US firm Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has completed an academic facility on the Berkeley campus in California that is topped with an expansive, overhanging canopy made up of solar cells (+ slideshow). More
A+Awards: the African armadillo influenced the curved, scale-covered form of this boutique safari lodge in Botswana – one of the winners at this year's Architizer A+Awards. More
London Design Festival 2016: British designer Bethan Gray created her latest collection of handmade furniture using vibrantly stained wood and brass marquetry (+ slideshow). More
Plans for a new outpost of the Guggenheim museum in Helsinki have been thrown into doubt, as the Finnish government refuses funding for the Moreau Kusunoki Architectes-designed project. More
Graduate shows 2016: the trend for line-drawn furniture design crossed over into fashion at the Parsons School of Design graduate show in New York, where two collections with sketch-like details were among Dezeen US editor Dan Howarth's favourites. More
Dezeen promotion: activities taking place at designjunction's new Kings Cross location will include an open-air design party, film screenings and interactive workshops. More
Models by Japanese architects including Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma and Riken Yamamoto are the focus of a museum that has opened in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
London Design Festival 2016: co-director of Universal Assembly Unit Samantha Lee unveils the digital art studio's interactive sculpture for London Design Festival in this exclusive movie Dezeen produced for Italian lighting brand iGuzzini. More
Italian transport design studio Pininfarina has released its first electric bike, created with bicycle makers Diavelo (+ slideshow). More
An angular thatched roof extends down over this seaside house, which references the grassy dune landscape of Latvia's Pape Nature Reserve (+ slideshow). More
Danish designer Emma Jorn has partnered with rainwear specialist Ilse Jacobsen to design a range of waterproofs that are easy to wear while cycling. More
A large corrugated metal roof is drawn down over the the upper floor of this house in Melbourne, making it appear to have just a single level when seen from the street (+ slideshow). More