News: Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled images of a 40-storey hotel with an exposed exoskeleton that is under construction in Macau, China (+ movie). More about Zaha Hadid unveils sculptural hotel for casino resort in Macau
A wall clad in slabs of red volcanic stone conceals the entrance to this otherwise minimal white house in a suburb of Reykjavík, Iceland, by local office PK Arkitektar (+ slideshow). More about Volcanic stone wall hides doorway into B25 house by PK Arkitektar
Milan 2014: Milan designer Alberto Biagetti has created a furniture collection inspired by his home city that incorporates materials salvaged from its aristocratic palazzos. More about Discarded materials from Milanese homes used to make furniture by Atelier Biagetti
Garments are suspended in front of draped fabric above a steel parquet floor in the new womenswear floor that design studio JamesPlumb has created for east London fashion boutique Hostem (+ slideshow). More about Industrial materials furnish Hostem's womenswear floor by JamesPlumb
Milan 2014: new photography reveals the homes and workspaces of architects including Shigeru Ban, Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield and Daniel Libeskind, ahead of an exhibition in Milan next month (+ slideshow). More about Where Architects Live: inside the domains of Hadid, Chipperfield, Libeskind and more
Feature: as Facebook buys virtual reality headset maker Oculus and Sony reveals its own VR device, Alex Wiltshire explores what the resurgence of this old school technology means for designers. More about Virtual reality: the 1990s technology set to change the world of design
These aluminium CCTV camera cases by Italian designer Eleanor Trevisanutto transform security equipment into animal characters. More about Aluminium animals by Eleanor Trevisanutto disguise CCTV cameras
German industrial designer Konstantin Grcic has created a series of futuristic scenarios as part of the largest solo exhibition of his work at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany (+ movie). More about Konstantin Grcic presents his vision of the future at Vitra Design Museum solo show
Jagged shelving units and scored surfaces were designed to evoke the look of food crates and packaging at this London butcher and delicatessen by local office Fraher Architects (+ slideshow). More about Quality Chop Shop butcher by Fraher Architects references food crates and packaging
Dutch designers including Piet Hein Eek and Roderick Vos are brought together with workshops for makers with disabilities in a new initiative called Social Label (+ slideshow). More about Piet Hein Eek and Roderick Vos collaborate with disadvantaged makers for Social Label initiative
Following Shigeru Ban's Pritzker Prize win, we've collected together his best-known projects from the pages of Dezeen. See our new Pinterest board»
Chris Dyson Architects has added a soot-washed brick extension with a curved wall to a Georgian terraced house and former nunnery in east London (+ slideshow). More about Chris Dyson's curved brick extension completes a Georgian terrace in London
Milan 2014: Dutch designer Richard Hutten will launch a multicoloured chair made from 545 stacked layers of Kvadrat's fabric in Milan. More about Layered fabric chair by Richard Hutten to launch in Milan
Dezeen Music Project: water becomes the main character in this black and white music video created by director Albert Sala for John Matthias's Spreadsheet Blues. More about A watery accident plays out in slow motion in Albert Sala's music video for John Matthias
Charred cedar clads the walls of this house in Aichi, Japan, by architecture studio MDS, while exposed wooden beams create a rack-like effect on the underside of the diagonally slanted roof. More about Charred timber clads walls of Okazaki House by MDS
Milan 2014: British fashion designer Paul Smith has applied his iconic striped fabrics to a selection of furniture by legendary Danish designer Hans J. Wegner, which will be presented in Milan next month. More about Paul Smith upholsters classic furniture designs by Hans J. Wegner in his signature stripes
Each piece in the Folk candle holder range is different but shares the same characteristics, creating a family of objects which work together or individually (+ slideshow). More about Family of candle holders created by Simon Legald for Normann Copenhagen
News dominated this week as Shigeru Ban was awarded the Pritzker Prize, Facebook invested $2 billion in virtual reality, and Marc Newson described the design industry as "really pathetic". Read on for more architecture and design news from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project featured track. More about This week on Dezeen
Pathways slice through the grounds of this hotel and health farm in Portugal's Penafiel region, leading to the entrances of partly submerged buildings designed by Porto firm AND-RÉ (+ slideshow). More about White buildings sink into the landscape at the White Wolf Hotel by AND-RÉ
Shigeru Ban's design for an art gallery opening this summer in Aspen, Colorado, has been demonstrated by a new architectural model, following news that the Japanese architect will receive this year's Pritzker Prize (+ slideshow). More about Architectural model demonstrates Shigeru Ban's new Aspen Art Museum