Fast-food chain KFC has joined the novelty outerwear arms race with a gherkin-filled puffer jacket, hooked up to a built-in straw for picklebacks on the go. More about KFC creates "unhinged" Pickle Puffer stuffed with gherkins
Children can dive into an enormous ball pit or dance beneath a shiny UFO at this play space created by fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck for the C-mine creative hub in Genk, Belgium. More about Walter Van Beirendonck designs space-themed playscape for Belgian arts campus
Dezeen Showroom: all-glass tableware informed by Japan's winter landscapes and neon-lit cities is among seven new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Japanese Winter tableware by Yakush among new products on Dezeen Showroom
Architecture studio Büro Ole Scheeren has revealed photos and renders of the Róng Museum of Arts, which is currently under construction in Shenzhen, China. More about Photos reveal Ole Scheeren's Róng Museum of Art under construction in Shenzhen
American architecture studio Charlap Hyman & Herrero has blended antique Persian rugs with modern furniture to introduce pattern across the New York offices of Mouthwash Studio. More about Persian rugs add "element of surreal" to MW.S offices by Charlap Hyman & Herrero
Local studio Proctor & Shaw looked to Mallorcan villas to create a feeling of calmness at Stone Brick House, a London home extended with walls of pale limestone brick. More about Proctor & Shaw uses limestone bricks for "powerfully tranquil" extension in London
Whether to make sloped sites level, prevent flooding or reduce impact on natural surroundings, houses on stilts are being built around the world. Here are eight of the best contemporary examples. More about Eight contemporary houses raised on stilts
A multipurpose forum featuring tiered seating elements forms the centrepiece of this office designed by architecture studio Snøhetta for a finance consultancy in Taichung, Taiwan. More about Snøhetta arranges "unconventional" finance office around stepped wooden amphitheatre
Ceramic cobogó blocks and caquinhos tiles form the kitchen of this São Paulo apartment renovated by Brazilian studio Cota760 Arquitetura. More about Cota760 Arquitetura gives São Paulo apartment "terracotta-toned nucleus"
French studio In Sinu Architectes has renovated and extended a woodland house in France, adding large windows to frame painting-like views of the surroundings. More about House at the Edge frames "living tableaux" of forest in France
In this roundup, we spotlight seven buildings with undulating glass facades that resemble flowing fabric, giving new meaning to the idea of curtain walling. More about Seven buildings draped with fabric-like glass facades
The latest US edition of Dezeen Agenda reveals Donald Trump's proposal for a subterranean White House visitor screening centre. More about Dezeen Agenda US edition features a subterranean visitor screening centre for the White House
This week on Dezeen, we revealed OMA's angular expansion of the SANAA-designed New Museum in Manhattan, New York. More about This week OMA completed its extension of the New Museum in Manhattan
Canadian design studio Verge Select has designed a studio for painter Janna Watson in Ontario, composed of three square volumes fused together to form a secluded forest retreat. More about Verge Select connects three weathering-steel volumes for Ontario painting studio
Sports brand Nike has revealed the texturized football kits that the England team will use at this year's World Cup, which include embedded graphic elements. More about Nike unveils "unapologetically English" World Cup football kit
Architecture studio SO-IL utilised precast, coloured-concrete panels in various sizes to give the 144 Vanderbilt apartment block in Brooklyn, USA, a distinct identity. More about SO-IL uses pink concrete to give Brooklyn apartment block "civic presence"
Local practice Architecture for London and interiors studio Hamish Vincent Design have revamped a neo-Georgian house in London, organising its interior around a triple-height stairwell. More about Islington House extension features details that "might make a Georgian craftsperson proud"
London studio Archmongers has injected new materials, colours and details in the renovations of three homes from the 1950s and 60s, all located on the Dulwich Estate in southeast London. More about Archmongers revamps three mid-century houses on London's Dulwich Estate
Humanitarian group Iranian Red Crescent Society has reported that 42,914 civilian buildings in Iran have been damaged by US-Israeli airstrikes, including more than 36,000 homes. More about Over 40,000 civilian buildings in Iran reportedly damaged in ongoing war
Dubai-based X Architects has revealed plans for the Grand Mosque in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which will be fronted by a stacked minaret. More about X Architects unveils Grand Mosque "for rapidly changing Riyadh"