Carl Hansen & Søn reissues Hans J Wegner's CH22 lounge chair
New York 2016: Carl Hansen & Søn has reintroduced Danish designer Hans J Wegner's CH22 lounge chair – one of the first pieces he originally designed for the furniture company in 1950. More
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Cumulus Studio uses shipping containers to create lookout tower at a Tasmanian vineyard
Cumulus Studio has used shipping containers to create a lookout tower and wine-tasting space at a vineyard in Tasmania (+ slideshow). More
Bottega Veneta's Maison boutique in Beverly Hills features arched openings and neutral colours
A light palette of materials influenced by Spanish Colonial Revival architecture is used throughout the interior of Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta's shop in Beverly Hills. More
Mario Botta designs vase for Lalique's Crystal Architecture series
New York 2016: Swiss architect Mario Botta, whose San Francisco Museum of Modern Art building reopens this week with an extension by Snøhetta, is the latest architect to design a vase for crystal house Lalique. More
Movie documents MVRDV's pioneering technique for creating glass brick facades
This movie shows the installation of MVRDV's Crystal Houses – a Chanel store featuring a traditional facade replicated with glass bricks that are "stronger than concrete". More
Brooklyn sees boom in architecture and design jobs
Brooklyn has seen a sharp jump in the number of architecture and design jobs, according to new figures that show creative employment has almost doubled in the borough over four years. More
Google launches Tilt Brush app for virtual reality sketching
Google's virtual reality painting app, Tilt Brush, could allow architects and designers to walk through their sketches in 3D as they draw them (+ movie). More
Zaha Hadid among architects shortlisted for 2016 Aga Khan Award
The late Zaha Hadid's first building in the Arab world, Iran's largest pedestrian bridge and a floating school in Nigeria are among the 19 projects competing to win $1 million in the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture (+ slideshow). More
A' Design Award and Competition announces 2016 winners
Dezeen promotion: the winners of this year's A' Design Award and Competition include a pair of holiday homes, a wedge-shaped office block and a modular furniture system that can be rearranged for different uses (+ slideshow). More
Dan Adlešič adds two lights to collection of playful electronics
Milan 2016: Slovenian designer Dan Adlešič has updated his collection of toy-like electronics with a surface that trails light from a laser pen and a keyboard-activated lamp (+ movie). More
Carbon fibre and robots could create a "fourth industrial revolution" says expert
Carbon fibre is architecture's biggest untapped resource according to architect and researcher Achim Menges, who claims that robots could be programmed to build stadium roofs using the fibrous building material. More
Lakeside theatre designed by Bargone Associati to look like huge rocks
Four pebble-shaped volumes form this cultural centre completed by Bargone Architetti Associati on the stony shoreline of Lake Maggiore, Italy (+ slideshow). More
Perforated shutters create geometric facade for Pitsou Kedem's house in Tel Aviv
Bands of shutters featuring a geometric perforated pattern appear to form seamless surfaces that extend across the facade of this house in Tel Aviv by Israeli architect Pitsou Kedem (+ slideshow). More
Roderick Pieters' Loper shoes are assembled with rope rather than glue
Japanese footwear designer Roderick Pieters and fashion brand Proef have created pairs of easy-to-assemble shoes that are tied together instead of using glue (+ movie). More
Timber and granite residence by Studio Seilern stands on a rocky ledge above an African dam
This home and recording studio for a musician features overhanging roofs and perches on a rocky hillside overlooking a dam in a secret location in Africa (+ slideshow). More
Rever & Drage's holiday cabin features wooden pods that frame views of a Norwegian fjord
This cabin perched on a hillside on Norway's west coast features modular rooms that extend outwards from the main structure to enhance views of the adjacent fjord (+ slideshow). More
Victor Enrich superimposes New York's Guggenheim onto a troubled Colombian suburb
Photo essay: these images by Spanish photographer and artist Victor Enrich show Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum transported to a Colombian city neighbourhood suffering from an identity crisis (+ slideshow). More
Tatabi Studio designs marbled packaging for Diz-Diz microwave popcorn
Spanish studio Tatabi looked to ancient Greece to find influences for the branding and packaging design of a gourmet popcorn company (+ slideshow). More
Narch creates a collage of decorative tiles by removing walls in a Barcelona apartment
Architecture studio Narch has renovated a Barcelona apartment, removing many of the internal walls to create a single space with a variety of patterned tile floors (+ slideshow). More
Neri&Hu combines Japanese and Californian design for Selfridges' Body Studio
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed the biggest-ever retail department at London department store Selfridges, dedicated to women's underwear, sleepwear and sportswear (+ slideshow). More