Artist Emily Mannion and architect Thomas O'Brien have created a thatch-roofed pavilion overlooking the sea and sand dunes on the edge of a forest park in Ireland (+ slideshow). More about Jeffry's House by Emily Mannion and Thomas O’Brien is a thatched folly by the sea
News: Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has completed work on a large curved office building for the Shihlien Chemical Industrial Jiangsu Co in an industrial park in China's Jiangsu province (+ slideshow). More about Alvaro Siza’s first major project in China floats in an industrial park
All the items for sale at this east London corner shop run by designer Lucy Sparrow are made from felt (+ slideshow). More about The Felt Cornershop by Lucy Sparrow sells hand-stitched groceries
Layers of springy nets stretched across an atrium at the centre of this beach house in Thailand by Bangkok studio Onion create a vertical playground that can be used to travel from the top floor to the bottom (+ slideshow). More about Jerry House by Onion is built around an indoor playground
Industrial designer Naomi Kizhner has developed a concept for an invasive jewellery collection that converts kinetic energy from the body's involuntary movements into electricity (+ slideshow). More about Naomi Kizhner's jewellery collection harvests energy from the human body
News: architect Zaha Hadid has designed the interior for a hotel inside her Opus development in Dubai, which will feature sculptural balconies and her installation for this year's London Design Festival (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid reveals interiors for ME Dubai Hotel
News: this year's Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban has completed work on a new art gallery in American ski resort Aspen (+ slideshow). More about Shigeru Ban's Aspen Art Museum opens
Footwear brand United Nude has designed a shoe that can be 3D-printed at home on a compact desktop machine (+ slideshow). More about United Nude's Float shoes are created on a desktop 3D printer
A glazed wall faces out towards the Pacific Ocean at this house in the Japanese resort town of Shirahama by Osaka firm Okuwada Architects Office (+ slideshow). More about Hillside house by Okuwada Architects Office overlooks the ocean
Despite appearances, these "pumice-like" cabinets by London designers Studio Swine are made from aluminium foam rather than volcanic rock (+ slideshow). More about Studio Swine uses aluminium foam to create Metallic Geology cabinets
Danish architecture studio CEBRA has combined standardised corrugated metal roof sheets with translucent plastic panels to construct this sports hall in the town of Løgstør like a Meccano model (+ slideshow). More about CEBRA's Løgstør sports hall is built like Meccano
Ukrainian studio Mukomelov has designed a bicycle shoulder strap that unrolls like a queue divider to connect the seat and handlebars for carrying bikes up hills or stairs (+ slideshow). More about Bike Lift and Carry by Mukomelov helps to transport bicycles up steps
Warsaw architect Jakub Szczęsny used a mathematical algorithm to help position the branching arms of this wooden house in the Polish garden city of Podkowa Leśna around the existing trees on its forested plot (+ slideshow). More about Jakub Szczęsny configures Podkowa House to fit around trees in a Polish forest
London studio Featherstone Young Architects has designed a family of different-sized moveable tables as flexible workspaces for the atrium of art institution Central Saint Martins' King's Cross campus (+ slideshow). More about Giant tables by Featherstone Young Architects form workspaces at Central Saint Martins
Three houses, each just over five-and-a-half metres wide and 40 metres long, have been slotted into a plot in the north of Singapore by local studio Formwerkz Architects (+ slideshow). More about The Long Houses by Formwerkz Architects stretch down a narrow site
Waves of gold-coloured steel create a shell around this hotel in Swiss ski resort Davos by Munich architects Oikios (+ slideshow). More about Oikios completes Alpine hotel with "unbuildable facade"
Slatted timber panels break up spaces in this concrete-lined office for an advertising agency in Lisbon by local studio ColectivArquitectura (+ slideshow). More about Wooden screens divide TBWA/Lisbon offices by ColectivArquitectura
This home in the Mexican city of Monterrey by P+0 Architecture includes a series of outdoor spaces for entertaining guests and dogs (+ slideshow). More about Balconies, terraces and gardens occupy half of IPE House by P+0 Architecture
Design graduate Lilian van Daal has developed a conceptual chair influenced by plant cells that could be 3D-printed from a single material (+ slideshow). More about Biomimicry chair by Lilian van Daal replaces traditional upholstery with 3D-printed structure
This concrete house in the Portuguese town of Palmela by Lisbon office Paratelier was cast inside wooden panels that were then used to build its interior (+ slideshow). More about Paratelier's concrete house recycles external formwork inside