman Foster as his firm is named Britain's biggest practice. More about Foster + Partners over a third bigger than any other architecture firm in UK
Clerkenwell Design Week 2014: Austrian designer Georg Oehler has used traditional Scottish tweed fabric and British ash wood in this furniture collection, manufactured using traditional carpentry techniques in the Alpine village where he grew up. More about Aesh and Tweed collection by Georg Oehler fuses British and Austrian design
A steel-clad box is perched atop these two interlocking houses in Montreal – the second project on Dezeen this week by Canadian studio Naturehumaine. More about Naturehumaine completes a pair of interlocking houses in Montreal
Clerkenwell Design Week 2014: Danish design duo Busk + Hertzog's scoop-shaped chair for furniture brand +Halle now has optional wooden legs. More about Busk + Hertzog adds wooden legs to Capri chairs for +Halle
Recycled bricks, corrugated cladding and oak flooring were used to build this barn-inspired extension to a house in Melbourne by Australian studio Whiting Architects. More about Whiting Architects adds utilitarian extension to Melbourne residence
New York 2014: New York design gallery and shop Espasso is launching a collection of re-issued furniture by late Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and Polish-Brazilian architect Jorge Zalszupin (+ slideshow). More about Espasso launches Oscar Niemeyer and Jorge Zalszupin furniture re-editions
An exhibition by Dutch designer Joris Laarman includes a blueprint for a chair that can be altered and produced by anyone with a 3D printer, as well as some of the first 3D-printed metal furniture (+ slideshow). More about Joris Laarman Lab explores 3D-printed metal and open-source chair designs in New York exhibition
Opinion: one of Soviet-era Riga's most notorious buildings is now home to an exemplary exhibition that shows how design can be used to tell profound stories about complex political and social histories, says Kieran Long. More about "Design, fashion and architecture hold something mysterious in the objects they produce"
A house with a cantilevered infinity pool by Japanese Pritzker Prize-winner Tadao Ando and bus stops designed by architects Sou Fujimoto, Smiljan Radic and Wang Shu feature in this week's newsletter, plus the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Bjarke Ingel's architecture studio BIG has decorated a set of porcelain tableware with outlines of city skylines from around the world (+ slideshow). More about Bjarke Ingels draws city outlines around porcelain tableware
News: design brands need to remain small to succeed and need "a romantic person" at the helm, according to Vitra owner and board director Rolf Fehlbaum (+ interview). More about "All the design companies together make 10% of what Ikea makes," says Vitra's Rolf Fehlbaum
A pine sculptor's table, industrial workmen's coats and a lone figure suspended from the ceiling have been installed at London boutique Hostem by designers Faye and Erica Toogood (+ slideshow). More about Faye Toogood turns Hostem boutique into "bohemian" artist atelier
Tree-like structures designed to recreate the humidity of a rainforest have been installed by German-Chilean office Gun Architects outside the Architectural Association (AA) in London's Bedford Square (+ slideshow). More about Gun Architects unveils Rainforest pavilion at London's Architectural Association