A blanket-like roof of perforated concrete covers the Al-Mujadilah Centre and Mosque for Women in Qatar, which has been completed by American studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
The medal for this year's best overall contribution to the London Design Biennale has gone to the Malta pavilion, which is presenting an expandable spherical urn designed to enshrine the ashes of multiple people together.
Design studio Nendo has created a set of beer glasses for Japanese brewery Sapporo, featuring bell-shaped bases that make a cheerful clinking sound when they touch.
German luggage manufacturer Rimowa and Swiss design company Vitra have collaborated on a toolbox and mobile storage stool informed by the companies' "mutual use of aluminium".
Construction has been restarted on a New York supertall skyscraper at 740 Eighth Avenue, designed by studios ODA and SLCE with a spiralling torch at its crown that may hold an above-city thrill ride.
Giant multi-person urns and the world's first known organisational chart are among the key installations from this year's London Design Biennale, which opens at Somerset House today.