Dutch design studio Overtreders W has used a bold colour palette and an elaborate pipe network to give a concert-hall cafe a cheap but cheerful makeover. More about Overtreders W installs orange pipework above heads of customers in Netherlands cafe
American firm Rapt Studio has designed the interiors for tech company Ancestry's new office, which features comfy lounge areas, communal dining tables and art installations that refer to genealogy. More about Rapt Studio creates "family rooms" inside new Utah headquarters for Ancestry
Sports brand Nike is raffling limited editions of the self-lacing shoes that feature in sci-fi film Back to the Future II. More about Nike raffles Mag self-lacing shoes from Back to the Future II
London design studio Fredrikson Stallard has brought its glimmering Prologue installation to Vienna's baroque Belvedere Palace. More about Sun-like disc of 8,000 Swarovski crystals installed at baroque Viennese palace
The Natural History Museum in London has won planning permission for a major upgrade of its entrance areas, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects and landscape firm Kim Wilkie. More about London's Natural History Museum set for major extension by Niall McLaughlin Architects
Black and white surfaces, indoor trees and a rooftop workspace all feature at the new head office for website building service Squarespace in New York. More about A+I uses "yin-yang" palette for Squarespace headquarters in New York
Blee Halligan Architects has renovated and extended a house on Highbury Hill in north London, using black gridded glazing and pale brickwork to frame views into the back garden. More about Blee Halligan Architects updates north London house with lantern-like extension
Shoes are displayed upon plinths made from giant pieces of terrazzo inside Swedish footwear brand Axel Arigato's minimal boutique in Soho. More about Christian Halleröd designs minimal interior for Axel Arigato London flagship store
Swiss studio Züst Gübeli Gambetti has completed a long, narrow building that steps up a grassy hillside, to provide extra teaching space at an ETH Zurich university campus. More about Züst Gübeli Gambetti adds staircase-shaped building to ETH Zurich university campus
Dutch designer Casper Notenboom has created a collection of bags that references the way that people in China transport large stacks of goods on their bikes. More about Increase Decrease backpack is based on China's overstuffed cargo bikes
Studio Mumbai founder Bijoy Jain has unveiled his completed MPavilion in Melbourne – a square structure built from bamboo and wood, but not the cow dung originally planned. More about Studio Mumbai presents MPavilion 2016 built using seven kilometres of bamboo
A long cypress-clad volume that projects from a hillside in rural Massachusetts forms this home, designed by US studio O'Neill Rose Architects for a nature-loving couple. More about O'Neill Rose creates elongated wooden home in the Berkshires
A pendulum swinging back and forth for a week crafted the colourful recession in this table, designed by Austrian studio Mischer'Traxler as part of a residency at Schloss Hollenegg. More about Mischer'Traxler builds pendulum in a castle to slowly sculpt a single tabletop
A+Awards: Spanish firm Carquero Arquitectura received a 2016 Architizer A+Award for this restoration of a crumbling hilltop castle near Cádiz. More about Carquero Arquitectura restores ancient Matrera Castle with contemporary elements
Zaha Hadid's final furniture collection for London's David Gill Gallery is made of walnut and leather, a reference to vintage furniture from the 50s and 60s. More about Zaha Hadid's final furniture collection for David Gill is based on mid-century design
Iran's largest pedestrian bridge, a pink rubberised park by BIG and Zaha Hadid's first building in Lebanon are among the six winners of this year's $1 million Aga Khan Award for Architecture. More about Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 winners announced
London Design Festival 2016: Benjamin Hubert has designed a modular chair for Fritz Hansen that has over 8,000 possible unique combinations (+ slideshow). More about Benjamin Hubert designs mix-and-match Pair Chair for Fritz Hansen
Architect Álvaro Siza Vieira has built a linear, white concrete art museum that runs parallel to the Tâmega river in Chaves, Portugal (+ slideshow). More about Álvaro Siza Vieira uses white concrete for Nadir Afonso Foundation in northern Portugal
The trend for designer children's furniture continues with this collection of customisable units by Dutch brand Teehee. More about Teehee designs adjustable furniture that grows up as children do
Houben & Van Mierlo Architecten has transformed a pair of former barns in Amsterdam into residences that combine original features with nods to their industrial past. More about Houben & Van Mierlo Architecten converts former potato barns into loft-style homes