Nordic designers create mix-and-match objects based on drawing game
DesignMarch 2016: a group of Nordic designers have created a range of homeware using a concept borrowed from the pen-and-paper game Picture Consequences (+ movie). More
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Galvez Autunno creates black housing blocks with jagged rooflines in Patagonia
Galvez Autunno Arquitectos has completed a cluster of residential buildings in the small Argentinian town of Las Heras, each featuring sloped roofs and black metal cladding (+ slideshow). More
Skyscrapers could soon be held together with glue, claim architects
Composite materials and adhesives could "revolutionise" construction and lead to entire towers being glued together, according to American architect Greg Lynn. More
Foster, BIG and Grimshaw reveal designs for 2020 Dubai Expo pavilions
Foster + Partners, BIG and Grimshaw Architects have won a competition to design a trio of pavilions for the 2020 Expo, which will be held in Dubai. More
AHMM no longer involved in Google's London headquarters
British firm Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has confirmed it will no longer be working on Google's new London headquarters, now that the project has been handed over to BIG and Heatherwick Studio. More
James Bond set designer Ken Adam dies aged 95
Academy Award-winning set designer Ken Adam, who created iconic backdrops for seven films in the James Bond franchise and Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove, has died at the age of 95. More
BIG's new stadium for the Redskins could offer abseiling, surfing and kayaking
Bjarke Ingels has unveiled his firm's new stadium design for American football team the Washington Redskins, set to feature a moat offering an assortment of sporting activities. More
Panovscott uses old telegraph poles to clad artists' studio in a Sydney garden
This small shed-like building by Australian architecture studio Panovscott provides a studio for two artists behind their family home in Marrickville, western Sydney (+ slideshow). More
Pierre Tachon designs geometric hen-shaped chocolate Easter egg
In time for Easter, French designer Pierre Tachon has teamed up with chocolate company Alain Ducasse to create a treat that is shaped like a chicken rather than an egg. More
Casey Brown builds metal-clad house and stables in an Australian national park
Corrugated iron and pre-weathered steel clad this shed-like house and stables, completed by Casey Brown Architects in the bushland of Australia's Kosciuszko National Park (+ slideshow). More
Gregorio Brugnoli Errázuriz raises Santiago house above a patio and beech tree
An exposed steel frame supports the upper storey of this house in Santiago, Chile, which has a mature copper beech tree rising from a courtyard at its centre (+ slideshow). More
Raw concrete and black-painted metal give industrial appearance to house by Tectum
Tectum used a combination of gridded and board-marked concrete for this residence, which is set in a gated community in the foothills of Argentina's Sierras Chicas mountains (+ slideshow). More
Husos adds plant-filled "bathyard" to apartment in Madrid
Sliding transparent partitions and a fold-out bench allow the bathroom within this Madrid apartment to become a communal area for all the family to relax (+ movie). More
Chengxu Tian creates colourful footwear with raised injection-moulded patterns
Chinese designer Chengxu Tian's Layering Movement collection of footwear features textured, stripy patterns created by injection moulding (+ slideshow). More
Rooftop pool offers sea views at Luciano Kruk's board-marked concrete summer house
Architect Luciano Kruk and his girlfriend Ekaterina Künzel designed themselves this concrete holiday house, which is set among a grove of maritime pines on the Argentinian coastline (+ slideshow). More
Yogita Agrawal's wearable Jhoule light is powered by walking
Design Indaba 2016: Indian industrial design graduate Yogita Agrawal has created a wearable device that acts as a back-up light in rural areas and a soap crayon for reminding children to wash their hands. More
Leaf through examples of woodland buildings on Dezeen's new Pinterest board
We've created a Pinterest board full of architecture in woodlands and forests, including a cluster of timber teepees and a "creature-like" cabin that stands above a Latvian meadow.
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Casa 1217 by H Arquitectes features rooms that can be indoors or outdoors
Both levels of this holiday house on Spain's Costa Brava feature rooms that can be completely opened out to the elements, allowing residents to make the most of good weather (+ slideshow). More
Bios Incube turns ashes of cremated bodies into trees
The developers of a biodegradable urn that turns the ashes of a dead person into a tree have designed an incubator to aid the growth process (+ slideshow). More
Japanese cartoons inform Que's music video for DJ Vague
Music: inky illustrations based on Japanese comics wash across the frame during the music video by Tokyo animator Que for DJ Vague's track Freakout. More