Jessica Mairs
Giant timber megaphones designed by students to amplify sounds of an Estonian forest
This trio of mammoth timber funnels is designed to magnify the natural sounds of a forest in southern Estonia, and to double up as a space for ramblers to contemplate and rest. More
Camilla Barnard creates life-sized and hand-painted Wooden Tube Station
London Design Festival 2015: artist Camilla Barnard has created a wooden and hand-painted replica of a London Underground station inside the former campus of art school Central St Martins (+ slideshow). More
Angular black walls fold around SRK home in Tokyo by ARTechnic Architects
Black textured walls give this seemingly windowless Tokyo residence by ARTechnic Architects a bunker-like appearance (+ slideshow). More
Seung H-Sang clads South Korean mountain house in pre-rusted steel
Orange-hued panels of weathering steel encase the upper storey of this house in South Korea, which is elevated above the treetops of its mountain forest setting (+ slideshow). More
Eternal bonfire on the River Thames wins satirical contest to rival Heatherwick's Garden Bridge
A vision of a blazing bridge has won a tongue-in-cheek competition seeking "alternative but equally ridiculous" design proposals that could replace Thomas Heatherwick's much maligned Garden Bridge for London. More
Farming tools line clay walls in Museum of Rural Labor by Sergei Tchoban and Agniya Sterligova
This museum by architects Sergei Tchoban and Agniya Sterligova contains a single room inside a silo-like structure in a Russian potato field (+ slideshow). More
Exodus of London creatives is "inevitable" says Norman Foster
Rising prices will force architects and designers out of London, according to architect Norman Foster – who described the situation as "not necessarily bad". More
Gabled townhouse in Tokyo by Niji Architects is clad in strips of white steel
Japanese studio Niji Architects has squeezed two homes into its Town House in Takaban, which features a steeply pitched roof, windowless gables and strips of horizontal steel cladding (+ slideshow). More
Yoda Architecture pairs perforated brick with corrugated iron for a rural French home
Half brick, half corrugated iron, this house in the northern French countryside by Yoda Architecture aims to meld together the local urban and agricultural typologies (+ slideshow). More
Cantilevered timber house by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes overlooks Barcelona mountains
A long strip of glazing runs along the front of this cantilevered Spanish house by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes, giving the two siblings who inhabit it views of a mountain range near Barcelona (+ slideshow). More
Pitsou Kedem uses board-marked concrete, glass and steel for Modernist-inspired home in Tel Aviv
Israeli studio Pitsou Kedem has completed a family residence in Tel Aviv, using a cantilevered concrete box and glass walls to create a building that "corresponds with the Modernism of the 1950s" (+ slideshow). More
Baca Architects proposes prefabricated amphibious housing for London's canals
Following its design of the UK's "first amphibious house", Baca Architects has unveiled a floating house concept that could be deployed across London's waterways as a solution to the lack of new homes in the capital (+ slideshow). More
Norman Foster's huge Bloomberg headquarters in London will be a "very human environment"
British architect Norman Foster has revealed details of his firm's design for the offices of global media giant Bloomberg, currently under construction in the City of London. More
Alex Chinneck unveils installation modelled on upside-down electricity pylon
London Design Festival 2015: British artist Alex Chinneck has revealed a 35-metre-tall latticed steel sculpture resembling an upside-down electricity pylon for this year's London Design Festival (+ slideshow). More
Architects propose 100 ideas to solve London's housing crisis
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Grimshaw, Farrells, and dRMM are among the leading British architects who have contributed designs for a competition aimed at finding solutions to London's housing crisis. More
Foster reveals plans for Rwandan Droneport to deliver medical supplies in remote areas
Foster + Partners has unveiled designs for a drone port in Rwanda, which will be used to transport urgent medical supplies to remote parts of the East African country via unmanned flying vehicles (+ slideshow). More
Graal Architecture adds trio of corrugated metal cabins to a kindergarten in France
These three corrugated zinc and galvanised steel cabins by Graal Architecture provide a stilted reading room and sports hall for a nursery school in western Paris (+ slideshow). More
Glass and concrete boxes separate spaces in Mexico City housing
Glass boxes frame a tennis court, gym and pool set into the basement of this Mexico apartment building, which is formed from a series of stacked concrete blocks that cascade down a hill towards a wooded glen (+ slideshow). More
Lakeside holiday home by Maximilian Eisenköck has gridded blackened-timber walls
This blackened-timber house by Maximilian Eisenköck provides a holiday home for three siblings and their spouses overlooking a lake near Vienna (+ slideshow). More
Six designs unveiled in shortlist for Bath Quays Bridge competition
Amanda Levete, Grimshaw and Heneghan Peng are among the six teams that have unveiled designs for a new bridge over the River Avon in Bath, England (+ slideshow). More