A recessed balcony carves a rectangular hole in the facade of a writer’s house in north Hollywood. More »

Dezeen Wire: the number of architectural practices expecting more work in the month from July to August saw a drop from 27% to 25% according to the latest Future Trends Survey published by the Royal Institute of British Architects in London. More »

This time last year MVRDV’s Balancing Barn was nearing completion and the proposals for the V&A at Dundee were unveiled, including the eventual winning design by Kengo Kuma. More »

Dezeen archive: a waterside summerhouse in Norway (top left) was popular on Dezeen this week, so here’s a roundup of all our stories about Norwegian architecture and interiors. See all the stories »

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Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the Telling Tales exhibition at the Ligne Roset Westend showroom, central London owner of Ligne Roset Robert Hasty talks about pieces by Jean Nouvel and Inga Sempé. Watch the movie »

Dezeen Space: east London street artist Stewy joins us at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. More »

Japanese architect Masato Sekiya has slotted one timber structure inside another to construct a law firm in Nara. More »

Nothing but a four metre-high door penetrates the plain facade of this house in northern Italy. More »

Dutch architects UNStudio have designed a concrete observation tower to cantilever into the sky above a nature reserve in the Netherlands. More »

Dezeen Space: visitors to Dezeen Space today can listen to the ambient sounds of the local area through a tangle of corrugated plastic tubes, courtesy of Polish studio mode:lina at Dezeen Platform. More »

London Design Festival 2011: British company Another Country presents its second range of furniture together with a new chair and collection of accessories at designjunction this week. More »

London Design Festival 2011: London designer Ilse Crawford presents a new collection of furniture for manufacturer and distributor De La Espada at Tramshed this week. More »

Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the Telling Tales exhibition at the Ligne Roset Westend showroom, central London owner of Ligne Roset Robert Hasty talks about two pieces in the new collection: the Rewrite desk by GamFratesi and Etagère de Coin cabinet by Marie Dessuant (above). Watch the movie »

This week Dezeen have been at the London Design Festival, where we opened Dezeen Space in Shoreditch and officially launched the Dezeen Book of Ideas. Thanks to everyone who’s stopped by so far! More »