In our latest competition, we're offering readers the chance to win one of five copies of New Nordic Houses by Dominic Bradbury, which affords a glimpse into more than forty contemporary Scandinavian homes. More
Architect André Fu has used pieces from his homeware collection to furnish a model apartment inside the Jean Nouvel tower rising above New York's Museum of Modern Art. More
The first commercial space hotel will be more like a cruise ship than Stanley Kubrick's sleek space station from 2001, says Tim Alatorre, senior design architect of the Von Braun Space Station. More
Preservation and hospitality organisation Wildland has collaborated with Groves-Raines Architects to convert former clergy living-quarters into an intimate guesthouse in the Scottish highlands. More
Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Iris van Herpen have wrapped the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in over 1000 metres of delicate concrete friezes that merge fossil forms with the fabric of the designer's collections. More
American firm M-Rad has created a compact, movable cabin with design elements to accommodate people with disabilities, including a shower with a seat and doorways wide enough for a wheelchair to pass through. More
Construction has begun on Japan's tallest building, a 330-metre-tall skyscraper in Tokyo designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. More
Chinese practice Arch Studio has completely rebuilt a group of old brick and concrete structures in Beijing, joining them together with a "folding" circulation route that reimagines their flat roofs as walkways. More
Bam! Arquitectura has completed a two-storey dwelling on the outskirts of Buenos Aires that consists of concrete and brick walls, along with upper-level setbacks covered in native plants. More
Mexican designer Norberto Miranda has designed inflatable structures that look like massive beans to host an exhibition that celebrates the traditions and intersection of Mexican gastronomy, music and culture. More
Plaster surfaces and paved stone floors feature inside this deli-cum-eatery in Melbourne, which Studio Esteta's co-director has designed to reflect her Italian roots. More
Brooklyn designer Michael Yarinsky has renovated a home on Long Island's eastern-most tip with crisp white interiors, several lights by Ladies & Gentleman and ethereal Calico wallpaper. More
Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has created a giant loom with threads that tumble 16 metres between the floors of the multi-storey Lafayette Anticipations foundation in the Marais, Paris. More
Alvano y Riquelme Architects has built an angular house on a clifftop in Chile's wine region featuring an abundance of outdoor spaces that overlook vineyards. More
Buildings and coastlines could be monitored by fleets of autonomous repair robots, according to a Danish initiative that advocates "freeing" 3D printers to fix global problems. More
Luxury carmaker Aston Martin has launched a design service that will allow drivers to create garages, homes and villain-esque "lairs" that showcase their favourite cars. More
Helsinki firm JKMM Architects is building a sauna in the depths of the Nevada desert so that visitors of this year's Burning Man can cleanse and relax. More
Hotel brand Trunk worked alongside design studio Tripster to create this boutique hotel in Tokyo, which takes cues from traditional Japanese aesthetics – but unusually boasts its own miniature nightclub. More
Designer Zhekai Zhang has developed a method of staining porcelain with used coffee grounds to mimic the texture of marble, and applied the technique to a collection of lamps called Coffire. More
Perforated green steel walls form curved nooks slotted with a washbasin and shelving inside this beauty store in Vancouver, designed by local studio Scott & Scott Architects. More