Cologne 2010: designer Eric Degenhardt of Cologne has designed a coat hook for German manufacturer Schönbuch that incorporates a tray for smaller items such as keys. More about Saucer by Eric Degenhardt for Schönbuch
Dezeen and Bis Publishers have got together to give away five copies of British Design 2010. More about Competition: five copies of British Design 2010 to be won
Utrecht designers Rogier Martens and Sam van Veluw of Aandeboom have designed a flat-packed play house that can be attached to the trunk of a tree. More about Zelfbouwboomhut by Aandeboom
London architects Sybarite have completed the interior of a store in Las Vegas for fashion brand Marni, which features stainless steel rails snaking through the space. More about Marni store Las Vegas by Sybarite
The Venice architecture biennale has announced 'People meet in architecture' as the theme of this year's show, which is curated by Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima of SANAA. More about Venice architecture biennale theme announced
Chinese studio Vector Architects have completed a sales pavilion for a construction site in Hefei, China, which features a series of enclosed courtyards. More about Momentary City by Vector Architects
Rotterdam studio GROUP A have completed a private residence cantilevered over a sloping driveway in Bussum, the Netherlands. More about Villa Bussum by GROUP A
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has unveiled the iPad, a large touch-screen device for reading, browsing the internet, listening to music and playing games. More about iPad by Apple
Portuguese, Athens-based architects João Prates Ruivo and Raquel Maria Oliveira of Greece have been announced as the winners of UPTO35, a competition to design an affordable student housing complex in Athens, Greece. More about João Prates Ruivo and Raquel Maria Oliveira win UPTO35 competition
Dutch interior architects i29 have completed a home in Amsterdam featuring one interior wall covered in plants. More about Home 06 by i29
London designer Nina Tolstrup of Studiomama has created a cabinet with hidden compartments made of reclaimed floorboards. More about Reveal by Studiomama
Australian studio Robert Mills Architects have completed a house surrounded by a pool of water in Melbourne, Australia. More about Ross Street by Robert Mills Architects
Mulders vandenBerk Architecten of Amsterdam have completed a playground building in a park in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with a Corian façade engraved with images of fairytales from around the world. More about Anansi Playground Building by Mulders vandenBerk Architecten
Japanese architects Kensuke Watanabe Architecture Studio have completed an arch with a cross at its apex outside a church in Tokorozawa, Japan. More about Cross Tower by Kensuke Watanabe Architecture Studio
Lighting and furniture that appear to be covered in ice will be on show at Galerie Kreo in Paris later this week as part of an exhibition of new work by Dutch designers Studio Wieki Somers. More about Frozen in Time by Studio Wieki Somers at Galerie Kreo
Aberrant Architecture have proposed a mobile office canteen so that people working from home in residential areas can feel like they're part of a big company. More about Gordon Wu CityLocal by Aberrant Architecture
Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong has created a tiny floating house as part of the Hong Kong & Shenzhen bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture. More about Paddling Home by Kacey Wong
Portuguese photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us his photographs of a chapel in Bragança, Portugal, designed by architect Luis Ferreira Rodrigues of Porto. More about Sta Columbina Chapel by Luis Ferreira Rodrigues
A series of erotic figurines by American artist Jessica Lichtenstein is on show at Gallery Nine5 in New York. More about Undressed by Jessica Lichtenstein
Designers Victor Massip and Laurent Lebot of Faltazi have designed a conceptual system where water is recycled and waste is broken down by worms inside the kitchen. More about Ekokook by Faltazi