Dutch architect Anne Holtrop has collaborated with green technology firm Studio Noach and botanist Patrick Blanc to propose an artificial floating island containing gardens and a spa. More about Floating gardens by Anne Holtrop
Burton Baldridge Architects of Texas have completed a bed-and-breakfast hotel on a steeply-sloping site in South Congress, Austen Austin. More about Kimber Modern by Burton Balridge Architects
Here are some photographs of the VitraHaus by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, which has opened at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany. More about VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron
Jewellery designed by architect Zaha Hadid for the spring/summer 2010 collection at crystal brand Atelier Swarovski will be among projects on show at an exhibition of Hadid's work in Bahrain next month. More about Fluidity & Design by Zaha Hadid
Swedish designers Note Design Studio have tried to recreate the excitement of Spanish bull-fighting at a cafe in Stockholm. More about Cafè Foam by Note Design Studio
Dezeenwire: Dutch designer Jurgen Bey has been appointed as director of the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. He is due to take up the post from 1 September 2010 - Sandberg Institute
Stockholm 2010: Amsterdam designer Satyendra Pakhalé presented a sofa and footstool designed for bed company Hästens in Stockholm last week. More about Sofa by Satyendra Pakhalé for Hästens
Stockholm 2010: designer Jonas Wagell of Sweden created an installation representing the forest and the city for the Design Bar at the Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Design Bar by Jonas Wagell at Stockholm Furniture Fair
London designer Tithi Kutchamuch has created a necklace with charms modelled on the skull and entrails of a parrot. More about Companion Parrot by Tithi Kutchamuch
Architect Ben Naqoka of Point has completed an installation featuring plywood archways at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Tokyo, Japan. More about Labyrinth of Woods by Point
Dezeenwire: a documentary film about the life and work of architect Norman Foster has premiered at the International Film Festival Berlin - see press release below. More about How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster?
San Francisco designers Mike and Maaike have created a shelf with slots specifically cut to house seven seminal books about power and society. More about Juxtaposed: Power by Mike and Maaike
Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a house in Hiroshima, Japan, where residents move between rooms through covered courtyards. More about House in Koamicho by Suppose Design Office
Stockholm 2010: at the Stockholm Furniture Fair last week, Copenhagen design company KiBiSi exhibited a chair made of wooden poles joined by cast aluminium components. More about Tube Chair by KiBiSi for Hay
Dezeen have got together with Steven Holl Architects to give away five copies of their latest monograph, Urbanisms - Working with Doubt. More about Competition: five copies of Urbanisms by Steven Holl to be won
Dutch architects Mecanoo have completed a stone-clad theatre and congress centre in Llerida Lleida, Spain. More about La Llotja de Lleida by Mecanoo
Here are some photographs of the Centre Pompidou-Metz in France by architects Shigeru Ban of Japan and Jean de Gastines of France, which will open to the public in May. More about Centre Pompidou-Metz by Shigeru Ban
London shoe designer Tracey Neuls and Danish artist Nina Saunders have collaborated to create an installation using fabrics by British textile brand Sanderson at Neuls' London shop. More about Most Curious by Tracey Neuls and Nina Saunders
Ron Arad: Restless opens at the Barbican in London tomorrow and in the first of four films we made to coincide with the exhibition, the Israeli-born designer shows us around his studio in Chalk Farm, London. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about Ron Arad: Restless – a tour of Ron Arad’s studio
The Rolex Learning Center, a university study centre by Japanese architects SANAA, opens in Lausanne, Switzerland next week. More about Rolex Learning Center by SANAA
