ECDM Architectes extends Parisian apartments with wavy balconies
The curving balconies of this housing scheme by French studio ECDM Architectes create a rippling outline and provide each flat with outdoor space (+ slideshow). More
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This week on Dezeen
This week we published Marc Newson's beer machine for Heineken, a scissor-like bridge in London (pictured), and reported the winning projects from both the World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival 2014. Read on for more architecture and design highlights, plus our track of the week. More
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers showcased "provocative ideas" for future travel
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs introduces this round-up of our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition on the future of mobility, which took place last month during London Design Festival. More
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Competition: five pairs of Biennale Interieur 2014 tickets to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Biennale Interieur to give away five pairs of tickets to the Belgian design festival, which takes place in Kortrijk from 17 to 26 October. More
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Job of the week: experienced architect at DSDHA
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an experienced architect at DSDHA, whose new studio and gallery for ceramic artist Edmund de Waal is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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The Chapel community space in Vietnam by a21studio wins World Building of the Year 2014
World Architecture Festival: a community space in Ho Chi Minh City designed by local firm a21studio and built using recycled materials and colourful fabric has been named World Building of the Year 2014 at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore (+ slideshow). More
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Hong Kong restaurant by Joyce Wang wins World Interior of the Year 2014
Inside Festival 2014: a Hong Kong restaurant that combines colonial-style furnishings with an industrial warehouse aesthetic has been named World Interior of the Year at the Inside Festival in Singapore (+ slideshow). More
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Spiny gallery extension by 5468796 named Future Project of the Year 2014
World Architecture Festival 2014: a proposal by Canadian firm 5468796 for an art gallery with a spiny exterior has won the title Future Project of the Year 2014 at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore. More
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World Landscape of the Year 2014 prize goes to Australian garden with a pointed pavilion
World Architecture Festival 2014: Australian firm Taylor Cullity Lethlean has won the World Landscape of the Year prize for the second year in a row for the new National Arboretum on the outskirts of the Australian capital, Canberra (+ slideshow). More
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Small Project of the Year 2014 award goes to a community library with a rooftop playground
World Architecture Festival 2014: a village library in China with a roof that doubles as a playground has been selected for the inaugural Small Project of the Year award at the World Architecture Festival. More
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Norton Ellis extends Georgian basement flat with glass and brick "outhouses"
A strip of glazing cuts through the middle of this two-storey extension to a Georgian property in west London, by Norton Ellis architects (+ slideshow). More
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TaliaYstudio turns colourful photography filters into jewellery collection
Vienna Design Week 2014: Vienna designers TaliaYStudio have released their first range of self-produced products with JellySeries 1, a collection of brass pendant necklaces that hold circles of yellow, cyan and magenta glass that can be used as camera filters (+ slideshow). More
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Aoki Jun and Associates complete perforated monogrammed facade for Louis Vuitton Tokyo
Japanese studio Aoki Jun and Associates redesigned the facade of the Louis Vuitton store in the Ginza district of Tokyo with a patterned and perforated shell based on the brand's monogram. More
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Sancal launches Gráfica furniture collection
Dezeen promotion: Spanish furniture and upholstery brand Sancal has launched a furniture collection that includes a suspended acoustic shade designed for meeting rooms. More
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Matali Crasset completes dessert-themed common room for French culinary school
This common room for a culinary school, by French designer Matali Crasset, has bright yellow interiors and white movable furniture that reference the meringue islands of famous custardy dessert L'île Flottante (+ slideshow). More
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Amma Studio's stools and tables combine cement with BB pellets and coffee grounds
London Design Festival 2014: New York-based Amma Studio has created a range of coffee tables and stools made by moulding cement with a range of unexpected materials. More
