A traditional Japanese construction method was used for this house in Tokyo, which features four wooden columns arranged in a square to support the rest of the timber frame (+ slideshow). More about FT Architects' 4 Columns house features a traditional timber frame and minimal interior
This cafe in the Iranian capital is designed to act as a semi-public venue in the city, where open gathering spaces are starting to become popular again after years of heavy policing (+ slideshow). More about Modaam Architects' cafe aims to create a new kind of public space in Tehran
Music: American animator Jeanette Lee borrowed the shapes of Tokyo's Nakagin Capsule Tower to create a science-fiction urban landscape for Dewy Sinatra's In My Bubble music video. More about Jeanette Lee animates a futuristic city for Dewy Sinatra's In My Bubble video
A bright pink sex toy-cum-furniture piece that can be mounted like a vaulting horse is among this week's most-read stories on Dezeen. Other popular pleasure devices in our archives include a blown-glass clockwork vibrator, a dildo with a compartment for storing the ashes of a deceased partner and a device that doubles as a pendant necklace. Explore more design for sex »
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Taiwanese studio HAO Design installed a play area in the kitchen of this family home so the children could spend more time with their parents. More about HAO Design adds wooden slide and swings to family home in Taiwan
Belgian architects Edouard Brunet and François Martens have converted a terraced house in Brussels into two apartments, adding a projecting box with a full-height glass wall to house a new kitchen (+ slideshow). More about Kitchen extension projects from the top floor of a renovated Brussels house
This week on Dezeen: architect Magnus Ström launched a bespoke-housing service for multi-millionaires this week, while Renzo Piano unveiled plans for a luxurious apartment tower in Miami (pictured). More about This week, homes for the super rich and Renzo's luxury Miami tower hit the headlines
Japanese studio Nendo has designed a collection of ceramic tableware with handles to help store them in compact spaces and carry hot food. More about Nendo designs Totte plates and bowls for small apartments
Estudio ALA created this open-air chapel with a tall brick tower for staff at a tequila factory in the Mexican countryside (+ slideshow). More about Estudio ALA completes terracotta chapel at a Mexican tequila factory
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón is launching a limited-edition chronograph with a chimp-like face for his watch company Orolog. More about Jaime Hayón designs monkey-faced Miko watch for Orolog
Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for interior designers at Robert A M Stern Architects, which led the design of the 15 Central Park West apartment block in New York (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Yves Behar's San Francisco studio Fuseproject has designed an octagonal portable charger that can accommodate a computer, a smartphone and a tablet at the same time (+ slideshow). More about Zolt charger by Yves Behar powers three devices at once
Competition: Dezeen is giving away four pairs of tickets to a series of architectural discussions in London, which aim to "turn the conventional archi-debate format on its head". More about Competition: win tickets to Turncoats architecture debate series
World Architecture Festival 2015: Ole Scheeren has won World Building of the Year 2015 for The Interlace, a series of apartment blocks stacked diagonally across one another to frame terraces and gardens. More about Ole Scheeren's "vertical village" named World Building of the Year 2015
Inside Festival 2015: Australian office March Studio has been awarded the World Interior of the Year prize for its design of a sculptural timber lobby and utilitarian bar at a Canberra hotel. More about Hotel Hotel lobby and bar by March Studio named World Interior of the Year 2015
World Architecture Festival 2015: BIG's proposal for a 150-metre-high twisted skyscraper in Vancouver has won the title Future Project of the Year 2015 at the World Architecture Festival. More about BIG's twisted Vancouver tower named Future Project of the Year 2015
World Architecture Festival 2015: a natural wetland park at the mouth of three rivers in China's Zhejiang Province has won the World Landscape of the Year prize. More about World Landscape of the Year 2015 prize goes to Chinese wetlands park by Turenscape
World Architecture Festival 2015: a Swedish football club facility with a roof that doubles as spectator seating is the 2015 winner of the Small Project of the Year award at the World Architecture Festival. More about Football club building with rooftop seating wins Small Project of the Year 2015
White concrete volumes protrude from this house in central Italy, which features a bamboo-filled courtyard and a subterranean swimming pool (+ slideshow). More about Architettura Matassoni uses dislocated volumes to form white villa in Tuscany
The 2002 science-fiction movie Minority Report "influenced the future" and helped make dozens of contemporary technologies a reality, according to the film's production designer. More about Minority Report made today's technology possible, says production designer Alex McDowell