Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has wrapped a cabin in Corten steel on a forested hillside in Nova Scotia.

Our latest series looks at how designers and architects can help manage natural hazards. Dezeen features editor Nat Barker explains why it's time to start Designing for Disaster.

Architecture studio Foster + Partners has revealed a masterplan for an urban centre near Hangzhou in China, which will be based around a skyscraper-flanked spine.

Promotion Technology brand HP has expanded its DesignJet plotter printer series with the addition of three 36-inch models suitable for office or home use.

Danish architecture practice 3XN has been selected to create a stepped retail building located along Baltimore's Inner Harbor informed by sailboats.

Sportswear brand Nike has launched the Nike Swoosh 1 trainer, a colourful Flyknit shoe for young children made from 80 per cent recycled materials and designed to feel like "cruising around barefoot".

Part of our Designing for Disaster series, we spotlight Climate Safe Rooms, an initiative that insulates one room as a cost-effective way to prepare low-income homes in Australia for extreme heat.

British architecture practice Foster + Partners and Danish studio BIG have been selected to help rebuild Hatay following the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake in February.

Design graduate Juliane Kühr has presented a set of sex toys for self-insemination at Dutch Design Week, which were devised to be used during sex to incorporate pleasure in the assisted conception process.

Norwegian studio Snøhetta's latest project, the Airside skyscraper, has opened at the old Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong.

Textile company Bananatex has developed a biodegradable lightweight jersey fabric by extracting fibres from the stalks of Abacá banana plants.

Emergency planner Lucy Easthope explains why she gets "chills at the back of the neck" when hearing that architects are working pro bono on disaster recovery in this interview conducted as part of Dezeen's Designing for Disaster series.

The world urgently needs architects and designers to start prioritising humanitarian projects, writes Cameron Sinclair as part of our Designing for Disaster series.