BIG's curvaceous Calgary skyscraper breaks ground next to Foster's Bow tower
News: construction is now underway on the 66-storey Telus Sky Tower designed by Bjarke Ingel's firm for Calgary, Canada (+ slideshow). More
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Blackened-timber boathouse completed by Weiss Architecture on a Canadian island
This blackened-timber boathouse and pavilion designed by Weiss Architecture occupies a cedar jetty that projects out from the rocky coastline of an Ontario island (+ slideshow). More
Apple rumoured to be working on an electric car
News: technology giant Apple is designing an electric vehicle that could revolutionise automobiles and challenge electric car manufacturer Tesla, according to reports that emerged over the weekend. More
Marine science museum by Foster + Partners starts on site in Taiwan
News: Foster + Partners has unveiled its design for a new National Museum of Marine Science and Technology in northern Taiwan, which has now begun construction. More
Beijing office for architecture firm Spark boasts a swivelling wall and a plywood room
Exposed brickwork, unfinished plywood and a wall of pivoting metal doors all feature inside the new Beijing office of Chinese architecture firm Spark (+ slideshow). More
Twisted roof connects the angular facades of Archi-Union's Songjiang Art Campus clubhouse
Chinese firm Archi-Union Architects has completed a campus for an art school on the outskirts of Shanghai featuring a clubhouse building with a twisting roof (+ slideshow). More
Dan Yeffet stacks brass, marble and glass into Element vase
Maison&Objet 2015: a hand-blown glass vessel with a brass cuff perches on the corner of a black marble cube to form Israeli designer Dan Yeffet's Elements vase (+ slideshow). More
Yellow mesh box sits atop Ateliers O-S's truck-driving school building in France
Pupils at this school near Paris take lessons on driving large trucks in a building topped with a perforated aluminium canopy, designed to evoke the look of a petrol station (+ slideshow). More
Josef Schulz documents abandoned checkpoint architecture across Europe
Photo essay: disused military checkpoints and border stations across Europe are catalogued in this series by Polish-born photographer Josef Schulz (+ slideshow). More
Pauline van Dongen's Vigour cardigan senses how well its wearer is moving
Fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has developed a knitted cardigan with integrated stretch sensors that measures the movement of elderly wearers (+ movie). More
Converted barn by Lynch Architects includes an interpretation of a Norfolk winder stair
What appears to be a cupboard is actually a staircase leading up to a tiny loft bedroom in this 18th-century barn in Norfolk, England, that Lynch Architects has converted into a holiday home (+ slideshow). More
Lex Pott's True Colours vases contrast oxidised and polished finishes
Dutch designer Lex Pott has created a collection of cylindrical vases from oxidised metals for his first collaboration with Danish design brand &tradition. More
New Pinterest board: plywood
We've created a new Pinterest board collecting together the best examples of plywood architecture, interiors and design following the popularity of three recent projects featuring the versatile material.
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Bamboo-framed canopy shades Bangladesh community centre by Schilder Scholte
A corrugated steel roof supported by bamboo columns provides shelter for three buildings, a bicycle workshop and a playground at this community centre in Bangladesh (+ slideshow). More
Designing a McLaren is about creating "efficiency through the air"
Interview: Robert Melville, chief designer at supercar brand McLaren, explains how bird wings, artificial hearts and spy planes are among the inspirations for vehicles where "everything is there for a reason" (+ slideshow). More
Photos of cabbage and plastic bags used to create fantastical alien landscapes in TSVI music video
Music: director Matteo Zamagni – also known as øøøø – created landscapes of imagined planets by manipulating photographs of cabbage, plastic bags and broccoli in his video for TSVI’s song Malfunction (+ movie). More
B.E. Architecture's "relaxed" office for a mortgage broker uses soft lighting and frosted glass
A mixture of transparent and translucent glazing creates varying levels of privacy inside this dimly lit office created for a mortgage broker in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More
Jule Waibel’s pine cone-shaped seats are made by steam-folding wool felt
London-based German designer Jule Waibel has launched a collection of seats made from 100 per cent wool felt that has been three-dimensionally folded under steam to create flexible pleats (+ slideshow). More
Competition: five Periodic Table of Sexual Terminology posters to be won
Competition: to celebrate Valentine's Day, Dezeen has teamed up with UK studio Dorothy to give readers the chance to win one of five posters filled with suggestive vocabulary (+ slideshow). More
Lightweight pergola flanks new sailing school for Sotogrande's Royal Maritime Club
A steel-framed pergola covered in willow reeds shades the frontage of this seaside sailing school in Cádiz, Spain, by architects Héctor Fernández Elorza and Carlos García Fernández (+ slideshow). More