A curvy structure forms the heart of this small Tokyo home and workspace by Japanese studio Flat House, separating a cafe, gallery and art studio from the residents' domestic activities (+ slideshow). More about Live-in gallery and studio by Flat House hides utility rooms in a central cylinder
A cast-concrete box overhangs the sloping lower floor facade of this house by Japanese studio Matsuyama Architects (+ slideshow). More about Matsuyama Architects builds concrete house on inclining site in Japanese housing estate
Competition: Dezeen has partnered with British interior designer Ilse Crawford to give away five copies of her new book, A Frame for Life: The Designs of Studioilse. More about Competition: five copies of Ilse Crawford's monograph to be won
News: Zaha Hadid, Steven Holl, Frank Gehry and Bernard Tschumi have pledged support to a campaign to prevent the "barbaric" part-demolition of a school by Austrian Modernist architect Helmut Richter. More about Hadid, Holl and Gehry join fight to save "masterpiece" school by Helmut Richter
Movie: in our next exclusive video interview for Moroso, Dutch designer Tord Boontje explains how the fashion industry has influenced his furniture collections for the Italian brand. More about Tord Boontje and Moroso brought "the excitement of fashion into furniture"
This Vietnam kindergarten by Vo Trong Nghia Architects features a knot-shaped roof with a vegetable garden on top and three protected courtyard playgrounds (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia's Farming Kindergarten has a vegetable garden on its looping roof
Japanese studio Nendo has released the second watch in its series of designs that takes graphical cues from architectural drawing tools. More about Nendo's second Draftsman watch is based on circular stencils
Italian car and coach-building firm Pininfarina has combined materials used inside 1930s vehicles with current technologies to produce a limited-edition bicycle (+ slideshow). More about Pininfarina fuses 1930s style with modern technology to produce bespoke bicycle
One end of this stone-clad concert hall in Germany by Peter Haimerl Architektur appears to have subsided into the ground, causing the other to lift up in to the air (+ slideshow). More about Peter Haimerl's Bavarian concert hall has a rough stone exterior and a raw concrete interior
A series of bulbous wicker forms by French designer Matali Crasset aim to promote traditional Zimbabwean weaving techniques. More about Matali Crasset presents woven vessels in collaboration with Zimbabwean weavers