These photographs by Roland Halbe show a mixed-use building by German architects NPS Tchoban Voss, which cantilevers over a neighbouring rooftop in Berlin. More »

Robots of Brixton is a sci-fi animation by Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Kibwe Tavares in which a downtrodden robot workforce battles with police against a backdrop of dystopian architecture in scenes reminiscent of the 1981 Brixton riots in London. More »

New Designers 2011: textile designer Orawee Choedamphai has created modular knitted screens that incorporate cable ties and Lego. More »

Dezeen Wire: Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta and British sculptor Anish Kapoor are among the five laureates of this year's Praemium Imperiale arts prize, awarded by the Japan Art Association.  More »

This corner house by Sophie Valla Architects and Marc Koehler Architects is the latest of 670 architect-designed homes to be completed at a new development masterplanned by architects MVRDV in Leiden, the Netherlands. More »

Kingston University graduate Hannah Niskanen-Benady presented this series of side tables that incorporate knitted containers at graduate show New Designers in London over the weekend. More »

Four courtyards are cut into the asymmetrical white roof of this Portuguese house by ARX Portugal Arquitectos and Portuguese architect Stefano Riva. More »

Stacks of reclaimed roof tiles form walls inside this former slaughterhouse in Madrid by Spanish architect Arturo Franco. More »

Here's another set of photographs of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Peter Zumthor, this time by photographer Julien Lanoo. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

Visitors to a recent Liverpool exhibition rolled eggs down seven timber follies designed by London studio Aberrant Architecture. More »

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 »