Shigeru Ban Architects have designed temporary homes for Japanese disaster victims inside a chequerboard of stacked shipping containers. More about Multi-storey Temporary Housing by Shigeru Ban Architects
Israeli designer Rachel Boxnboim has cast a ceramic tea service inside fabric moulds. More about Alice by Rachel Boxnboim
Dezeen Wire: the latest Future Trends Survey by the Royal Institute of British Architects reports little change confidence levels among UK architects in the last two months. More about "Little overall change in confidence levels" - RIBA Future Trends Survey
German architects GMP Architekten designed three stadiums for the World Aquatics Championships currently taking place in Shanghai. More about Shanghai Oriental Sports Centre by GMP Architekten
Dezeen Wire: a group of Palestinian business leaders are working on a Palestinian national brand and will launch the first campaigns later this year. The move coincides with an appeal for the UN to admit Palestine as a full member state - Financial Times
German studio Archifaktur has inserted felt-lined caves and green-floored playrooms into the loft of a 1930s primary school (photographs by Zooey Braun). More about Alte Schule Winterbach by Archifaktur
Hopkins’ hyperbolic paraboloid-shaped Velodrome for the London 2012 Olympics (above) is one of six projects shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2011. More about Stirling Prize shortlist 2011