Singapore-based Ministry of Design has used a 100-year-old colonial building in Malaysia as a "cookie cutter" for a contemporary extension featuring the same profile and materials (+ slideshow). More
A huge lightbox is wedged underneath a wave-shaped viewing platform at the end of this pier, designed by Dutch architect René van Zuuk for a lake in the city of Almere (+ slideshow). More
Over 100 products designed by Dieter Rams are the subject of an exhibition at a Paris gallery, which explores the German designer's philosophy of "less but better" (+ slideshow). More
Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has converted a run-down old cattle barn into an Alpine holiday cabin (+ slideshow). More
British designers Jay Osgerby and Edward Barber have contributed to the growing trend for glass furniture with a series of cabinets created to display "those weird objects you find" at flea markets. More
UK producers Kudo Sol and RAMPELLI sampled Gladys Knight’s 1974 song The Way We Were/Try To Remember to create this mellow track called The Good Old Days.
Movie: in this movie, French architect Annabel Karim Kassar explains how her Camera Chiara installation recreated the atmosphere of a Lebanese house in a Milanese courtyard. More
Opinion: in the noughties, architects OMA worked on a series of optimistic projects for the European Union, including a proposal for a colourful EU Barcode flag and an exhibition suggesting that a united Europe "could be fun". With the EU looking increasingly fragile, OMA partner Reinier de Graaf wonders if they should have bothered. More
London Festival of Architecture 2015: wrapped around a tree trunk in east London's Hoxton Square, this translucent pod provides temporary office space intended to encourage workers into the borough's parks (+ slideshow). More
Japanese architect Tadao Ando has revealed details about his first building in New York City, explaining that he wanted to "create something that only a Japanese person could do" (+ movie). More
McDonald's golden restaurant in Rotterdam, sex toys created to subvert stereotypes and BIG's stacked-box skyscraper design for New York (pictured), feature in this week's Dezeen Mail. Click through for our pick of the best news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
Brooklyn studio Tokenlights has designed a set of hand-blown glass pendants based on the fruit of a rare Japanese plant (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen promotion: architects, designers and multidisciplinary teams are invited to submit proposals for preserving Cambodia's Tonle Sap lake as part of a competition organised by Eleven magazine (+ slideshow). More
Set against a background of mature trees in rural Portugal, this primary school is separated into a series of brick structures intended to help fragment the building and lessen its impact on the landscape (+ slideshow). More
Construction has begun on Steven Holl's controversial Maggie's cancer-care centre at London's St Bartholomew's Hospital, which the architect says will respect rather than mimic its historic setting. More
Graduate shows 2015: Dezeen's Dan Howarth selects his favourite collections from the 2015 crop of Central Saint Martins BA Fashion graduates, which included wire mobiles, knitted puppets and balloon animals. More
Design Miami/Basel 2015: architect Richard Rogers has redesigned a flatpack home originally created by Jean Prouvé as a housing solution for victims of the second world war (+ slideshow). More
This concrete footbridge spans a road in Lausanne, Switzerland, to connect a metro station with the scenic Sauvabelin Forest (+ slideshow). More
From opulent royal foot apparel to dangerously high stilettos, a new exhibition at London's V&A museum explores the "human obsession with shoes" over 2,000 years (+ slideshow). More
Vibrant green-yellow frames accentuate the windows and doors of this spruce-clad house built on a hillside with views over Oslo (+ slideshow). More