High-rise living is no longer just for people. A team of architecture students from the University at Buffalo has recently constructed a skyscraper for a colony of bees (+ slideshow). More about Skyscraper for bees by University at Buffalo students
Chinese design studio Neri&Hu will present a collection of wooden furniture for De La Espada in New York later this month (+ slideshow). More about Neri&Hu for De La Espada
Milan 2013: bamboo trees sprouted up around a topographical landscape of stone and water at this installation created by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma in Milan last month. More about Urban Stories: Naturescape by Kengo Kuma
Dezeen archive: popping a cork this afternoon? Check out all the architectural wineries we've previously featured. See all the wineries on Dezeen »
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Milan 2013: Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has created a family of chairs influenced by the shape of a hood for Italian brand Moroso. More about Clarissa Hood armchair and chair by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso
Swiss design studio Aekae has abstracted the logo of accessory brand QWSTION to form textural laser-cut patterns within the outer fabric of these bags. More about Functional branding by Aekae for QWSTION
Huge terracotta wine vaults are concealed beneath a vineyard at this winery outside Florence by Italian firm Archea Associati (+ slideshow). More about Antinori Winery by Archea Associati
This concept for a digital camera would let users look through a hole right in the middle of the ring of sensors, rather than framing their shot on a screen or through a viewfinder (+ movie). More about Digital camera concept by Jared Mankelow
Angular textured garments are accessorised with concrete cuffs in the Autumn Winter 2013 collection by Ukrainian fashion brand DZHUS. More about Overground by DZHUS
Milan 2013: Netherlands-based designer Tomáš Gabzdil Libertíny presented a solid marble chair at the Bagatti Valsecchi exhibition curated by Rossana Orlandi in Milan. More about Bust marble chair by Tomáš Gabzdil Libertíny
This week the Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik scooped the most prestigious European architecture prize, the Mies van der Rohe Award. Read on for more highlights in architecture and design over the past seven days. More about This week on Dezeen
News: a tiny robotic insect that hovers in the air like a fly has been built by scientists at Harvard University (+ movies). More about Tiny robotic insect takes flight
Milan 2013: German designer Ingo Maurer's table without any legs has gone into production with British brand Established & Sons. More about Floating table by Ingo Maurer for Established & Sons
News: JDS Architects has unveiled plans for an M-shaped office building with green terraces in the north of Turkey's largest city. More about JDS Architects reveals green office complex for Istanbul
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in the first of a series of films recorded at the MINI Paceman Garage in Milan last month, MINI head of design Anders Warming explains the thinking behind the brand's presentation during the furniture fair while Johanna Agerman Ross, editor-in-chief of Disegno magazine, gives her opinion on the highlights of the world's most important design week. More about "There's a return to the commerce of the fair"
News: nanotechnology scientists at an American university have 3D-printed a bionic ear that can hear radio frequencies beyond a human's normal range. More about Scientists 3D-print bionic ear that hears beyond human range
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban developed these timber and earth houses for the rehabilitation of a Sri Lankan fishing village that was swept away during the 2004 tsunami (+ slideshow). More about Post-Tsunami Housing by Shigeru Ban
This holiday house with rammed earth walls by US architects DUST is nestled amongst the rocky outcrops and sprouting cacti of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona (+ slideshow). More about Tucson Mountain Retreat by DUST
Milan 2013: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has created a chair with armrests that stretch outwards like limbs for Danish brand &tradition. More about Catch Chair by Jaime Hayón for &tradition
The homes of 27,000 Palestinian refugees will be replaced as part of this reconstruction project underway at Nahr el-Bared, 16 kilometres outside of Tripoli, Lebanon (+ slideshow). More about Reconstruction of Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp