This narrow building in Tokyo by local studio Apollo Architects & Associates accommodates an 85-year-old restaurant within its base, while its upper floor is a residence with a cantilevered balcony (+ slideshow). More about Switch by Apollo Architects gives a new home to an 85-year-old restaurant
News: the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and architect Raymond Moriyama have launched a $100,000 award to rival the Pritzker and Stirling Prizes, which will be awarded every two years through an open competition. More about Canada launches architecture prize to rival Pritzker
Dezeen promotion: Italian furniture brand Pedrali will be showing its latest collection at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week. More about Pedrali to launch latest products in Milan
Milan 2014: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius will introduce the latest product from her ongoing relationship with design giant Vitra in Milan this week – a chair that comes with a handle and optional wheels for easy relocation. More about Vitra launches a lounge chair by Hella Jongerius in Milan
Milan 2014: Studio Job has revisited its own archive to create a unique wallpaper range for Dutch brand NLXL, which debuts in Milan this week. More about Studio Job raids its own archive to create wallpaper patterns
News: architects Frank Gehry and Foster + Partners have today presented designs for a neighbourhood of 1300 homes, for the third phase in the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station in south London. More about Gehry and Foster unveil designs for Battersea Power Station redevelopment
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this exclusive preview, Alexandros Tsolakis of lighting studio United Visual Artists explains their dramatic laser installation for MINI that opens tomorrow in Milan. More about Computers that "understand us as much as we understand them" will transform design
Milan 2014: Vienna designers taliaYstudio have developed a series of prototype high-tech "holdable" devices including a monocle that makes your eye look bigger, a digital lollipop that cheers you up and a camera triggered by a kiss (+ movies). More about Holdables by taliaYstudio are "a satirical comment on the wearable tech frenzy"
The glass-walled living areas of this house in Paredes, Portugal, are sandwiched between a top floor wrapped in opaque panels and a basement clad in rugged shale tiles (+ slideshow). More about Spaceworkers' 07CBE House features cantilevered and transparent storeys
Milan 2014: German brand e15 will launch a collection of floor, table, pendant and wall lamps at this year's Salone Internazionale del Mobile, including lights made from copper discs and X-shaped extruded aluminium (+ slideshow). More about Lighting by e15 to debut in Milan
A motorway sign symbol of a church was translated directly into the structure of this roadside chapel on the outskirts of Wilnsdorf, Germany, by Frankfurt architects Schneider+Schumacher (+ slideshow). More about Schneider+Schumacher's church based on motorway signage looks like Batman
Milan 2014: Dutch design studio Droog has adapted pieces from the 8000 objects in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum to create a studio space for Milan design week (+ slideshow). More about Droog adapts Rijksmuseum collection for Milan exhibition
Dutch designer Piet Boon has transformed the interior of a former military hospital chapel in Antwerp, Belgium, into a contemporary restaurant featuring a sculptural chandelier. More about Military church in Antwerp reinvented as a restaurant by Piet Boon
Milan 2014: Danish furniture brand Republic of Fritz Hansen will revive the 1958 Drop chair designed by Modernist architect Arne Jacobsen in Milan next week (+ slideshow). More about Arne Jacobsen's Drop chair reintroduced by Republic of Fritz Hansen
We're heading to Milan to report on the city's annual festival of design exhibitions, installations and parties next week. You can see all the products launched during the Milan 2014 furniture fair and satellite events on our new Pinterest board, which we'll be updating daily. See our new Pinterest board »
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A pavilion with a spiked roof by Australian firm Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects rises above the landscaped site of the new National Arboretum on the outskirts of the Australian capital, Canberra (+ slideshow). More about National Arboretum in Canberra boasts pointed pavilion and curvy visitor centre
Milan 2014: steel tubes slot into an oak base to create this clothes rack by Swedish firm Note Design Studio, which will debut in Milan. More about Note Design Studio creates Plateau storage unit to keep the hallway tidy
Milan 2014: Danish brand Gubi will be launching a side table and updates of existing stool and chair designs by Copenhagen studio GamFratesi at the Urban Stories exhibition during Milan design week. More about Gubi to launch GamFratesi designs at Palazzo Litta in Milan
This wooden extension to a school library near Melbourne, by local firm Branch Studio Architects, creates a reading lounge and balcony nestled among the branches of surrounding trees (+ slideshow). More about Branch Studio Architects adds timber-clad extension to Australian school library