Design
Design
Niko Schmutz designs bicycle with concentric wooden frame
Thin layers of oak veneer make up the three-piece wooden frame of this bicycle designed by student Niko Schmutz (+ slideshow). More
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Retail
Retail
Paul Crofts Studio creates Isomi showroom in former London print factory
Original features are paired with blackened steel in modular concrete furniture brand Isomi's first factory in London's Clerkenwell (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
FaulknerBrowns Architects adds weathering steel facade to new Hebburn Central community centre
The oxidised-steel walls and prefabricated construction of this community library and sports centre near Newcastle, England, are influenced by the region's ship-building heritage (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
MVRDV's plant-covered proposal wins Ravel Plaza Amsterdam competition
Protruding bay windows and angular balconies feature in Rotterdam firm MVRDV's proposal for a greenery-covered high-rise complex in Amsterdam's financial district. More
Job of the week: design manager at The Hoxton
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a design manager at contemporary hotel group The Hoxton's east London location (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Design
Design
Porsche 911s fixed to steel frame to create streamlined sculpture by Gerry Judah
Three sports cars appear to soar up into the sky outside auto brand Porsche's museum in Stuttgart as part of this sculpture by British artist and designer Gerry Judah. More
Architecture
Architecture
Tailor Made Arkitekter merges an archetypal barn with a glasshouse for lakeside spa in Sweden
Half greenhouse, half rust-coloured barn, this spa and events space by Tailor Made Arkitekter stands on the edge of Lake Vättern in southern Sweden (+ slideshow). More
Lighting
Lighting
Michael Anastassiades launches collection of linear brass lighting
London designer Michael Anastassiades has created a range of lamps using tubular bulbs and brass rods arranged in various configurations. More
Hotels
Hotels
Kubo Tsushima Architects creates curved cedar interior inside Japanese bathhouse
A wooden floor that curves up to become a wall allows light and air to flow through this bathhouse by Japanese studio Kubo Tsushima Architects. More
Design
Design
Sarah FitzSimons outlines a traditional American house with Chicago lakefront installation
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: a stark installation on the Chicago lakefront by artist Sarah FitzSimons features the outline of a traditional two-storey American house (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Ross Lovegrove downsizes giant speaker to create wireless Muo device
London Design Festival 2015: British designer Ross Lovegrove has created a range of aluminium-encased wireless Bluetooth speakers for KEF, based on an earlier design for the UK audio brand. More
Pavilions
Pavilions
First images of SANAA-designed Grace Farms building in Connecticut revealed
The first official photographs of SANAA's sinuous cultural centre at the Grace Farms nature reserve in Connecticut have been released ahead of its opening tomorrow (+ slideshow). More
Promotion
Promotion
Archtober returns to New York City for fifth year
Dezeen promotion: architecture and design festival Archtober returns to New York City this month, with more than 200 events taking place across the five boroughs (+ slideshow). More
Pavilions
Pavilions
Mies-inspired pavilion with "biggest wooden roof possible" opens on Chicago lakefront
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: architecture studio Ultramoderne has completed its competition-winning Chicago pavilion, which was built using the largest lengths of timber that can be shipped across North America (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen Mail #274 features a selection of this week's best stories and discussions
This week's Dezeen Mail features BIG's foliage-covered housing development for Stockholm, a cardboard car by Lexus and Dior's garment-inspired store in Seoul (pictured). There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
Architecture
Architecture
Skylights of Stirling and Gowan's Engineering Building to be replaced in £19.5 million renovation
Major preservation works are underway to replace the tilted glass skylights that define Stirling and Gowan's iconic Engineering Building at the University of Leicester, England. More
Software and web design
Software and web design
Looncup tracks menstruation and sends vaginal updates to your phone
The "world's first smart menstruation cup" links with a phone app to provide women with information about their periods (+ movie). More
Design
Design
Competition: four CrystalJellies by TaliaYstudio to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with TaliaYstudio and glassware company Lobmeyr to offer readers the chance to win one of four crystal pendants that double up as analogue photo filters. More
Furniture
Furniture
Fake Hans J Wegner chairs destroyed by Norwegian authorities
A delivery of 100 replicas of Danish designer Hans J Wegner's Round Chair has been seized and destroyed by Norwegian customs. More
Architecture
Architecture
Enrique Norten completes new campus for Centro art and design school in Mexico City
Enrique Norten and his studio TEN Arquitectos have completed a new university campus in Mexico City made up of intersecting blocks that overlook a central lawn and staircase (+ slideshow). More