Artist/sculptor/woodworker Ted Lott creates chairs for living in.

TA-ZE premium olive oil store in Toronto by Burdifilek.

A 'greenhouse' in London replaces traditional plants with clear bags of algae into which visitors can blow carbon dioxide (and tweet about it!).

Landscape Fence by Heri&Salli, a free-form steel 'cocoon' wrapped around a swimming pool in Austria.

SKIN by design firm P-06 Atelier in collaboration with architect Joao Luis Carrilho da Graça is a permanent installation of moveable walls combining stenciled cutout graphics patterns, typography and light at The Pavilion of Knowledge in Lisbon.

Taking color cues from the indigenous flowers of the desert region, the new Saguaro property is in full bloom. Opening in Palm Springs in February, the bold design elements pack a punch amidst the balmy backdrop of palms.

Striking architecture of the Sunwell Muse by Takato Tamagami and Be Fun Design.

Ougi-machi Global Pharmacy by Ninkipen, a narrow, but beautiful building tucked amongst towering neighbors.

Villa T in Ragusa, Sicily by Architrend Architecture.

'Concrete Colony' for the Keystone Festival Bar at Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney. A series of chair 'relics' are transformed by wrapping, cloaking and draping with an innovative new material, Concrete Canvas.

The new Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum opens in Boston. Stunning building by Renzo Piano.

Beautiful use of inside and outside spaces in The Overlapping Land/House by Neri&Hu.

The stunning Villa Flåttarna by Wingårdh Arkitektontor takes full advantage of the stunning views.

iSelect by V Arc, a Melbourne office fit-out that encourages a fun new use of space - via a slide and ball pit!

In Switzerland, the 104 year old Berghotel Muottas Muragl has been completely renovated!

Safetybox for dogs. When you have to run a quick errand at the store and have your dog with you, you can now keep them safe while you shop. Pictured in Oslo, Norway.

The Kumamoto Artpolis Kahoku project by Ryo Yamada.

Alexis bookshop and coffee bar in Bratislava, Slovakia by Plural and Total Studio.

'Cicada' is an organic, cocoon-like spatial intervention in the heart of industrial Taipei.

The Freshwater House by Chenchow Little in Sydney, Australia is a simple, yet elegant house with beautiful joinery that results in stunning lighting effects.

With a chalkboard-like façade nestled between sprightly sprouts of bamboo, The new House S echoes Japanese simplicity.

The unusual architecture of brazilian's fashion designer Adriana Barra's store includes vertical gardens, colorful stairs and a vintage look.

A new five-story creation called the Zellig Sculpture, which contains three glass bridges and 2000 meters of steel tubing, has been created inside the Custard Factory by Nottingham based design firm Philip Watts.

International Chefs, architects and designers on stage at 'Paris Des Chefs'

Tenbosch House, a charming B&B in Brussels by Patrice Lémeret, Michel Penneman, Catharina Eklof.

A full scale edible gingerbread house complete with sugary construction drawings! Built (baked?) by alma-nac for the Great Ormond's Street Hospital, London.

'Eco-Museum' in Rennes by French architects Anne-Flore Guinée et Hervé Potin.

A hotel of caravans and huts arranged inside a vacuum-cleaner factory shares a piece of Berlin counterculture (Schrebergartenglück) with travelers.

Mirrored interactive playground in Copenhagen from MLRP.

This astonishing modern house in Hampstead, London was designed by renowned architects Paxton Locher and is set around a spectacular 40ft double-volume reception room.

Swedish Free School Organization Vittra, an AWESOME school house with no walls!! A thought provoking space by the architects at Rosan Bosch!

Polar Hen, Mjölk Architekti's winning competition entry for the international architecture competition Warming Huts v.2012. The terraforming machine pumps up the icy riverwater to spray it over an air-filled silicone inflatable creating igloos.

Gorgeous Taltal Public Library in Chile by Murúa-Valenzuela.

The Paolo Cascone’s research combines advanced design with low technology constructive systems.

The Shadow Pavilion by PLY Architecture is made by aluminium cones and geometric tethering which reflects ambient light conditions, abstracting the sky and planting it on earth.

New Technogym worldwide Christmas window: huge virtual gift pack made of polished steel

The Normann Copenhagen was today awarded the Denmark global innovation award (gia) for 'most innovative store' for its 1,700 m2 Flagship Store at Østerbro in Copenhagen...

Venafro, Italy is the home of a stellar new shop called the Home/Unusual Store, designed by Luigi Valente.

Cool Scenography and Video mapping made by MoooZ for the freaky funky Electrocircus festival organized by CENC in Geneva (cenc.ch).

In 2011, Eyeo brought together an incredible group of creative coders, data viz pros, designers and artists. 2012 looks to be just as amazing. Check out the speakers and their work.

5 architects, 5 boxes made out of paper, ready to print and ready to use as pen holders. By Cesar Cheng.

'Harmonie' installation by Frédéric Lécrivain.

Peter Zumthor's Steilneset Memorial in Vardø, Norway.

The Joanneum Museum extension in Graz, Austria by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos and eep architekt.