Comments update: crowdfunded architectural projects led the agenda this week following Bjarke Ingels' decision to place his firm's smoke-ring-blowing chimney project on Kickstarter. Read on for more on this and explore our comments page to keep up to date with the latest discussions. More about "Why is BIG crowdfunding this?"
Dezeen promotion: the first edition of the International Design Furniture Fair will take place in Hong Kong from 21 to 23 August (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid to exhibit at Hong Kong's International Design Furniture Fair
Boston studio Höweler + Yoon has stitched together steel modules to form a faceted canopy that shades an urban pocket park in the desert city of Phoenix, Arizona (+ slideshow). More about Höweler + Yoon creates canopy of folded metal plates for urban park in Phoenix
Spanish watersports brand Onean has unveiled two battery-powered boards that make it possible to surf without any swell (+ movie). More about Onean launches motorised electric boards for waveless surfing
Japanese studio YUUA Architects & Associates has slotted a house into a 2.5-metre-wide space between two existing buildings in Tokyo. More about Rooms are less than two metres wide inside Tokyo house by YUUA Architects
Glass walls and simple furnishings are paired with pale surfaces to give this Bloomsbury renovation by London studio Stiff + Trevillion a minimal aesthetic (+ slideshow). More about Stiff + Trevillion updates Bloomsbury mews house with gridded glazing and double-height bookcase
Pomo summer: branding and architecture firm Anagrama has built a giant bead maze that echoes Postmodernist colours and shapes in Mexico children's clothing store Kindo (+ slideshow). More about Anagrama creates oversized bead maze for Kindo children's boutique
Wahana Architects used a combination of red brick, perforated metal and slatted timber to provide different levels of exposure for each floor in the PS-26 Office in Jakarta, Indonesia (+ slideshow). More about Jakarta office block by Wahana Architects features trailing planting and an underground passage
Istanbul design group Kümülatif chose industrial materials for its debut line of homeware, with items including mirrors, bowls and photo frames. More about Kümülatif uses copper, linen and aluminium for industrial-themed homeware collection
LA studio wHY has completed a new home for the art department at Pomona College in Claremont, California, with ample gallery space and studios that offer views of the surrounding landscape (+ slideshow). More about Sculptural roof tops new arts centre designed by wHY for California's Pomona College
Pomo summer: Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown helped lead the charge for Postmodernism in America. Their Queen Anne chair – one of a series of flattened designs developed by the duo in the 1980s – injected humour into the furniture industry and is the next in our summer series on the controversial movement. More about Postmodern design: Queen Anne chair by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
A masterplan by Ennead Architects and RAFT Landscape Architecture for a nonprofit farm in New York aims to address two problems in the US: high unemployment among military veterans and a shortage of agricultural workers. More about Heroic Food Farm in rural New York will provide housing and training for military veterans
Studio Job has created a series of lamps shaped like peeled bananas for an exhibition at Belgium's Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery. More about Studio Job's Banana Show exhibition opens in Belgium
Bjarke Ingels has become the latest architect to use crowdfunding to finance a project, launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for development of a power plant chimney that will blow smoke rings (+ movie) More about BIG launches Kickstarter campaign for smoke-ring-blowing chimney at Copenhagen power plant
This house in Princeton, New Jersey by New York studio Levenbetts is organised around a courtyard, offering views of a private garden as well as out to the surrounding woodland (+ slideshow). More about Courtyard house by Levenbetts embraces its wooded landscape in Princeton
The Finnish Association of Architects has revealed the five buildings competing for the second Finlandia Prize for Architecture, including a pre-weathered steel arts centre, a timber-framed apartment block and a waterside housing complex (+ slideshow). More about Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2015 shortlist announced
New York practice John Puttick Associates has won the competition to redevelop the Brutalist 1960s bus station in Preston, England, with a design that features a rooftop football pitch, a climbing wall and a skate park. More about John Puttick Associates wins competition for £13 million Preston Bus Station overhaul
This house in France's Massif Central region features a lower storey inserted into a disused sand mine and a glazed upper storey offering views of the surrounding volcanic landscape (photos by Zooey Braun + slideshow). More about Werner Sobek's Y1 House comprises two stacked blocks on top of a former sand mine
Warsaw firm Mamastudio has launched its own hotel, turning a series of residential spaces into guest rooms that showcase furniture and artwork by Polish designers (+ slideshow). More about Mamastudio transforms historic Warsaw apartments into Autor Rooms boutique hotel
A brick wall conceals the majority of this two-storey house that Phillips Tracey Architects has slotted between a pair of heritage-listed buildings in south London (+ slideshow). More about Phillips Tracey replaces a derelict London dental surgery with a simple brick house