Our most popular story this week has been a house in Portugal with railway sleepers that cantilever from the wall to form a staircase. Read on for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
Tessellating windows and cladding panels create a pattern of glowing triangles on the facade of this commercial building in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, by local architect Junichiro Ikeura (+ slideshow). More about Junichiro Ikeura embraces the triangle with Japanese salon and office
News: students returned to the Glasgow School of Art this afternoon, as construction work began on the Charles Rennie Mackintosh masterpiece that was ravaged by fire last week. More about Students return to Glasgow School of Art as conservation effort begins
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in the second part of our interview with Rachel Armstrong, the senior University of Greenwich lecturer explains how a synthetic "limestone-like" support structure could be grown underneath Venice to prevent the city's foundations being eroded. More about Growing a "giant artificial reef" could stop Venice sinking
Models were joined with trains of fabric in fashion graduate Marta Jakubowski's collection during the Royal College of Art catwalk show yesterday. More about Marta Jakubowski connects RCA fashion collection with fabric trains
Opinion: show flats for residential developments don't just tell us about a developer's dream demographic – they have the potential to turn a sales fantasy into part of the city's built fabric, says Sam Jacob. More about "Marketing, architecture and development can be an incredibly powerful combination"
This electronica-tinged track by London producer and singer The Slow Revolt has a wonderfully effortless charm that belies the tight structure and attention to detail evident throughout. Understated and unassuming, the song achieves the feted balancing act of feeling both fresh and familiar at the same time.
The track is currently available as a free download ahead of its official release on the Fields record label.
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Layers of fine stainless steel mesh envelop this house in Tokyo by local architect Fumihiko Sano, making it look like it is wrapped in gauzy fabric (+ slideshow). More about Metal mesh shrouds Fumihiko Sano's MoyaMoya house
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for Part II assistants at Duggan Morris Architects, whose renovation and extension of a nineteenth century farm building is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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New York 2014: California design brand Sabi has collaborated with London-based MAP Project Office to create a collection of wall storage products for the bathroom. More about Sabi previews bathroom accessories range by Barber and Osgerby's MAP
News: cracked protective coating on the Willis Tower's glass viewing deck, 410 metres above ground level, leads to temporary closure. More about Glass viewing platform on Chicago's tallest building "cracks" under visitors' feet
This prototype clock by Boaz Cohen and Sayaka Yamamoto tells the time in a straight line by replacing the hands with a pivoting shell-like structure. More about BCXSY creates linear clock for Designers' Days
This triangular auditorium in Belgium by Dehullu Architecten features a facade of upright bricks and a rounded corner that lifts off the ground (+ slideshow). More about Kortrijk auditorium by Dehullu Architecten features vertical bricks
French agency M/B has designed a revolving zoetrope installation for Molteni&C's flagship store in Paris, to showcase the Italian furnishing brand's latest products (+ slideshow). More about M/B creates spinning optical illusion at Molteni&C's Paris store