Slovakian house by JRKVC features a glazed gable wall
Slovakian studio JRKVC has designed a small house near Bratislava with one gable wall entirely glazed to fill the interior with light (+ slideshow). More
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This week on Dezeen
We've been reporting from the Venice Architecture Biennale this week, where this year's curator Rem Koolhaas took us on a tour of his Central Pavilion, which he hoped would trigger "a modernisation of the core of architecture". Read on for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days. More
Izabela Bołoz designs two-legged bench to lean against walls
Eindhoven designer and artist Izabela Bołoz has created a wooden bench with only two legs that is designed to rest against a wall. More
Mass Studies brings together North and South Korea with Venice biennale pavilion
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: Mass Studies founder Minsuk Cho curates an "epic-scale show about both Koreas" with one of the most politically ambitious projects at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale (+ interview + slideshow). More
Job of the week: interior designer/architect at Studio Urquiola
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an interior designer/architect at the studio of Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola, whose modular sofa system covered in jersey material is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Brass grid structure cages patisserie in Shenzhen by Linehouse
A cage-like grid of brass poles surrounds the upper section of this double-height patisserie in Shenzhen, China, by Shanghai studio LineHouse. More
Competition: five Dezeen Book of Interviews to be won
Competition: to celebrate the recent launch of our Dezeen Book of Interviews, we're giving readers the chance to win one of five copies. More
Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Verons Associates completes child welfare facility in Paris
Golden louvred shutters add a warm contrast to the otherwise monochrome facades of this child welfare facility in Paris by French architects Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Verons Associates (+ slideshow). More
The Dezeen Watch Store guide to: Father’s Day gifts
Dezeen Watch Store: we've put together a list of seven types of dad that you could be buying gifts for this Father's Day, and have recommended the ideal watch for each one. Read the illustrated guide in full on the Dezeen Watch Store blog »
Rem Koolhaas' Elements exhibition in Venice aims to "modernise architectural thinking"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: the Elements exhibition focusses on architectural components such as elevators and escalators, which "have never really been incorporated into either the ideology or the theory of architecture," says curator Rem Koolhaas (+ movie). More
Tokyo cafe interior by CUT Architectures is modelled on a laboratory
A white-lacquered steel ceiling grid, plants under strips of lighting and white tiled surfaces feature in this Tokyo cafe, designed by CUT Architectures to resemble a laboratory (+ slideshow). More
Fall House by Fougeron Architecture steps down a cliff side
San Francisco office Fougeron Architecture has designed a house in California that steps down the side of a cliff and projects over the edge. More
Paul Cocksedge transforms Istanbul sea view with installation of colourful circles
Red, white and blue translucent circles overlapped to form this screen created by London designer Paul Cocksedge at a festival in Istanbul (+ slideshow). More