Estudio Beldarrain uses reclaimed railway sleepers to extend Spanish library
Railway sleepers form the walls of this extension to a library in Azkoitia, Spain, which is located at the town's former railway station. More
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Corrugated steel provides durable facade for rural Australian home by Glow Design Group
This shed-inspired house in rural Victoria, Australia, features a low-maintenance fire-resistant facade of corrugated steel that also helps to reflect heat, keeping the building cool in summer (+ slideshow). More
Delfino Lozano's RR House features pine joinery and an under-stair larder
Architect Delfino Lozano used simple materials to reduce the cost of rebuilding of this house in Zapopan, Mexico, which also features a storage area slotted under its staircase (+ slideshow). More
Cedar-clad house by Yale students could serve as a model for affordable housing
Graduate students at the Yale School of Architecture have designed and built a contemporary family home in a low-income neighbourhood in New Haven, Connecticut (+ slideshow). More
Ai Weiwei's first jewellery collection is cut from a rod of gold rebar
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has partnered with a London jewellery gallery to create "wearable sculptures" designed to look like reinforcing bars used in construction (+ slideshow). More
Egg-shaped urns for cremated ashes rock back and forth without falling over
Wolfgang Natlacen's ovoid funerary urns can rock like a Weeble toy to offer an alternative to the "grey and sad conformism of death" (+ movie). More
Steven Vandenborre adds cross-shaped staircase to an industrial office conversion
A multi-directional black staircase bridges the main entrance space in this converted office building in Belgium (+ slideshow). More
Modaam Architects' cafe aims to create a new kind of public space in Tehran
This cafe in the Iranian capital is designed to act as a semi-public venue in the city, where open gathering spaces are starting to become popular again after years of heavy policing (+ slideshow). More
Hotel Hotel lobby and bar by March Studio named World Interior of the Year 2015
Inside Festival 2015: Australian office March Studio has been awarded the World Interior of the Year prize for its design of a sculptural timber lobby and utilitarian bar at a Canberra hotel. More
Australian National Architecture Awards 2015 winners revealed
The Australian Institute of Architects has named 46 winners in its annual awards, ranging from a brightly coloured hospital to a house split up into a "village" of blocks and a new home for the Melbourne School of Design (+ slideshow). More
Itay Ohaly's scratchable vases reveal hidden colours
Israeli designer Itay Ohaly has created a set of three black vases that can be etched to reveal colourful hidden layers beneath. More
Giles Pike adds steel extension to house in converted Victorian workshop
Giles Pike Architects chose concrete and steel for the renovation and extension of this east London house, referencing the brick building's industrial heritage. More
Verdant "cloud forests" and waterfalls proposed for new Singapore high-rise
Landscape firm Gustafson Porter has unveiled plans to create tiered gardens and waterfalls with a towering development proposed for Singapore's Marina Bay. More
Van Abbemuseum's Thing Nothing exhibition explores "the value of the physical object"
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
NOJI Architects uses reclaimed bricks for angular extension to historic Dublin house
Irish studio NOJI Architects built this angular extension to a heritage-protected Dublin house with reclaimed bricks to create a seamless transition between old and new. More
Suppose Design Office creates spotlit "stage" for chef at Tokyo sushi restaurant
Suppose Design Office has used dim lighting and minimal furnishings to create a theatrical dining space for an intimate sushi restaurant in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
Lowline Lab demonstrates viability of an underground New York park
A new mock-up of the Lowline, the underground park planned for New York City, demonstrates how its designers will bring sunlight and plant life below the streets of Manhattan's Lower East Side (+ slideshow). More
This week, Tesla's founder attacked Apple and Marc Newson created a mammoth-ivory tea set
This week on Dezeen: Elon Musk, the founder of electric car company Tesla, mocked Apple's plans to move into the electric-car market, while industrial designer Marc Newson created controversy with a tea set that features handles made from mammoth tusks (pictured). More
"Chicago is a living laboratory of future infrastructure"
Opinion: Chicago may have been the birthplace of the modern skyscraper, but the city is now more interested in landscape projects that make New York's High Line look like small fry, says Jonathan D Solomon, director of architecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. More
Matali Crasset adds claw-shaped ring to Extratoof jewellery line for Le Buisson
French designer Matali Crasset has created a range of rings with talon-like silver settings to add to her collection for Parisian jewellers Le Buisson. More