Architectural photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us some images of a house and studio in Oporto, Portugal that architect Álvaro Siza Álvaro Leite Siza designed and built for himself. More »
Photography
Star House by AGi Architects
Photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us some images of a house designed by AGi Architects located next to a beach in Bnaider, Kuwait. More »
Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper
and Thomas De Ridder
French photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us these images of an installation by Belgian architects Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder at S.M.A.K - Museum of Modern Art in Ghent, designed to give visitors an idea of the museum's work behind-the-scenes. More »
Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur
Stuttgart photographer Zooey Braun has sent us his images of this hotel in Ramsen, Germany, by Naumann Architektur, with tree trunks in guests' rooms. More »
Tour des Arts by Forma 6
Black & White House by AGi architects
Photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us his photographs of this building by AGi architects of Spain and Kuwait, comprising three homes clad in white stucco and three homes in black stone. More »
Tokyo Apartment by Sou Fujimoto Architects
Architectural photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us his images of Tokyo Apartment by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, four house-shaped apartments stacked on top of each other. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
Interpretation Centre by Paulo Gomes
Photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us his photographs of a visitors' centre by Paulo Gomes that's nestled into the rock face at an archaeological site in Murça, Portugal. More »
Homemade is Best by Forsman & Bodenfors,
Evelina Bratell and Carl Kleiner for IKEA
Swedish furniture and homeware brand IKEA have released this 140-page cookbook featuring photographs of ingredients laid out in patterns. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
Areas of Outstanding Urban Beauty
photography competition
James Leal Centre by Sarah Wigglesworth
Architects
This visitor centre in Redbridge, England, by UK firm Sarah Wigglesworth Architects features a zig-zag roof with oversailing wooden trusses. More »
Playhouse by Aboday
A spiralling concrete slide connects the kitchen and child's bedroom of this family house near Jakarta designed by Indonesian architects Aboday and photographed by Happy Lim. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
Casa Areia by Aires Mateus Architects
Dezeen are in Venice for the opening of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010 where Lisbon firm Aires Mateus Architects are exhibiting these houses with sandy floors, photographed by Nelson Garrido. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
Poolhaus by Baumhauer
Photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us his photos of this transparent pool house in Munich, Germany by Berlin studio Baumhauer. More »
Holiday Cabana at Maduru Oya
by Damith Premathilake
Photographer Logan MacDougall Pope has sent us his images of this lakeside retreat in Sri Lanka made using a stray shipping container and timber from weapon boxes. More »