A 356.5-metre skyscraper topped with swimming pools and a golden latticed roof in Dubai has won the title of the world's tallest hotel. More about Dubai tower with golden lattice spire named world's tallest hotel
Spanish studio Raúl Sánchez Architects has transformed two derelict apartments in downtown Barcelona into a spacious two-storey home, centred around a pair of double-height gold cubes. More about Raúl Sánchez Architects creates duplex apartment with golden cubes at its centre
New York jewellers Tiffany & Co has created a line of everyday items re-imagined in expensive materials, including a gold and silver tin can and a ball of yarn recreated in handspun silver for £6,840. More about Tiffany & Co releases £945 tin can as part of Everyday Objects collection
The gothic-revival chapel at the University of Winchester, England, has been "returned to its former glory", following a renovation and extension by local architecture studio Design Engine. More about Glowing gold extension added to Winchester university chapel by Design Engine
Bigert & Bergström has built a golden, egg-shaped sauna for the people of Kiruna after damage caused by decades of iron ore mining resulted in the relocation of the entire Swedish town. More about Egg-shaped sauna creates escape for residents of Swedish town displaced by mining
Copenhagen studio NORD Architects has completed a hospice for palliative patients in the heart of the Danish capital, with golden facades featuring curving cutouts that surround quiet courtyards. More about NORD Architects' Copenhagen hospice aims to provide "a unique place for the final journey"
Vienna Design Week 2016: Austrian designer Thomas Feichtner has collaborated with silverware manufacturer Jarosinski & Vaugoin to create a set of minimal tableware featuring uneven washes of gold (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Feichtner designs set of minimal vessels dipped in gold
Pritzker Prize-winning Australian architect Glenn Murcutt has revealed new images of his first mosque in Melbourne, showing a roof covered in rows of dramatic lantern-like skylights (+ slideshow). More about Glenn Murcutt unveils first images of Australian Islamic Centre in Melbourne
Researchers at MIT's Media Lab have created a series of smart temporary tattoos that can control devices through touch (+ movie). More about DuoSkin temporary tattoos can remotely control devices
This huge bulbous building by XTU Architects creates a wine museum on the Bordeaux riverfront (+ slideshow). More about Bordeaux wine museum by XTU Architects features bulging gold-striped body
This multi-storey parking garage in Des Moines, Iowa, by local firm Substance Architecture features a yellow-coloured aluminium screen that permits air flow while blocking views of cars (+ slideshow). More about Substance Architecture clads Iowa car park in a golden screen
Golden boxes fronted by balconies make up the exterior of this student housing block in Paris by Hamonic+Masson & Associés, which also features a secret garden and nesting areas for birds (+ slideshow). More about Hamonic+Masson completes student housing with a facade of golden cubes
MVRDV and COBE pay tribute to the trashy glamour of rock and roll with this rock music museum in Denmark, which features a golden studded exterior and an auditorium that appears to defy gravity (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV and COBE complete Roskilde rock museum dressed with golden studs
Scalloped balconies create unusually shaped openings across the facades of these two apartment blocks completed by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter in southern Sweden (+ slideshow). More about Tham & Videgård creates rows of upside-down arches with Västra Kajen housing
A faceted golden nodule protrudes from one side of this art studio in Warsaw, providing a secluded meditation space for Polish sculptor Pawel Althamer (+ slideshow). More about Warsaw art studio features meditation space inside "deformed golden object"
Zigzagging golden frames surround the facades of this apartment complex by DROO Projects, which is tucked behind a row of 19th-century shops in Melbourne's Hawthorn suburb (+ slideshow). More about DROO Projects creates golden facades for a pair of Melbourne apartment blocks
The glazed public areas of this cultural centre on the French island of Corsica are sandwiched between a solid concrete base and an upper storey clad in perforated golden metal (+ slideshow). More about Cultural Centre of Bastia contrasts a dark concrete base with a golden crown
Dutch firm UNStudio has completed a retail and residential complex in Brussels that combines curving architectural forms with flashes of golden-hued aluminium. More about UNStudio's first building in Belgium features a stone facade and golden balconies
Nikolas Gregory Studio's conceptual Ripley kit encourages users to swallow and excrete their own biologically customised piece of jewellery. More about Excrete customised poo jewellery with Nikolas Gregory's Ripley kit
French design company Harow has released a 24-carat-gold edition of its skull-shaped armchair (+ slideshow). More about Harow's gold-plated skull armchair carries a 0k price tag