Since our story on the P-Tree urinal that straps to a tree (above, bottom left) was so popular, this month’s top ten is all about toilets. More »

You can walk up one curved staircase and down another in this family home in Kitakami by Japanese architect Yukiko Nadamoto. More »

This time last year Priestmangoode unveiled a conceptual high-speed train for the UK, the Union Street Urban Orchard temporary public garden opened in London and Zaha Hadid curated an exhibition comparing her own work to Russian Suprematism. More »

A steel shell curls over the arched frame of this sports hall near Sydney by Australian architects Allen Jack+Cottier. More »

Visitors can clamber inside a stretchy web of netting installed by Numen/For Use at Belgian gallery Z33 this summer. More »

A collection of 30 dinner plates designed by Albert Schrurs of Allegory combine to create a map of France showing the location of the country’s Michelin-starred restaurants. More »

We have extended the opening period of our Dezeen Watch Store pop-up at 55 Neal Street in London by an extra week, due to strong demand. The store will now remain open until Saturday 16 July.

Full details of the store, described by the Evening Standard as “beautifully designed”, can be found in our earlier story.

Italian architects EM2 have converted a castle into a mountain museum. More »

Dezeen Screen: this next movie in our series filmed at the London Design Festival 2010 features curator Max Fraser talking about Lab Craft, an exhibition of work that marries craftsmanship with digital technology. Watch the movie »

The top floor of this office block in Italy by architects Modostudio is screened by faceted concrete panels that resemble Inca stonework. More »

This concept car by Los Angeles architects Emergent is made of cartilage and makes its own fuel from algae. More »

Dezeen Wire: Swedish textile designer Fanny Aronsen has died of cancer aged 55. More »

OMA have won a competition to design a gateway building for Toulouse, France, with a 40,000 square metre column-free exhibition hall. More »

Spanish architects MX_SI have won a competition to design an extension to a Finnish museum of art with this proposal that features recessed zigzagging windows. More »