Jessica Mairs
KiBiSi launches cargo bike for urban commuters
Design Miami 2014: Copenhagen studio KiBiSi claims to have designed the first lightweight cargo bicycle tailored to the needs of city commuters, for Danish manufacturer Biomega. More
Casa Rosto do Cão by M-Arquitectos is fronted by four white blocks
Four small blocks fan out from the facade of this white concrete house on a Portuguese island by local studio M-
Arquitectos (+ slideshow). More 
Sarah Van Peteghem showcases local designers inside Berlin apartment
Interior designer Sarah Van Peteghem dressed this Berlin show home with monochrome paintwork, assorted plants and furniture by local design brand New Tendency. More
Ogawa Sekkei transforms an old house into a landscape architecture studio with a rockery
A secluded rock garden runs along one side of this former house that Japanese architect Ogawa Sekkei has converted into a studio and showroom for a landscape architect (+ slideshow). More
Softly contoured interiors lend cave-like aesthetic to lakeside cabin
This basalt-clad cabin with a curvaceous wood-panelled interior has been perched by Atelier Oslo on a wooded slope high over a Norwegian lake (+ slideshow). More
Red-brick boiler room converted into tiny guesthouse by Azevedo Design
San Francisco studio Azevedo Design has squeezed a small guesthouse featuring a glass mezzanine floor into the old red-brick boiler house of a converted laundry. More
Adept creates timber-lined music rooms that each suit different instruments
Perforated and panelled woodwork line four acoustic rooms designed by architecture studio Adept for a museum in a former broadcasting house in Copenhagen (+ slideshow). More
Angled fins flank the windows of KINO Architects' Tokyo apartment block
Three-dimensional shutters are angled to shield the windows of this textured-concrete apartment block and noodle bar in Tokyo by KINO Architects (+ slideshow) More
Yuichi Yoshida reorganises Tokyo apartment to create temporary accommodation
Dabs of plaster pattern the raw concrete surfaces in this Tokyo bedsit partially renovated by local architects Yuichi Yoshida & Associates as a short-term living space (+ slideshow). More
Reiulf Ramstad completes wooden church with a grand spire beside a Norwegian fjord
Oslo studio Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has reinterpreted the traditional Norwegian stave church to create a modern chapel featuring folded timber surfaces and a huge pyramid-shaped spire (+ slideshow). More
Five cities awarded UNESCO City of Design status
News: Dundee, Bilbao, Curitiba, Helsinki and Turin have been awarded UNESCO City of Design status for their input to the international design industry. More
Gus Wüstemann uses chipboard-textured concrete for Zurich apartment block
Concrete was cast over engineered wooden boards to give a textured finish to the walls of this apartment block in Zurich by Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann. More
Casos de Casas' plastic-clad house designed to adapt to all the Spanish seasons
Corrugated polycarbonate panels create varying levels of insulation around the exterior of this Spanish house by local architects Casos de Casas, designed to be comfortable for residents throughout the year (+ slideshow). More
Five sprawling volumes make up Barcelona home by RTA-Office
Five box-shaped blocks radiate out from the centre of this Barcelona house by Spanish firm RTA-Office, separating living areas from the client's workspace (+ slideshow). More
Amin Taha Architects peels back layers of plasterboard to create open-plan offices
Exposed brick walls, rugged wooden ceiling beams and chunky wooden staircases with zigzagging undersides feature inside this office block in London, recently renovated by Amin Taha Architects (+ slideshow). More
Per Kristian Nygård crams a grassy valley into an Oslo gallery
Norwegian artist Per Kristian Nygård attempted to bring the outside inside with this installation that involved building grassy mounds inside an Oslo gallery (+ slideshow). More
RCA graduate Olivia Wright to convert vandalised bottle kilns into pottery preservation centre
Rows of irregularly shaped bricks will create patterns around these three towers that architecture graduate Olivia Wright has designed to transform a derelict and vandalised pottery factory in the English midlands into a conservation centre. More
Bandesign clads a Japanese cafe in mirrors to reflect a row of cherry trees
A bank of cherry blossoms are mirrored in the reflective gables of this cafe that angles around a smaller tree in Gifu, Japan, by architecture studio Bandesign (+ slideshow). More
Lakeside sauna by Partisans designed as a cavernous wooden grotto
Behind the burnt-timber exterior of this sauna by Canadian studio Partisans is a cavernous cedar interior that emulates the form of a seaside grotto (+ slideshow). More
AZPML, Lacaton & Vassal and Kuehn Malvezzi to redesign Montreal's natural science Biodome
News: a trio of international architecture firms will redevelop and add new facilities to Montreal's natural science museum, housed in a vast glass velodrome within the grounds of the city's former Olympic park. More