A collection of differently sized cuboids make up the volume of this family house in Shiga, Japan, designed by architect Kouichi Kimura to offer "versatile spaces" with "light and scenery" (+ slideshow). More about Kouichi Kimura's Scape House uses a variety of windows to create a hierarchy of views
Vertical strips of masonry wrap around the buildings and playgrounds that make up Forfatterhuset Kindergarten, a new preschool in Copenhagen by Danish studio COBE (+ slideshow). More about COBE's Copenhagen kindergarten designed as a "village for children"
Comments update: a proposal to create a £600 million floating cycle path on London's River Thames was the most debated project on Dezeen last week. More about "If this is the answer then you are asking the wrong question"
The top floor of this former Soviet telecommunications building in the centre of Moscow has been converted by studio Archiproba into an open plan office for a technology company (+ slideshow). More about Archiproba transforms 1920s telecommunications building into offices in Moscow
This small portable lamp by ECAL graduate Claudio Gatto is powerful enough to be used on a balcony, in the basement or at the park. More about Claudio Gatto's Bolla rechargeable LED lamp works both indoors and outdoors
World Architecture Festival 2014: an image of the cavernous white interior of Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Center has been named architectural photograph of the year, from a shortlist that also featured a twisted skyscraper and a sunken flea market (+ slideshow). More about Architecture photographs of the year revealed
American company Bernhardt Design has celebrated its 125th anniversary by commissioning designers Ross Lovegrove, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance and Jephson Robb to create new furniture pieces for the brand (+ slideshow). More about Ross Lovegrove designs first wooden chair to mark Bernhardt Design's 125th anniversary
World Architecture Festival 2014: after working as project architect for OMA's giant CCTV tower, architect Ole Scheeren stepped out of Rem Koolhaas' shadow and set up his own practice in China. He spoke to Dezeen about what he learned from his former mentor and the vastly different speed, scale and ambition of working in the east (+ slideshow). More about Ole Scheeren: Asia has "a certain fearlessness and vision for the future"
Dutch designer Piet Boon has renovated a former office building in New York to create luxury apartments that borrow aesthetics from interiors in his home country (+ slideshow). More about Piet Boon brings "Dutch design" to Huys apartments in New York
News: Will Hobhouse of high-street furniture retailer Heal's has berated design schools for failing to teach business principles, claiming there's "no better background than an education through eBay" for designers who want to learn how to make a living. More about "Education through eBay" is the best business training for designers, says Heal's chairman
Brutalism: Denys Lasdun's National Theatre – one of London's best-known and most divisive Brutalist buildings – is a layered concrete landscape that Prince Charles once described as being like "a nuclear power station". More about Brutalist buildings: National Theatre, London by Denys Lasdun
Following the unveiling of a floating cycle path proposed for the River Thames, we've collected together 13 controversial projects from the pages of Dezeen that could transform London. More about 13 projects that could change the face of London
Atelier Data has extended a 1980s home in the Algarve, Portugal, with whitewashed concrete structures and fenced-in courtyards (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Data adds concrete volumes and internal courtyards to Algarve house
Maison & Objet 2014: Dutch firm Studio Macura has launched a collection of furniture and home accessories, including a marble tablet stand and oversized cork bottle stoppers. More about Studio Macura designs minimal accessories collection
Moveable timber fins cover the top five storeys of this university technology centre by French architects Badia Berger to modulate light and shade inside. More about Mantois Technology Centre by Badia Berger Architectes features moveable timber shutters
Slovenian studio Architektura d.o.o. has converted this Slovenian loft space into an open-plan two-bedroom holiday apartment – the second project we've featured by the architects today (+ slideshow). More about Arhitektura d.o.o. renovates cross-shaped attic in Slovenia into holiday home
Vienna Design Week 2014: Austrian designer Thomas Feichtner has collaborated with silverware manufacturers Jarosinski & Vaugoin to produce the company's 192nd cutlery range. More about Thomas Feichtner launches cutlery for Jarosinski & Vaugoin at Vienna Design Week
Slovenian studio Arhitektura d.o.o. has designed a footbridge in Ljubljana to be as minimal and transparent as possible, in order to maintain focus on the surrounding architecture (+ slideshow). More about Arhitektura d.o.o. designs minimalist Ribja Brv Footbridge in the centre of Ljubljana
London Design Festival 2014: experimental footwear, furniture and jewellery pieces by a selection of emerging designers feature in the Future Stars? exhibition at London's The Aram Gallery (+ slideshow). More about The Aram Gallery showcases seven new designers in Future Stars? exhibition
We've been reporting from Singapore this week for the World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival 2014. Our latest Pinterest board is filled with winning projects from both events, including the World Building of the Year and World Interior of the Year.
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