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House D by TANK

The floors and ceilings are covered in the same boards in this tiny Tokyo apartment renovated by Japanese architects TANK. More

Architects risk becoming "urban decorators" - David Chipperfield

With the Venice Architecture Biennale opening next week, here's a full transcript of our interview with its director David Chipperfield, who explains the thinking behind this year's theme, Common Ground.

Chipperfield stresses the need for the profession to address "the 99.99% of the rest of the world which architects are not dealing with." Otherwise he says, architects risk being relegated to being "urban decorators." Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More

John Travolta's Saturday Night Fever suit rediscovered

Dezeen Wire: the famous white suit worn by John Travolta in 1977 film Saturday Night Fever has been rediscovered and will be on show at the V&A museum in London from October. More

Thorsten van Elten at Clerkenwell Design Week

In the first of three interviews Dezeen filmed at pop-up shops during Clerkenwell Design Week this year, Theo founder and Pigeon Light (above) producer Thorsten van Elten explains how the internet is changing the way design is sold (+ movie). More

China dominates skyscraper construction in 2012

Dezeen Wire: nine of the 20 tallest buildings under construction in the world are located in China, according to the latest research by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. More

Harvest Pavilion by Vector Architects

This pavilion by Beijing studio Vector Architects is used to wash and prepare crops during the harvest at a farm in rural China (+ slideshow). More

Casa Cerrada Reforma 108 by DCPP Arquitectos

A high-walled courtyard runs parallel to this long black house in Mexico City by DCPP Arquitectos. More