Photo essay: photographer Rebecca Litchfield has toured former Soviet countries to document the once-monumental structures around the Eastern Bloc that have fallen into decay. More about Abandoned Soviet architecture photographed by Rebecca Litchfield
Five cliff-top buildings feature walls that fold in on themselves to frame views and offer privacy in this South Korean holiday resort by Atelier Chang (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Chang designs angular cliff-top buildings for Knot House resort
This ceramic lamp by Italian designer Federica Bubani comprises a cone-shaped shade that fits inside a larger base in a variety of positions. More about Two ceramic cones form Mia table lamp by Federica Bubani
French architecture firm VI.B Architecture has designed a cluster of giant concrete silos to house the headquarters for a cement distribution centre on the outskirts of Paris (+ slideshow). More about Monolithic concrete silos by VI.B Architecture form Parisian cement company HQ
Lego's new set of building blocks aimed at the architecture and design community, Zaha Hadid's hotel in Dubai and the first photographs of FAT's fairytale house made the headlines this week. Read on for more architecture and design highlights, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
Set designers Robert Storey Studio used the bright colours of Nike's womenswear range to inform the brash interior of this New York presentation space for the sports brand (+ slideshow). More about Robert Storey Studio uses lurid colours to illuminate Nike presentation space
A visitor centre designed by local firm Maber Architects in Leicester, England, includes a glass floor that provides views of a 3D-printed replica of the remains of notorious English king Richard III on the spot where his bones were discovered (+ slideshow). More about Maber Architects designs visitor centre for grave of Richard III
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for senior architects at Studio Fuksas, whose design for the Moscow Polytechnic Museum and Educational Centre is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Opinion: officials are racing to bring big architectural names like Zumthor, Gehry and Piano to Los Angeles' Museum Mile, but the lack of an overarching masterplan is leaving the street itself sad and neglected, says Mimi Zeiger. More about "A blob, a bridge, a tower, and a subway stop"
Four red cedar-clad boxes are positioned to form courtyards and gardens in-between the living spaces at this house in a Tokyo suburb by Japanese studio Architect Cafe (+ slideshow). More about Offset timber volumes create courtyards at House in Komae by Architect Cafe
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architect Carlo Ratti claims the heating system he developed with MIT, which uses motion sensors to focus beams of infrared radiation on people as they move through a building, can be "one order of magnitude more efficient" than traditional methods. More about Personalised "bubbles of heat" could replace inefficient central heating
Japanese studio Sugawaradaisuke mixed powdered iron with plaster to give this Tokyo house a rusted exterior that will weather over time (+ slideshow). More about Transustainable House by Sugawaradaisuke features a rusted facade to reflect the climate
Belgian designer Quentin de Coster has created a lamp for French brand Ligne Roset that looks like a flashlight suspended from the ceiling. More about Quentin de Coster's Lasso light is shaped like a torch
Timber frames that resemble traditional fish-drying racks by Norwegian studio Rintala Eggertsson Architects have been constructed on an island in Norway to host events during a cultural festival (+ slideshow). More about Rintala Eggertsson Architects' wooden structures will host concerts on a Norwegian beach
News: Danish toy company Lego has launched Lego Architecture Studio – a new set of building blocks aimed at the architecture and design community. More about Lego targets architects with monochrome building set
An undulating canopy of lights was strung between two docks to create this installation at a French harbour by architects Marion Moustey and Alexandre Arcens (+ slideshow). More about Sensual Wave installation illuminates an empty dock at La Grande-Motte harbour
News: social rights activist and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has used his closing message at the International World Union of Architects Congress to call for the suspension of the Israeli architects association. More about Desmond Tutu calls for suspension of Israel from international architecture body
Zaha Hadid's hotel interior in Dubai, FAT's fairytale house and a concrete residence that was cast inside wooden panels that were then used to build its interior (pictured), feature in Dezeen Mail issue 214. Click through for the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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News: structural work has completed on A House for Essex, the holiday home designed by British artist Grayson Perry and London architecture firm FAT for Alain de Botton's Living Architecture project. More about First photographs of Grayson Perry and FAT's house for Alain de Botton
This cedar-clad Vancouver house by Canadian studio Splyce Design features a lopsided roof that follows the line of the staircase (+ slideshow). More about East Van House by Splyce Design features an asymmetric sloping roof