San Francisco studio CCS Architecture have completed a house comprising two buildings in the Santa Cruz mountains of California, where the roof of one extends over the other. More about Aptos Retreat by CCS Architecture
An extension to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts by London architect Rick Mather has opened to the public in Richmond, Virginia, USA. More about Virginia Museum of Fine Arts expansion by Rick Mather
Korean designer Hyung Suk Cho has designed a chair made of two curved wooden shells joined together with circular studs. More about Stud Chair by Hyung Suk Cho
More from plusminuszero: the Japanese design company also launched this credit card-sized calculator in Milan last month. More about Electronic Calculator XS by plusminuszero
In Milan last month Japanese brand plusminuszero launched a watch where the strap slots through the back of the case. More about ZFW watch by plusminuszero
Design students Leon Li and Ryan Ran have designed a range of wooden office furniture incorporating tree branches. More about Unhidden by Leon Li and Ryan Ran
Japanese studio a.un architects have completed a house clad inside and out in wood, located in Mie, Japan. More about House in Atagoyama by a.un architects
Dezeenwire: designer Constantin Boym of Boym Partners has been appointed as director of graduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. See statement from Constantin and Laurene Boym below. More about Constantin Boym appointed at Virginia Commonwealth University
Australian studio B.E. Architecture have completed a house surrounded by a steel and timber grid in coastal Victoria, Australia. More about Meakins Road by B.E. Architecture
San Francisco architects IwamotoScott have completed a design study for a tower (above, right) straddling a street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. More about Edgar Street Towers by IwamotoScott
Paris design studio A+A cooren have designed a collection of lights held together with velcro. More about Borderline by A+A cooren
Milan 2010: Italian-Singaporean studio Lanzavecchia + Wai presented a collection of lights made of fabric stretched over steel wire frames in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan last month. More about Scaffold Lights by Lanzavecchia + Wai
Andrey Gorozhankin of Russian design studio Decolieu has completed the renovation of an apartment in Moscow by adding a low curved ceiling made of lime and wax. More about Wabi-Sabi by Decolieu
Photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us his series of the Rolex Learning Centre in Switzerland, designed by Japanese architects SANAA. More about Rolex Learning Centre by SANAA
Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut has designed a conceptual transport system that would involve airships powered by seaweed. More about Hydrogenase by Vincent Callebaut
Milan 2010: Viennese designers Mischer'Traxler presented a collection of bowls cast from vegetables in Milan last month. More about Reversed Volumes by Mischer’Traxler
Milan 2010: at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last month London designers Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer of Raw Edges launched a collection of seats for Cappellini made of wooden veneer filled with expanding foam. More about Tailored Wood by Raw Edges for Cappellini
A window made of glass prisms by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka is on show at MUSEUM. beyond museum in Seoul. More about Rainbow Church by Tokujin Yoshioka
Scottish studio Groves-Raines Architects have completed a composting shed in Edinburgh made of the bars normally used to reinforce concrete. More about Composting Shed by Groves-Raines Architects
Brendon Carlin and fellow students at the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory have experimented with liquid plaster set in stitched lycra moulds. More about Grompies