Dezeen podcasts: continuing our series of podcasts for the Design Museum, museum director Deyan Sudjic talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about Design Cities, an exhibition he has curated and which has just opened at the museum. More about Podcast interview: Deyan Sudjic
Work has started on the construction of 56 Leonard Street, a 56-storey residential tower in New York designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron. More about 56 Leonard Street by Herzog & de Meuron
Young designer Christian Vivanco has designed a steel-framed sofa, which he calls Our Little White Sofa. More about Our Little White Sofa by Christian Vivanco
Venice Architecture Biennale: Architect Greg Lynn has won the Golden Lion for the Best Installation Project in the International Exhibition at the biennale, for a series of furniture made from recycled children's toys. More about Recycled Toy Furniture by Greg Lynn
Dutch architects MVRDV have unveiled designs for a new urban neighbourhood at Almere near Amsterdam, based on a string of beads. More about Urban Beads by MVRDV
Venice Architecture Biennale: here are some snaps of Quarto Ponte sul Canal Grande (Fourth Bridge on the Grand Canal) by architect Santiago Calatrava, which opened in Venice yesterday. More about Quarto Ponte sul Canal Grande by Santiago Calatrava
Here are some photos of the pavilions and installations at the Giardini, one of the two main venues of the Venice Architecture Biennale which opened this weekend More about Venice Architecture Biennale: Giardini pavilions
Venice Architecture Biennale: Dutch architects NL present this series of images in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Virtual Realities by NL Architects
Photographer David Cowlard has sent us these construction photos of the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, which was switched on by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research this week. More about Large Hadron Collider photographs by David Cowlard
Venice Architecture Biennale: twenty architects including Kengo Kuma (above and below), MVRDV, Julien de Smedt and Graft are designing villas for Next-Gene 20 - a residential development on the north-eastern coast of Taiwan. More about Next-Gene 20 by various architects
Design collective Ten will present a collection of sustainable, wooden products at 100% Design in London next week. More about WOOD by Ten
The Venice Architecture Biennale opened today; here are some shots of the exhibits in the Cordiere building at the Arsenale, one of the Biennale's two main venues. More about Out There: Architecture Beyond Building at the Venice Architecture Biennale
Three students from Studio Lynn at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna have designed a conceptual boat factory for the island of Cres in Croatia. More about Factoreef by Julcsi Futo, Bika Rebek and Stefan Ritter
Beijing-based architects MAD have designed a conceptual, star-shaped, mobile Chinatown. More about Superstar: A Mobile Chinatown by MAD
Shanghai architecture and design studio KUU completed this spa late last year. More about Super Sense Spa by KUU
Designer Crispin Jones has launched five new additions to his Mr Jones Watches range. More about Mr Jones Watches series 2 by Crispin Jones
London-based designers Vitamin will present their ceramic Street Style Urban Gnomes at 100% Design next week during the London Design Festival. More about Street Style Urban Gnomes by Vitamin
Designer Lee Broom will present a furniture collection called Rough Diamond in London later this month. More about Rough Diamond collection by Lee Broom
Another project by British architects Grimshaw: here are some images of Bijlmer Station in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, which opened last year and which is shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More about Bijlmer Station by Grimshaw
Dezeen have teamed up with publisher Laurence King to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of Hatch: The New Architectural Generation by Kieran Long. More about Competition: five copies of Hatch by Kieran Long to be won