Dezeen Wire: Bilbao, Cape Town and Dublin have been shortlisted for the title of World Design Capital in 2014. More about Bilbao, Cape Town and Dublin shortlisted for World Design Capital 2014
Dezeen Wire: Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture have won a competition to design the Wuhan Greenland Center in Hubei province, China, which is set to be the world's fourth-tallest building. More about Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture to design world's fourth-tallest building
Family and PlayLab have designed a floating swimming pool for New York that would filter river water through its walls. More about + Pool by Family and PlayLab
Dezeen Wire: new plans by Dixon Jones, Squire & Partners and Kim Wilkie to redevelop the controversial Chelsea Barracks site in central London have been approved by Westminster Council - BBC
Developer Qatari Diar withdrew its earlier plan by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in 2009, following criticism of the design from Prince Charles.
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Shoes are displayed in numbered slots on row after row of plywood shelves at this Sydney shop by Facet Studio of Sydney and Osaka. More about Sneakerology by Facet Studio
Dutch studio Inbo Architects designed these headquarters for a technology company in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, to look like a meteorite that dropped from the sky. More about Decos Technology Group headquarters by Inbo Architects
Portuguese artist Didier Faustino has created a mask that clamps over the faces of a kissing couple. More about Doppelgänger by Didier Faustino
Lego-like blocks are stacked along the walls of this cafe in Chennai by Indian studio Mancini Enterprises. More about Mocha Mojo by Mancini Enterprises
Competition: we've teamed up with illustration magazine WRAP to give away five copies of their latest issue that's designed so every page can be re-used as wrapping paper. More about Competition: five copies of WRAP issue two to be won
Dezeen Wire: designer Enrique Allen has founded The Designer Fund, an organisation in Silicon Valley that supports startup businesses founded by designers - Co.Design
Dezeen Wire: a Chinese firm is planning to build an exact replica of the Austrian village of Hallstatt in the Chinese province of Guangdong - Spiegel Online
Wiggling back and forth across an Amsterdam nature reserve, this curved timber maze by Dutch architect Anne Holtrop was designed to stage an exhibition of landscape paintings. More about Temporary Museum (Lake) by Anne Holtrop
London interior designer Linda Morey Smith is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen she talks about designing the headquarters for Sony Music in London. More about Inside awards: Sony Music Headquarters by Linda Morey Smith
Californian designer Curtis Popp has made a series of round side tables with colourful powder-coated steel legs that pierce each table top. More about Soft side tables by Curtis Popp
Italian architect Andrea Paoletti has completed the interior of a workspace in Rovereto, Italy, that's shared by entrepreneurs from a variety of fields. More about The Hub Rovereto by Andrea Paoletti
Takeshi Hayatsu and Kristin Trommler of London studio 6a Architects collaborated with students at Cardiff University to build a timber-framed tea house with wattle and daub panels. More about Teahouse by Takeshi Hayatsu and Kristin Trommler
Moss is expected to grow on the perforated aluminium skin of this museum extension in San Sebastián by Spanish studio Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos. More about San Telmo Museum Extension by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Dezeen archive: following our popular story on the smartphone with an old-fashioned rotary dial by Richard Clarkson (top left), we’ve grouped together all our stories from the Dezeen archives about telephones. See all the stories »
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An outdoor elevator by Spanish architects Vaumm connects the mountainside neighbourhoods of a Spanish town to those in the valley. More about Urban Elevator by Vaumm
Dezeen Wire: the V&A museum in London has purchased work by designers including Nendo, BCXSY and Fredrikson Stallard using a new acquisition fund for contemporary design. More about V&A acquire work by Nendo, BCXSY and Fredrikson Stallard