Dezeen Screen: here's an animation of the competition-winning proposals by New York architects WORKac to create a cultural hub on a St Petersburg island that has been closed to the public for over 300 years. Watch the movie »
The roof of this extended house in Melbourne sweeps outwards to create an exterior canopy and curves steeply upwards over a double-height dining room. More
This lamp by German designers Tobias Sieber and Samuel Treindl is cast from 10kg of copper, so its value will increase with metal prices. More
Dezeen Wire: 41 projects have been shortlisted for the inaugural Inside awards as part of Inside, the World Festival of Interiors that takes place in Barcelona from 2-4 November 2011. See the full shortlist below. More
The roof of a cafe pavilion in a German town cemetery is edged with both round and pointed arches. More
Open-plan rooms of subtly different proportions are created by an off-centre courtyard in this square house in rural Japan. More
Pyramidal chimneys perforated by square windows draw light into the playrooms of a Japanese nursery by Archivision Hirotani Studio. More
