Dezeen Wire: architects including Foster + Partners, Aedas and BDP have accused the UK Conservative Party of exaggerating the fees architects were paid under the previous government's Building Schools for the Future scheme - Building Design

Here some photos of the new Palo Alto offices of internet services company AOL, designed by San Francisco designers Studio O+A. More »

British designer Tom Dixon has added a small wheel to a standard cafe table design to make it easier for staff to move around.  More »

This Barcelona school by architects Arqtel Barcelona has an exposed concrete structure with painted vertical bands of citrus colours. More »

A louvred timber canopy fans up from the centre of this restaurant near Sydney by Australian architects Koichi Takada. More »

This tree-top hotel room by Swedish architects Cyrén & Cyrén is accessed via a bridge leading from the hilly forest to an entrance on the roof. More »

Designer Andre Fu is one of the judges of the Inside awards. Here he talks about the Upper House Hotel he designed in Hong Kong plus the importance of calm and comfort in an interior.  More »

This house outside Warsaw by Polish architect Robert Konieczny transforms from a villa by day to a fortress by night. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

A prototype of the London 2012 Olympic Torch by designers BarberOsgerby was unveiled in London this morning. More »

Argentine architects Estudio BaBO have stacked one brick box upon another to create this house next to a golf course in Buenos Aires. More »

Dezeen Wire: the Design Council in the UK have announced a new Board of Trustees, following their merger with CABE in April. More »

In more fashion news, designer Elham Seyed Javad of Canadian company ResportOn designed a hood for Muslim women who want to keep their hair covered while playing sport. More »

Designer Paul Priestman of PriestmanGoode is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen he explains how his work on transportation design led to the Recovery Lounge, an innovative proposal for a new type of hospital ward. More »

Photographer Filippo Poli has sent us these images of a Milan church with a grey, striped exterior by Italian studio Cino Zucchi Architetti. More »