Design strategy collective Urban-Think Tank has designed and built a prototypical house as part of an initiative to improve housing conditions for slum dwellers in some of the 2700 informal settlements across South Africa (+ movie). More about Urban-Think Tank develops housing prototype for South African slums
This pendant lamp based on a flower by Belarussian designer Constantin Bolimond would open and illuminate when it senses low light. More about Flower-shaped lamp that blooms at night by Constantin Bolimond
A concrete room cantilevers over a swimming pool as part of this extension to a postwar property in Singapore by local office Formwerkz Architects. More about Concrete room cantilevers over a pool at Formwerkz Architects' Extended House
Dutch firm Studio Makkink & Bey has created a collection of furniture for a nomadic future including a backpack that becomes a sofa bed, a carrycot that becomes a table and a walking cane that turns into an illuminated screen (+ slideshow). More about Studio Makkink & Bey create furniture for a nomadic living room
This steel and glass elevator shaft designed by Spanish architecture firm Ah Asociados rises out of a hillside on the outskirts of Pamplona in Spain to connect a suburb with the city (+ slideshow). More about Steel-clad outdoor elevator connects the city and suburb in Pamplona
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: designer Eric Klarenbeek, who displayed a chair made out of 3D-printed fungus at Dutch Design Week in October, says the technique could be used to create larger, more complex structures. More about 3D-printed mushroom roots "could be used to build houses"
Dezeen Mail issue 192 leads with Foster's skinny skyscraper in New York and a new Hollywood campus for arts school Emerson College (pictured), plus includes the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Milan 2014: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will present a reflective glass table for Italian design brand Glas Italia in Milan next month. More about Tokujin Yoshioka to unveil mirrored glass table for Glas Italia in Milan
Dutch shoe brand United Nude and fashion designer Iris van Herpen have collaborated to create crescent-shaped boots for her latest ready to wear collection shown at Paris Fashion Week. More about United Nude and Iris van Herpen design sculptural shoes for her Biopiracy fashion collection
American architect Steven Holl has completed his new building for the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland, where its geometric matte-glass exterior stands in contrast to the decorative sandstone facade of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterpiece across the street (+ slideshow). More about Steven Holl completes extension to Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art
London studio Patalab Architecture made the most of the space inside this awkward-shaped residence in the north of the city by running a staircase along the entire rear wall and adding a door that folds around a corner (+ slideshow). More about Long staircase spans converted London apartment by Patalab Architecture
This house near Madrid was designed by local firm Bojaus Arquitectura as a simple white cuboid punctuated by openings that create windows, porches and patios (+ slideshow). More about Square holes puncture all five sides of Casa H by Bojaus Arquitectura
Maison&Objet 2014: rattan cane encircles furniture in this collection by French design collective Numéro 111 (+ slideshow). More about Rattan cane supports Insulaire furniture collection by Numéro 111
Iconic works from artists including Piet Mondrian, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Marcel Duchamp and more are reinterpreted as cross-sectional drawings of buildings in this series from Italian architect and illustrator Federico Babina (+ slideshow). More about Famous works of art transformed into buildings in Federico Babina’s Archist Series
The three-fingered plan of this rural Californian retreat by Mork-Ulnes Architects is oriented to frame views of a mountain ridge, vineyards and a local landmark named Eagle Rock (+ slideshow). More about Moose Road house by Mork-Ulnes Architects frames the Californian landscape
Designer Martino Gamper has curated an exhibition at London's Serpentine Sackler Gallery featuring classic and contemporary shelving systems that display objects chosen by friends and colleagues including Ron Arad and Marc Newson. More about Martino Gamper curates exhibition at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery
Photo essay: French photographer Romain Veillon explored an abandoned town that is slowly being consumed by the Namib desert to create these images of once-opulent buildings filled with sand dunes. More about Ghost town engulfed by mounds of sand in photography by Romain Veillon
News: American 3D printing firm 3D Systems has created a robotic suit that combines printed parts with motorised components to help paralysed patients stand and walk. More about 3D-printed exoskeleton helps paralysed users walk again
Milan 2014: Kitchen and bathroom equipment is lowered into islands made from engineered quartz material Caesarstone in this animated preview of an installation for the brand by London studio Raw Edges, to be unveiled in Milan next month (+ movie). More about Raw Edges Studio animates kitchen concept for Caesarstone
DMOA Architecten has transformed a former hunting lodge in Belgium into a family home, retaining the eight piers of its original brick facade as a garden feature (+ movie). More about Brick colonnade screens renovated hunting lodge by DMOA Architecten