Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: rows of curving translucent panels evoking mountains in traditional Chinese paintings surround scale models of MAD's Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center at this installation in Venice (+ slideshow). More
Concrete ceiling beams and columns have been exposed during the renovation of this central London apartment by local studio Inside Out Architecture (+ slideshow). More
News: department store Selfridges has appointed British architect David Chipperfield to redesign the east side of its flagship store on London's Oxford Street. More
A curving concrete canopy supported by hundreds of columns loops around the perimeter of this renovated beach club in the Azerbaijani capital Baku by Istanbul architects Erginoğlu & Çalışlar (+ slideshow). More
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: this year's biennale avoids contemporary architecture and has "nothing to do with design," curator Rem Koolhaas said yesterday while conducting a preview tour. More
Angular timber volumes emanate from the centre of this wine-tasting pavilion in France by h2o Architectes (+ slideshow). More
This ceramic vase by French designer Paul Menand can be stood upright or laid horizontally to adapt to the size of flowers it holds. More
Hamburg office PFP Architekten has designed a school building with overlapping boxes that jut out towards a piazza in the historic centre of Genoa, Italy (+ slideshow). More
Multicoloured herringbone patterns cover sections of parquet flooring at these London apartments renovated by Alma-nac, which are used as guest suites for a record label (+ slideshow). More
These photographs show the bulbous form of Renzo Piano's almost-complete Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé, which nestles within a Parisian urban block. More
Kingston University graduate Marie Cunliffe has used copper-foiled lace and satin woven with metal to imitate colours and patterns from aerial photography for this fashion collection. More
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: the German pavilion at this year's Venice Biennale features a full-size partial replica of a building made famous through 30 years of political news broadcasts (+ slideshow). More
Vancouver studio MGB has designed "a contemporary version of a cabin in the woods" comprising stacked glazed boxes overlooking the sea in the Canadian province of British Columbia. More
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: this new movie by White Arkitekter reveals the firm's masterplan for the relocation of an entire Swedish city, before continued iron ore mining destabilises the ground beneath it (+ movie). More
Crumbling brick and peeling plaster walls have been left exposed during the renovation of this compact Stockholm apartment by Karen Matz (+ slideshow). More
To mark the 100-year anniversary of Danish designer Hans J Wegner's birth, furniture brand PP Møbler has relaunched a collection of his best-known designs and pieces that never made it into production. More
Large circular holes appear to have been punched through the interior of this boxy white house in Japan, creating a sequence of curvy partitions low enough for residents to climb over (+ slideshow). More
These PVC shoes by Japanese designer Satsuki Ohata could mould to feet like a second skin, using a process similar to dipping food in melted cheese (+ slideshow). More
The folded facade of this retail complex in Fuzhou, China, by architecture firm Spark, is made from colour-changing aluminium panels and integrates giant advertising screens (+ slideshow). More
News: the latest attempt to shift the "nerdwear" reputation of Google Glass is a collection of headsets by Diane von Furstenberg that look more like traditional eyewear. More