New York architecture studio WORKac has reorganised the galleries of the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston, Texas, by adding a glazed entrance pavilion in front (+ slideshow). More about Blaffer Art Museum renovation by WORKac
Milan 2013: architect Zaha Hadid has designed a system of twisting auditorium seats for Italian brand Poltrona Frau Contract. More about Array auditorium seats by Zaha Hadid for Poltrona Frau Contract
Here are some images of the competition-winning proposals by Snøhetta, Duncan Lewis and Casson Mann for a visitor complex at the Paleolithic cave paintings in Lascaux, France. More about Lascaux IV: Cave Painting Centre by Snøhetta, Duncan Lewis and Casson Mann
British architect David Chipperfield has completed a new gallery building at the Saint Louis Art Museum in Missouri (+ slideshow). More about Saint Louis Art Museum East Building by David Chipperfield
Flights of stairs in odd places (above), a flat-pack concert hall by Renzo Piano and a hotel in a former prison all feature in this week's Dezeen Mail, along with all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Opinion: in this week's column, Sam Jacob calls for an end to the "tyranny of fun" in office design. More about "Offices designed as fun palaces are fundamentally sinister"
French designer Philippe Starck and car company Peugeot have unveiled a prototype bicycle crossed with a scooter, designed for a free cycle scheme in Bordeaux, France. More about Pibal bicycle by Philippe Starck and Peugeot
London firm Threefold Architects designed this long gabled artists' studio in Norfolk, UK, so that the owners could construct it themselves (+ slideshow). More about The Long Studio by Threefold Architects
An exhibition of drawings by architect Daniel Libeskind will go on show at the Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery in Rome next month. More about Architectural Drawings by Daniel Libeskind at Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery
The folded tops of these two-legged side tables by Taiwan designer Kenyon Yeh allow them to rest against a wall. More about Kaki side tables by Kenyon Yeh