Lakeside boathouse by Guinée*Potin Architectes features a green roof and wooden walls
This water sports centre with a green roof was designed by Guinée*Potin Architectes and is set into a grassy bank by a lake in western France (+ slideshow). More
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Tom Dixon's Cog lights are shaped like machine components
Milan 2015: British designer Tom Dixon has launched a set of lights based on mechanical cogs to accompany his range of brass home accessories. More
Wise Architecture erects bamboo temple on South Korean coast for victims of a ferry disaster
Each of the 304 ribs of bamboo that make up this Buddhist temple represent a victim killed when a ferry sank off the coast of South Korea (+ slideshow). More
The Extrapolation Factory holds design workshops that explore possible futures
New York research studio The Extrapolation Factory's workshop-based projects include a website that sells conceptual products for imagined future scenarios (+ slideshow). More
Mirrors hang from cables in Japanese hair salon by Sides Core
This small hair salon in Osaka features a series of ceiling hooks that allow the owner to rearrange the mirrors and shelves that help define the space (+ slideshow). More
"To describe 3D printing as a fad is ridiculous"
Comments update: news that 3D-printing pioneer MakerBot was laying off staff and closing stores became one of this week's biggest talking points – read on for more on this and the other most commented stories on Dezeen. More
Designing 400 projects at a time "relaxes me" says Nendo's Oki Sato
Milan 2015: prolific design studio Nendo has launched over 100 products during the past year. Founder Oki Sato told Dezeen that he has "no idea" how they managed such a high output and revealed his plans to move into architecture (+ interview). More
Kouichi Kimura's Framing House combines a home and a gallery
This Japanese family home by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects is arranged as a series of framed spaces, with the ground floor dominated by an art gallery and workspace (+ slideshow). More
Sasaki Architecture converts Japanese disco into offices with floating walls
Sections of wall appear to hang from the ceiling of this former warehouse club in Tokyo, which was converted into offices by local studio Sasaki Architecture (+ slideshow). More
Radioactive vases are made from toxic smartphone waste
Design studio Unknown Fields Division has used mud from a toxic lake in Inner Mongolia to create a set of three Ming-style vases (+ movie). More
B.E. Architecture adds gridded glass rooms to a Melbourne residence
A cluster of glass pavilions positioned around the base of this existing Melbourne house open onto terraces that are sheltered by a copper-edged canopy (+ slideshow). More
Jaime Hayón's debut plastic product is a skeletal chair for Magis
Milan 2015: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has collaborated with Italian design brand Magis to create his first plastic chair. More
Kengo Kuma uses a grand staircase to transform a Tokyo warehouse into a shop
A huge staircase interspersed with trees winds up to the entrance of this former Tokyo warehouse that Kengo Kuma and Associates has converted into a lifestyle store and cafe (+ slideshow). More
Virtual reality will be "more powerful than cocaine"
Interview: every architect will soon design using 3D goggles, according to designer and visualiser Olivier Demangel, who believes that virtual architecture will be as convincing as the real thing within five years (+ movies). More
Nendo's Float stool for Moroso looks impossible
Milan 2015: Japanese design studio Nendo has created two new products for Italian furniture brand Moroso – including a stool that looks like it has missing supports (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen wins a Webby Award!
Thank you for sharing the glove! Dezeen has beaten media giants the Guardian, CNN, Vice and Google to win the People's Voice poll for best technology movie at this year's Webby Awards. More
Audio Kultur prints magazines and posters in Armenian blood
Lebanese magazine Audio Kultur has released a limited-edition version its April issue and a series of posters printed using blood to commemorate the mass killing of Armenians in 1915 (+ movie). More
Competition: five James Irvine monographs to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers Phaidon to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of a new book that looks back at the career of late British designer James Irvine. More
Barend Koolhaas completes a blackened timber house with a triangular floor plan
This three-sided house in a Dutch village has two blackened timber sides that flank a neighbouring property, while its only glazed facade is orientated towards an adjacent field (+ slideshow). More
Schmidt Hammer Lassen designs new library for earthquake-damaged Christchurch
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has unveiled its design for a new library in Christchurch, New Zealand, to replace the building left wrecked after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes (+ slideshow). More