The vast open-plan interior of this São Paulo bookshop by Studio MK27 was designed to encourage shoppers to stay and read the books they've purchased or to simply hang out with friends (+ movie). More about Studio MK27's "bookstore of the 21st century" was designed as a social meeting place
Fort Standard's aluminium Standing Bowls are raised on slim piers that reference the structural supports used to elevate buildings above the ground (+ slideshow). More about Aluminium bowls by Fort Standard stand on fin-like legs
The stepped rooftops and industrial details of these Parisian council blocks by Colboc Franzen & Associés are designed to integrate the scheme with the neighbouring buildings (+ slideshow). More about Colboc Franzen's Parisian social housing matches the proportions of its 1930s neighbours
An auction taking place during Parisian art fair FIAC next week will cement Ron Arad's reputation as one of the only collectible contemporary designers on the art market, according to French auction house Artcurial (+ slideshow). More about Ron Arad is one of few contemporary designers with art collector appeal, says French auctioneer
Interieur 2014: British designer Ross Lovegrove has built a pavilion from Barrisol's eponymous stretch-foil material to exhibit his new lighting products for the brand at this year's Biennale Interieur 2014 (+ slideshow). More about Ross Lovegrove exhibits sculptural lights in Barrisol pavilion at Biennale Interieur 2014
Interview: the UK is a difficult place to "do architecture" thanks to the dominance of the commercial sector and a lack of government investment says British architect David Chipperfield, whose firm is refurbishing Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. More about The UK "is not interested in funding" public buildings says David Chipperfield
Brightly coloured stripes based on refracted light run across the walls, ceilings and floors of an art gallery in Nuremberg, Germany, in this immersive installation by Markus Linnenbrink (+ slideshow). More about Markus Linnenbrink's Off the Wall! installation immerses visitors in colour
China's "weird" architecture, Sou Fujimoto's latest installation and a "bamboo forest" feature in Dezeen Mail issue 225. Click through for all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Opinion: the refurbishment of London's Imperial War Museum by Norman Foster is a "botched" job, but it's hardly surprising given the UK's strange attitude to its own history, says Owen Hatherley. More about "So spectacularly ill-judged that you almost long for Libeskind's earnestness"
Dezeen promotion: annual hotel design event Sleep is set to return to London's Business Design Centre next month. More about Hotel design event Sleep returns to London next month
Powerhouse Company has remodelled the lower floors of a 1980s office block in Rotterdam to create a marble-lined foyer and dining space designed to emulate a hotel lobby (+ slideshow). More about Powerhouse Company remodels office foyer in marble and dark wood to resemble a hotel lobby
News: Herzog & de Meuron has revealed its plans to redevelop the Basel campus of Swiss pharmaceuticals company Roche, adding a 205-metre-high tower and a research centre (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron unveils Basel campus redesign for Roche healthcare
Dozens of rectangular openings reveal a glazed inner skin behind the yellow granite facade of this canteen building, designed by German studio Knowspace for a Chinese research campus (+ slideshow). More about Canteen building by Knowspace features a granite facade "like lychee skin"
This clock by graduate designer Rachel Suming is made of engraved aluminium plates that overlap every three hours to reveal the time. More about Rachel Suming's Eclipse clock tells the time without hands
Charred Japanese cedar clads the exterior of this split-level house in Izumo, Japan, by Kanazawa studio Harunatsu-Arch (+ slideshow). More about Blackened timber house by Harunatsu-Arch is divided by a stepped floor
Dutch Design Week 2014: experimental garments designed by this year's crop of fashion graduates from around Europe are brought together at this exhibition in an Eindhoven nightclub (+ slideshow). More about Modebelofte 2014 exhibition showcases "innovative" graduate fashion
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has created an installation in Paris' Jardins des Tuileries composed of suspended metal cubes and plants, for the FIAC art fair. More about Sou Fujimoto stacks aluminium boxes to form "nomadic" house installation in Paris
British architect David Chipperfield has completed his first project for Swiss accessories brand Bally – the interior of a flagship boutique on London's New Bond Street (+ slideshow). More about David Chipperfield models Bally flagship store on 1920s Marcel Breuer interior
News: British studio OS31 has won a competition to design a pop-up restaurant on the surface of a frozen river in Winnipeg, Canada. More about Pop-up restaurant by OS31 will be built over a frozen river
Japanese designer Yusuke Seki has completed a second shop for modern kimono brand Otsuka Gofukuten, juxtaposing the garment with concrete surfaces and layers of green-tinged glass (+ slideshow). More about Yusuke Seki's second kimono store pairs patterned fabrics with raw materials