Walls with built-in flowerpots and a staircase that functions as a play space both feature at this Seoul kindergarten by local architect Jungmin Nam (+ slideshow). More about Flower Kindergarten by Jungmin Nam features curvy classrooms and colourful corridors
China has released a directive that could put an end to the country's trend for bombastic architecture. More about China moves to prevent "oversized, xenocentric and weird" architecture
Opinion: by walking out of Berlin's Neues Museum with an illicit 3D scan of the bust of Queen Nefertiti, a pair of artists has forced us to question whether conservation is an act of care or a radical form of repression, says Sam Jacob. More about "The copy in contemporary culture is both despised and feared"
Official images have been released revealing the tiered form of Herzog & de Meuron's school of government and public policy at the University of Oxford, England (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron's Blavatnik School of Government "inspired by parliamentary spaces"
Via 57 West, the tetrahedron-shaped Manhattan apartment tower by BIG, is preparing to welcome its first group of tenants next month. More about New York "courtscraper" by Bjarke Ingels set to open in March
Brazilian office Terra e Tuma has demolished and rebuilt the narrow São Paulo home of an elderly woman to combat numerous problems with structure and sanitation (+ slideshow). More about Narrow São Paulo house rebuilt for an elderly resident by Terra e Tuma
LA studio Design, Bitches drew from influences including film noir and Postmodernism for its design of a combined Asian-fusion restaurant and video arcade, called Button Mash (+ slideshow). More about Design, Bitches creates eclectic LA restaurant filled with retro video games
Design Indaba 2016: industrial designer Benjamin Hubert has explained why he shifted his energy away from furniture design, saying "everyone seems to be designing the same thing" in the sector. More about Furniture and lighting design is "saturated" says Benjamin Hubert
The Serpentine Gallery has unveiled the designs for four Summer Houses that will accompany this year's Bjarke Ingels-designed Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London's Kensington Gardens (+ slideshow). More about Serpentine Summer Houses include looping wooden pavilion and inverted replica building
Bjarke Ingels' firm BIG has unveiled its design for this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, featuring a tall pointed structure made of interlocking fibreglass "bricks". More about Bjarke Ingels' Serpentine Gallery Pavilion conceived as an "unzipped wall"
A design technique used on feature films including Minority Report, The Terminal and Man of Steel is being applied to the development of future cities in the face of huge refugee migrations. More about Minority Report designer Alex McDowell applies filmmaking techniques to refugee-camp design
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Tadao Ando, Peter Zumthor, David Chipperfield and SANAA are among the star-studded list of contributors announced for the Alejandro Aravena-curated Venice Architecture Biennale 2016. More about Aravena rounds up architecture's biggest names for Venice Biennale 2016
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: socially minded architecture is a choice not a responsibility according this year's Venice Biennale curator Alejandro Aravena, who has called for "professional quality, not professional charity" to deal with the world's issues. More about Architects have no moral obligation to society says Alejandro Aravena
Designer Jonathan Schwinge has created a conceptual superyacht with a pyramid-shaped body that would lift itself above the water at high speeds. More about Schwinge unveils futuristic pyramid-shaped Tetra superyacht concept
Students from London's Architectural Association have completed a robotically fabricated barn in a wood in Dorset, England, using timber harvested from the surrounding trees. More about AA Design & Make students use a robotic arm to build a woodland barn
A group of University of Tokyo students overseen by architect Kengo Kuma have developed a 3D-printing pen that can be used to create complex architectural structures out of plastic sticks. More about Tokyo university students create "drawn-in-place" architecture using a 3D-printing pen
Design Indaba 2016: the 1996 ad campaign that encouraged British housewives to throw away their fussy furnishings helped transform attitudes to design, according to ad executive Naresh Ramchandani (+ movie). More about IKEA's "Chuck out your chintz" ads changed British taste, says the man who wrote the slogan
Milan 2016: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has designed this year's Milan design week installation for fashion brand COS, which will feature cones of light created by spotlights. More about Sou Fujimoto to create "forest of light" for COS installation in Milan
Spanish studio SelgasCano has completed a concept bookstore in east London, with handmade wooden bookshelves based on the fictional Library of Babel and a strict no-phone policy (+ slideshow). More about SelgasCano creates London bookstore promoting "a return to physical material things"
Metallic yarns, colourful tinsel and sequin patterns were combined to create the 1980s-influenced "daytime disco" outfits shown by UK studio Sibling during London Fashion Week yesterday. More about Grace Jones acts as muse for Sibling's Autumn Winter 2016 womenswear collection