News: Zaha Hadid Architects has designed three residential towers to sit on a riverfront site in Brisbane, Australia, as part of a AUS$420 million development (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid reveals trio of skyscrapers for Brisbane's riverfront
London Design Festival 2014: in this movie produced by Dezeen for Perrier-Jouët, glass artist Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert shows us the factory where the glass is being made for his upcoming installation at the V&A. More about Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert to create mouth-blown glass installation at the V&A
London Design Festival 2014: Patrizia Moroso, the creative director of Italian design brand Moroso, spoke to Dezeen about her relationship with London and designers including Ron Arad, Ross Lovegrove and Tord Boontje, in this interview conducted to coincide with the Moroso loves London exhibition (+ slideshow). More about "It was Ron Arad's first experience of industrial design"
London Design Festival 2014: Dezeen has collaborated with designjunction to create a free digital map of West End Design Quarter 2014 – one of the key areas during this year's London Design Festival – including the best fashion and design shops offering discounts to Visa card holders during the festival. More about Dezeen and designjunction launch map of West End Design Quarter 2014
News: Norman Foster and Mexican architect Fernando Romero have won a competition to design one of the biggest airports on earth for Mexico City, which the British architect says will be "like nothing else in the world". More about Foster teams up with Fernando Romero on new Mexico City airport
News: the six houses shortlisted for this year's RIBA Manser Medal have been announced, including a cliffside home on Scotland's Isle of Skye, an angular house extension in London and a Welsh countryside residence near the remains of a Celtic fort (+ slideshow). More about RIBA reveals shortlist for best British house of the past year
Detroit studio Rootoftwo has installed weather vanes shaped like headless chickens on five buildings in Folkestone, England, which spin around and change colour in response to fear levels on the internet rather than the climate (+ slideshow). More about Headless rooftop chickens by Rootoftwo respond to internet panic levels
Architect Simon Astridge employed a varied material palette of plywood, concrete, brick and stone to create this extension to a Victorian terraced house in London (+ movie). More about Simon Astridge opts for a variety of raw materials in Balham House extension
News: Norman Foster has hit back at the London city officials that have ruled out his proposal to build a new airport on the Thames estuary, claiming that the decision lacked "courage". More about Norman Foster slams "sadly predictable" London airport rejection
News: this competition-winning design by SURE Architecture envisions a futuristic skyscraper that could house an entire city – with its own ecosystem and a spiralling form that could be extended infinitely upwards. More about Conceptual skyscraper designed for London could house its own metropolis
London Design Festival 2014: interior design studio AfroditiKrassa has created a pentagonal pendant light with casing made from mirrored and tinted glass (+ slideshow). More about AfroditiKrassa's Pentagon Pendant is clad in beveled mirrors
The wild rural landscape extends up over the roof of this riverside house in Suffolk, England, which was designed by British firm Soup Architects with walls built from handmade bricks (+ movie). More about Broombank house by Soup Architects planned as "two white sugar cubes" floating over a meadow
London Design Festival 2014: Bergen Academy of Art and Design student Hedda Torgersen designed this desk lamp to look like a "long-legged character". More about Hedda Torgersen's anthropomorphic Boo lamp to be exhibited at 100% Norway
London-based Studio Tilt used 17th and 18th-century coffee houses as a reference for the design of this canal-side cafe and cultural venue (+ slideshow). More about Studio Tilt creates flexible interior for Proud Archivist cafe and events space
Visitors to the Folkestone Triennial opening this weekend are invited to climb inside a three-dimensional bamboo lattice built by Dutch artist Gabriel Lester over a harbour railway viaduct (+ slideshow). More about Bamboo lattice by Gabriel Lester perches over a Folkestone railway viaduct
London artist Pablo Bronstein has created a combined lighthouse and beach hut for the Folkestone Triennial, incorporating exaggerated features that reference the work of 18th century architect Nicholas Hawksmoor. More about Pablo Bronstein honours Nicholas Hawksmoor with lighthouse/beach hut hybrid in Folkestone
This pop-up wooden theatre in Southampton, England, was designed by London architecture collective Assemble to look like a cross between a performance venue and a football stadium (+ slideshow). More about Assemble's latest pop-up theatre combines Tudor design with stadium architecture
London Design Festival 2014: geometric pencil sharpeners, a horse-shaped chaise longue and a ladder with a built-in seat are among the dream items created by young designers for clients including Paul Smith, Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid and Richard Rogers (+ slideshow). More about The Wish List: emerging designers produce objects for Hadid, Foster, Rogers and more
News: architecture critic Martin Filler has said he regrets making an error in a book review that accused Zaha Hadid of showing a lack of concern for worker conditions on her World Cup stadium project in Qatar. More about Critic apologises for Zaha Hadid "error" in book review
London Design Festival 2014: the legs of these small tables by Taiwan designer Andrew Cheng measure just 1.2 centimetres in diameter. More about Andrew Cheng designs Chopsticks side tables with skinny legs