Dezeen promotion: Wulf Architekten has used Velux's modular skylights at a research centre in western Germany, to flood its entrance and oval-shaped laboratory building with natural light. More about Wulf Architekten brightens German disease research centre with Velux skylights
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has released renders of its updated plans for the Museum of the 20th Century in Berlin. More about Herzog & de Meuron unveils revised design for Museum of the 20th Century in Berlin
Prague-based jewellery design studio Zorya has grown an 18-armed chandelier from crystals within the Museum of Decorative Arts in Dresden, Germany. More about Zorya grows 18-armed crystal chandelier
Berlin-based design studio New Tendency has updated a GDR era broadcast building to create a temporary workspace for participants enrolled in Red Bull's music academy scheme. More about New Tendency overhauls East German radio centre to create Red Bull music studios
David Chipperfield Architects has revealed designs for a residential development in Munich, Germany, that recalls the local 19th century architecture. More about David Chipperfield Architects reveals images of "city palace" apartments in Munich
Studio Morison has installed a multifaceted mesh-covered pavilion around a statue of Maximilian I in the centre of Munich, to raise awareness for the city's homeless and impoverished. More about Studio Morison wraps statue of Maximilian I in Munich plaza with origami-like pavilion
Germany's national rail operator has announced plans to play atonal music in a Berlin station, in an attempt to deter criminal activity. More about Berlin's Hermannstrasse station to trial anxiety-inducing music in bid to reduce crime
German practice Batek Architekten combined pale surfaces with concrete and steel accents to draw customer's attention to the products on offer in this beauty store in central Berlin. More about Batek Architekten create gallery-like backdrop for Zalando beauty store in Berlin
German design studio Tarantik & Egger's minimalist shower is made from a series of pipes joined together by hidden patented connectors. More about Tarantik & Egger creates freestanding minimalist outdoor shower
The forms and colours of a David Hockney painting are referenced in this Berlin poke restaurant, designed by Ester Bruzkus Architekten to feel "as relaxed as a day at a California pool". More about Berlin restaurant LA Poke takes its cues from Hockney painting A Bigger Splash
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have added a marble water feature and circular steel bench to Vitra's campus-like headquarters in Weil am Rhein, southern Germany. More about Bouroullec brothers create minimalist outdoor installation on Vitra Campus
German artist Thomas Schütte has added a log cabin topped, with an asymmetric shingled roof, to the array of buildings on the Vitra Campus, in Weil am Rhein. More about Thomas Schütte creates log cabin on Vitra Campus
An apartment in Berlin's Unité d'Habitation has been refurbished by German-American architect Philipp Mohr to Le Corbusier's original plans. More about Le Corbusier's interior realised by Philipp Mohr at Unité d'Habitation in Berlin
The German postal service has released a postage stamp, designed by visual artist Thomas Mayfried, to commemorate the 200th birthday of Karl Marx. More about Commemorative Karl Marx stamp celebrates economist's 200th birthday
Plans for a 150-metre-tall skyscraper in Berlin designed by Frank Gehry have been put on hold due to safety issues with subway stations below the site. More about Frank Gehry's plans for Berlin's tallest skyscraper put on hold
A sliver of glazing separates a white house in Stuttgart from this black extension Holzer Architekten designed to create additional living spaces with plentiful garden views for its owners. More about Holzer Architekten adds black extension to 1920s house in Stuttgart
Architecture studio Penda has released visualisations of a house designed for a tiny plot near the German city of Kassel that show how its owners will be able to grow food on both sides of its terraced roof. More about Self-sufficient Yin & Yang house incorporates gardens on its interlocking roof
A group of German designers have created stool seats from oddly shaped pieces of recycled plastic produced at an injection-moulding factory. More about Scrap Life Project transforms waste plastic from injection-moulding process into stools
Germany is to make public transport cost-free in five cities, as the government attempts to meet pollution targets set by the EU. More about Germany to trial free public transport in bid to cut pollution
The developer of a luxury urban quarter in Hamburg has agreed to remove a sign designed "as a tribute to the 20s" after critics compared it to concentration-camp signage. More about Developer to remove signage from site of Nazi torture cellars following backlash