Architects office Vazio has completed a concrete residence in the foothills of the Sierra da Moeda mountain range in southeast Brazil, featuring a rooftop pool and terrace (+ slideshow). More about Cerrado House by Vazio features terraces overlooking Brazil's Sierra da Moeda mountains
Arizona studio DUST has created a desert home south of Tucson using volcanic residue to form rammed-concrete walls (+ slideshow). More about DUST uses "lava-crete" to create monolithic desert house in Arizona
Japanese tatami mats have been moved from off of the floor and onto the furniture in this collection by French designer José Lévy (+ slideshow). More about Japanese tatami mats made into furniture by José Lévy
French-Brazilian firm Triptyque Architecture has designed a residential skyscraper covered in vegetation for São Paulo. More about Triptyque proposes plant-covered Tropical Tower for São Paulo
In order to create "less but better" garments, new London-based fashion brand Per/Se will release only one piece of clothing every two months (+ slideshow). More about Fashion label Per/Se will release only one piece of clothing every two months
Over the past 20 years, former caterer Nick Jones has built Soho House into a global empire of private members clubs, restaurants, spas and now Soho Home, an online homewares store. He sat down with Dezeen to discuss his approach to design (+ slideshow). More about "Above all, design has to be comfortable" says Soho House founder Nick Jones
MIT Media Lab has partnered with designer Yves Béhar on a smart furniture system for micro apartments, which can turn the space into a bedroom or living room at the touch of a button (+ movie). More about Yves Béhar and MIT's Ori robotic furniture reconfigures tiny apartments
A network of sunken basins and water-purifying planting has been developed by landscape studio SLA and engineering firm Ramboll to help avert flooding in a Copenhagen neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More about Sunken pools and planting proposed to ease flooding in Copenhagen neighbourhood
Bjarke Ingels' firm has revealed images of a huge inflatable pavilion it created for this year's edition of the annual music festival in Roskilde, Denmark (+ slideshow). More about BIG creates "bubble-like cloud pavilion" at Roskilde Festival 2016
Graduate students from Harvard University have launched a company that designs, builds and rents out wilderness micro cabins to urban residents "looking to escape the digital grind and test drive tiny-house living" (+ slideshow). More about Harvard students create tiny vacation houses for stressed-out city dwellers
NASA is planning tests of an experimental electric aeroplane, which it believes could lead to reduced flight times and carbon emissions for future air travel (+ slideshow). More about NASA to test faster, cleaner and quieter X-57 electric aircraft
Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Tina Gorjanc has proposed a conceptual range of leather accessories made of skin grown from late fashion designer Alexander McQueen's DNA (+ slideshow). More about Alexander McQueen's DNA turned into human leather goods by Tina Gorjanc
Cruciform windows are carved through the bush-hammered stone walls of this marble-lined church on Mount Lebanon, designed by Paris-based architect Maroun Lahoud (+ slideshow). More about Cross-shaped windows allow light to filter into Lebanese church by Maroun Lahoud
Sound waves are visualised and cast in concrete to make the cover for Brussels-based musician Thomas Vaquié's album Ecume. More about AntiVJ casts sound waves in concrete for Ecume vinyl cover
London studio Haptic has re-clad a utilitarian multi-storey car park in the London 2012 Olympic Park, using triangular metal panels that produce ever-changing patterns of light and shadow (+ slideshow). More about Haptic adds faceted skin of perforated metal to car park in London's Olympic Park
Dutch brand De Vorm's combined lamp and desk partition has been designed to bring privacy to crowded open offices (+ slideshow). More about De Vorm's Workspace Divider lamp adds privacy to open offices
This stepped timber bridge was built by a team of architecture students from the University of Hong Kong to provide a meeting place for residents of a rural community in southern China (+ slideshow). More about Huge timber steps form bridge built by students across a river in rural China
Porto studio NPS Arquitectos has renovated a pair of matching townhouses and added a contemporary linking building to create a new headquarters for the Portuguese Architectural Association (+ slideshow). More about Portuguese Architectural Association takes over two revamped townhouses
Spanish design studio Papila has designed a range of freestanding cabinets for the hotel industry that reimagines the classic hotel mini bar (+ slideshow). More about Papila overhauls hotel drinks cabinets with Nature collection
Dutch architect Antonia Reif has renovated an early 20th-century townhouse in The Hague, laying herringbone-patterned parquet and installing a bath tub overlooking the garden (+ slideshow). More about Antonia Reif updates Dutch townhouse with herringbone parquet and chevron-patterned tiles