Visitors to a fashion film exhibition in Milan organised by arts website POSTmatter were able to manipulate imagery on giant displays using movement and gestures (+ movie). More about Interactive fashion films at POST exhibition respond to movement of gallery visitors
Landscape architecture firm Martha Schwartz Partners references Bedouin carpets and sand dunes in teardrop-shaped landscaping for a green retreat in the centre of an Abu Dhabi business district (+ slideshow). More about Abu Dhabi plaza by Martha Schwartz Partners features teardrop-shaped landscaping
This week's Dezeen Mail includes Ikea's collection for hipsters (pictured) and Patrik Schumacher's Facebook rant, along with the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Opinion: a Le Corbusier design for a customisable house inspired by the devastation of Flanders during the First World War has haunted architecture ever since, says Justin McGuirk. More about "The perfect architectural symbol for an era obsessed with customisation and participation"
A wall of windows winches up and down to reveal the interior of this gallery renovation in Los Altos, California, by Seattle architect Tom Kundig (+ slideshow). More about Tom Kundig hoists California gallery facade using gears and pulleys
Milan 2014: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will show a glass chair that refracts light around its edges for Italian brand Glas Italia in Milan next month. More about Tokujin Yoshioka to present Prism chair for Glas Italia in Milan
News: musician Imogen Heap is to put an experimental electronic glove into production, creating a tool that will allow anyone to interact with their computer remotely via hand gestures. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12 (+ interview + movie). More about Imogen Heap launches funding drive for gloves that turn gestures into music
This multi-storey car park for Copenhagen by local firm JAJA Architects will feature a plant-covered facade to hide the cars inside and grand external staircases leading to a landscaped park on the roof (+ slideshow). More about Pompidou-inspired car park by JAJA Architects to feature planted facade and rooftop park
The bright yellow facade of this cafe in Seoul by local studio Nordic Bros Design Community references the exterior of a Scandinavian house, complete with small square windows and a roof gable (+ slideshow). More about Yellow house-shaped facade fronts cafe by Nordic Bros Design Community
Interior designer Olena Yudina used a monochrome colour palette for the redesign of this apartment in Kyiv, adding glazed brick walls to every room and a recurring bird motif to bring the owners good luck (+ slideshow). More about Bird motifs dotted through monochrome Kyiv apartment by Olena Yudina
Architecture firm Snøhetta has unveiled images of a hotel that will wind across a rocky outcrop in Norway's Lofoten archipelago. More about Snøhetta reveals sinuous hotel for a Norwegian island
This coat rack by German designers Christine Herold and Katharina Ganz is designed to look like birds perched along a power line. More about Hooks resembling resting birds perch along coat rack by Christine Herold and Katharina Ganz
This house in northern Switzerland, by local architect Pascal Flammer, frames views of a vast rural landscape through round and rectangular windows, as well as through entire walls of glazing (+ slideshow). More about Pascal Flammer's House in Balsthal features wooden braces and a circular window
Dezeen promotion: the list of exhibitors has been announced for this year's Ventura Lambrate exhibition to be held in Milan next month and a map of the show is now available to download. More about Ventura Lambrate announces exhibitors for 2014
Home rental website Airbnb has opened an office in Dublin with a reception area modelled on an Irish pub designed by local architects Heneghan Peng (+ slideshow). More about Airbnb hopes for luck of the Irish with pub-like Dublin offices by Heneghan Peng
Architecture student Tyler Short has developed an alternative to the traditional window shade - mechanical louvres that move in three dimensions to adapt to sunlight at different times of the day (+ movie). More about Kinetic louvres move in three dimensions to screen sunlight from any angle
This wooden home in Helsinki by Finnish architect Tuomas Siitonen has a roof that dips in the middle to allow views across it and a kinked plan that wraps around a secluded garden (+ slideshow). More about Timber-clad House M-M by Tuomas Siitonen wraps around a sheltered garden
Cedar shingles typical to New England houses have gradually faded from warm beige to a soft greyish brown on the walls of this residence in Maine by Los Angeles office Bruce Norelius Studio (+ slideshow). More about Maine residence by Bruce Norelius Studio reveals its age with a fading cedar facade
News: the UK's Royal Mint has unveiled a revised £1 coin with 12 sides, which it hopes will make the currency harder to forge. More about UK's Royal Mint reveals 12-sided £1 coin