Chicago office Krueck & Sexton have completed the restoration of two apartment towers in Chicago by German-American architect Mies van der Rohe. More about 860-880 Lake Shore Drive refurbishment by Krueck & Sexton
Torafu Architects of Tokyo, Japan have designed a paper container that can be stretched into a vase, plate or bowl. More about Air Vase by Torafu Architects
It's Dezeen night at the Barbican's Ron Arad: Restless exhibition in London next Thursday, 11 March and we have 50 pairs of tickets (worth £10 each) to give away for the show and the Dezeentalks we're hosting that evening. More about Dezeentalks at Ron Arad: Restless- 100 tickets to be won
Jonathan Glancey interviews architect IM Pei, who was recently awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More about The Pei master - Guardian
Dutch architect Rem D Koolhaas and British shoemaker Galahad Clark have launched the latest collection of footwear for their brand United Nude. More about United Nude Shoes by Rem D Koolhaas and Galahad Clark
A solo exhibition of work by Dutch designer Joris Laarman opens at Friedman Benda gallery in New York on Thursday. More about Joris Laarman Lab at Friedman Benda
Photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photographs of a chemical laboratory at the Universidad de Alcalá by Madrid architect Héctor Fernández-Elorza. More about Chemical Laboratory Building by Héctor Fernández-Elorza
Milan 2010: Eindhoven collective La Bolleur will construct a mini golf course in Zona Tortona in Milan this April. More about Mini Golf Club by La Bolleur
Fashion designer Paul Smith has reworked a coffee pot by late Danish designer Arne Jacobsen to mark the 50th anniversary of Danish brand Stelton. More about Cylinda and Dot by Paul Smith for Stelton
Dezeen podcast: in this podcast recorded at Object Rotterdam last month, fair director Fons Hof, gallerist Wilpert Dreesmann of Particles, and Dutch designers Kiki van Eijk and Aldo Bakker talk about design in the Netherlands. More about Dezeen podcast: Object Rotterdam 2010
Dezeenwire: architect Ole Scheeren is to leave Office for Metropolitan Architecture and establish his own studio - see press release below:
Architect Daniele Durante of studiobv36 in Italy has designed a new headquarters in Rome for the Italian postal service. More about IPost Building by studiobv36
Tokyo studio Shuichiro Yoshida Architects have completed a tall narrow toilet block in Chikusei City, Japan. More about Tokinokura Lavatories Shimodate by Shuichiro Yoshida Architects
New York designers Constantin and Laurene Leon Boym have designed a set of four bowls that stack into the shape of a vase. More about Totem by Boym Partners
Danish architects CF Møller have completed a centre for entrepreneurs in Horsens, Denmark, where a green fibre-cement staircase spirals round the central atrium. More about Vitus Bering Innovation Park by CF Møller
It's taken a while, but German-born designer Moritz Waldemeyer has sent some official pictures of the laser suit he created for U2 singer Bono for their current world tour. More about Bono's Laser Stage Suit by Moritz Waldemeyer
Steven Holl Architects of New York have won a competition to design a major urban quarter on a former industrial site beside a lake at Hangzhou, China. More about International Tourism Complex Hangzhou by Steven Holl Architects
Designer Reinhard Dienes of Germany has designed a pendant lamp made of tinted blown glass and pressed aluminium. More about Friday by Reinhard Dienes
Architect Peter Pichler of Bolanzo Bolzano in Italy has designed a house for a photographer with a large window at one end that doubles as a projection wall for presentations. More about House for a photographer by Peter Pichler
This month we've compiled our ten most popular Dezeen stories about shoes. More about Dezeen’s top ten: shoes