News: construction is underway on an outdoor bathing lake in Riehen, Switzerland, by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. More about Work starts on Herzog & de Meuron's Naturbad Riehen swimming pool
Milan 2013: Belgian artists Studio Job will present a desk with a golden nose for a drawer handle as part of a collection for Dutch furniture brand Lensvelt at MOST in Milan this week. More about Job Office collection by Studio Job for Lensvelt
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our final movie from Design Indaba in Cape Town, Ben Terrett, head of design at Government Digital Service, explains the design principles behind the new Gov.uk website, which combines all the UK Government's websites into a single site. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about "We're trying to get design out of the way"
Milan 2013: British designer Jasper Morrison unveils an outdoor chair for Spanish brand Kettal at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile today. More about Village by Jasper Morrison for Kettal
Slabs of travertine in two different shades create horizontal stripes across the facade of this house in Melbourne by B.E. Architecture (+ slideshow). More about Cassell Street House by B.E. Architecture
Dezeen promotion: Italian kitchen brand Arclinea will be displaying their latest collection at their Milan showroom from today. More about Gamma collection by Arclinea in Milan
Sloping exhibition rooms fold around curvy courtyards and a fish pond at this art gallery in Beijing - the first completed project by new studio Daipu Architects (+ slideshow). More about Tree Art Museum by Daipu Architects
Milan 2013: architect Rem Koolhaas has unveiled a collection of rotating, sliding and motorised furniture for US furniture brand Knoll (+ slideshow). More about Tools for Life by OMA for Knoll
Milan 2013: an exhibition of new products for Dutch brand Moooi, including lamps shaped like upturned buckets and bathtubs by Studio Job, opens in Milan's Tortona district tomorrow (+ slideshow). More about Unexpected Welcome by Moooi
Milan 2013: Zaha Hadid will present two monochrome pendant lamps for Italian brand Slamp at the Euroluce lighting show tomorrow. More about Aria and Avia lamps by Zaha Hadid for Slamp
Milan 2013: designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec present a courtyard installation of rotating cork platforms for car brand BMW i (+ slideshow). More about Quiet Motion by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for BMW i
News: architects and critics have called for the earthquake-damaged Christchurch Cathedral in New Zealand to be restored to its original gothic appearance after rejecting two contemporary proposals as "bizarre" and "architecturally illiterate". More about Critics reject "clumsy" proposals for earthquake-hit Christchurch cathedral
Milan 2013: British designers Industrial Facility will unveil these three-legged stools for Italian design brand Mattiazzi in Milan this week (+ movie). More about Radice Stools by Industrial Facility for Mattiazzi
News: the estimated cost of Apple's Foster + Partners-designed campus in Cupertino, California, has reportedly spiralled from $3 billion to nearly $5 billion over the last two years. More about Foster's Apple campus nearly More billion over budget
Milan 2013: we've just sent out a special edition of our Dezeen Mail newsletter full of useful information and links about Milan design week, which starts tomorrow - plus read on for details of a party we're co-hosting at Bar Basso on Thursday evening! More about Dezeen Mail: Milan 2013 special
Bright red louvres screen the gabled walls of this office building in Tilburg, the Netherlands, by Dutch architects Équipe (+ slideshow). More about Proyecto Roble by Équipe
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our next movie from Design Indaba in Cape Town, designer Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg discusses synthetic biology - a new field of science that could see designers creating artificial lifeforms. More about "We've been designing biology for 10,000 years"
The designers of a shape-shifting house have now developed a folding table that swings open to change shape from a square to an equilateral triangle. More about The D*Table by The D*Haus Company
Slideshow feature: Zaha Hadid's Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi is pictured in these new images by London photographers Hufton + Crow. More about Sheikh Zayed Bridge by Zaha Hadid photographed by Hufton + Crow
This clinic by architect Kimitaka Aoki in the Ibaraki prefecture of Japan is designed to look like a cluster of smaller buildings (+ slideshow). More about Y Clinic by Kimitaka Aoki of ARCO Architects