A material made by mixing hemp with lime and water forms a new layer of insulation around this house in Belgium, as part of a renovation by Ghent studio Martens Van Caimere Architecten (+ slideshow). More
London-based startup Blocks has designed a smartwatch that allows wearers to choose the functionalities they need by clipping on additional modules. More
These glass and timber holiday cabins by Norwegian architect Snorre Stinessen overhang the coastline of Norway's Manshausen Island, providing a base for Arctic Circle explorers (+ slideshow). More
Developers of Foster + Partners' luxury residential tower in Manhattan have released new images to tempt buyers into purchasing one of the multi-million dollar apartments (+ slideshow). More
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Emmy Polkamp has created a concept for travelling hotel tents that can be used to create accommodation in abandoned structures (+ slideshow). More
NEXT Architects has completed its Batbridge in South Holland, which integrates spaces for bats to roost in during different seasons (+ slideshow). More
Designer Paul Cocksedge has unveiled photos that demonstrate the freezing techniques he used to seamlessly join metal furniture for a new gallery show opening in New York this week (+ slideshow). More
Danish toy brand Lego, which has built a fan base among architects and designers with its colourful building bricks, has been accused of "censorship" by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei after refusing to supply an order for an exhibition in Australia. More
Dezeen is among "top news sources" available in Apple's News app, alongside the BBC, the Guardian, CNN, and the Financial Times. More
David Chipperfield Architects has completed a series of stone apartments raised on plinths above the surface of a water garden in Hangzhou, eastern China (+ slideshow). More
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Anouk van de Sande has designed a range of patterned garments that produce visual effects as the wearer moves (+ movie). More
Thick wooden ribs frame this extension to a family house in west London by architecture studio Tate Harmer (+ slideshow). More
Movie: German designer Sebastian Herkner explains why he created a seating range made from thick metal tubes in our latest movie for Italian furniture brand Moroso (+ movie). More
French studios Caractère Spécial and Parisian studio NP2F Architectes have expanded the home of a circus arts centre in France's Champagne region and added a curving outdoor staircase (+ slideshow). More
Modelled on traditional wooden barns, this gabled house in the Slovakian town of Stara Lubovna has a pair of small wooden lofts squeezed beneath its pitched roof (+ slideshow). More
Dutch Design Week 2015: Delft University of Technology graduate Rob Scharff has created a soft robotic limb that can shake hands with people. More
Coarse concrete walls encase this house by Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architetti, which overlooks Switzerland's Lake Maggiore from a wooded site sunken down below street level (+ slideshow). More
Architect Henry Goss has completed a rusted steel and timber-clad extension to a house near Cambridge, England, two years after Dezeen published the hyper-realistic renderings that changed his life (+ slideshow). More
Materials uncovered during the renovation of this early-20th-century apartment in Montreal have been used to add texture to the space and create visual boundaries between each room. More
Dutch Design Week 2015: Eindhoven's Van Abbemuseum is hosting an exhibition that brings together experimental objects and installations from designers including Jólan van der Wiel, Studio Drift and MVRDV. More