Fashion designer Phillip Lim has teamed up with industrial designer Charlotte McCurdy to create a petroleum-free dress covered in bioplastic sequins. More about Phillip Lim and Charlotte McCurdy adorn couture dress with algae sequins to avoid "reaching for polyester"
Israeli designer Erez Nevi Pana used five tons of salt from the Dead Sea to create his Crystalline collection, which showcases how the material can be used as building blocks. More about Erez Nevi Pana constructs "small-scale architecture" from Dead Sea salt
Alexander Owen Architecture has added a marble-clad extension and garden room to this Victorian mid-terrace in East Dulwich, London, to accommodate a home office and a well-stocked bar. More about Alexander Owen Architecture wraps London house extension in two types of marble
Dezeen promotion: furniture by Italian brand Meridiani creates a plush interior for an apartment in the Zaha Hadid-designed One Thousand Museum in Miami. More about Meridiani furnishes One Thousand Museum apartment with Italian-made products
Hong Kong architecture studio Cheng Chung Design has created a restaurant and exhibition space within the cavernous interiors of a brick art installation in Mile City, China. More about Cheng Chung Design creates restaurant within brick art installation in China
Mexican firm Viga Arquitectos sought to lighten up the atmosphere in a concrete house by reconfiguring the layout, adding pale-toned finishes and incorporating more greenery. More about Viga Arquitectos overhauls 1970s home in Mexico City
RAU Architects and Ex Interiors have completed an office building for Triodos Bank in the Netherlands featuring curving glazed facades and a timber structure that can be taken apart and remounted. More about Triodos Bank is a reversible timber-framed office nestled in Dutch woodland
Dutch architect Anne Holtrop has remodelled Maison Margiela's concept store in London adding walls cast in textile moulds to reflect the brand's garment construction techniques. More about Studio Anne Holtrop creates gypsum walls that look like fabric for Maison Margiela store
The Red Sea Project has revealed images of a Foster + Partners-designed hotel, which is set to be built on a Saudi Arabian island within the Red Sea. More about Foster + Partners to create ring-shaped hotel on stilts in Saudi Arabia
Design studios Zürcher Arquitectos and Taller KEN took cues from the lush forests around San José while designing this courtyard house. More about Tropical plants fill indoor courtyard at Casa Las Vistas in Costa Rica
Designers from Brazil have created renderings that imagine the interiors of an eco-lodge in Patagonia for the design show Casa NaToca. More about Brazilian designers imagine relaxing interiors for Patagonian eco-lodge
Dezeen's Facebook page has been blocked in Australia by the social media giant as part of its ongoing dispute with the country's government over a proposed law that would require it to pay news outlets for content. More about Dezeen among news sites blocked by Facebook in Australia
Charred-timber cladding covers the facades and roof of this cottage in the Czech countryside, which local studio Mjölk Architekti modernised by adding new openings and improving the layout. More about Mjölk Architekti updates Czech cottage with burnt-wood cladding and revamped interior
For our latest lookbook, we've rounded up ten living rooms that have solved the storage dilemma with bespoke shelving that define the room. More about Ten living rooms with statement shelving that is both practical and beautiful
This week on Dezeen, high-tech architect Richard Rogers unveiled a cantilevered art gallery in France, which was the final building designed before his retirement. More about This week Richard Rogers revealed his final building
Design offices including Esrawe Studio and Rojkind Arquitectos have unveiled a proposal for a resort in New Jersey featuring sand-coloured concrete sunshades. More about Asbury Beach Club proposal for Jersey Shore features sandy concrete canopies
German furniture makers Thonet, workspace furniture brand Spacestor and Stockholm-based furniture brand Massproductions are among brands showcasing products on Dezeen Showroom this week. More about Thonet, Spacestor and Massproductions showcase products on Dezeen Showroom
Stockholm-based Note Design Studio used neutral colours and contrasting bright hues to reinvigorate the interiors of the Douglas House office building in London. More about Note Design Studio creates colourful interiors to "break the grid" of 1930s office building
Plans for the pyramidal Centre for Music by Diller Scofidio & Renfro in London have been scrapped, with a "major renewal" of the nearby Barbican estate set to take place instead. More about Plans for Barbican concert hall by Diller Scofidio & Renfro axed
Dorte Mandrup has announced its plans to convert the Saalecker Workshops, the former home of German architect Paul Schultze-Naumburg, into an international design academy. More about Dorte Mandrup to turn former home of Nazi architect into design academy