Opinion: show flats for residential developments don't just tell us about a developer's dream demographic – they have the potential to turn a sales fantasy into part of the city's built fabric, says Sam Jacob. More about "Marketing, architecture and development can be an incredibly powerful combination"
Layers of fine stainless steel mesh envelop this house in Tokyo by local architect Fumihiko Sano, making it look like it is wrapped in gauzy fabric (+ slideshow). More about Metal mesh shrouds Fumihiko Sano's MoyaMoya house
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for Part II assistants at Duggan Morris Architects, whose renovation and extension of a nineteenth century farm building is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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New York 2014: California design brand Sabi has collaborated with London-based MAP Project Office to create a collection of wall storage products for the bathroom. More about Sabi previews bathroom accessories range by Barber and Osgerby's MAP
News: cracked protective coating on the Willis Tower's glass viewing deck, 410 metres above ground level, leads to temporary closure. More about Glass viewing platform on Chicago's tallest building "cracks" under visitors' feet
This prototype clock by Boaz Cohen and Sayaka Yamamoto tells the time in a straight line by replacing the hands with a pivoting shell-like structure. More about BCXSY creates linear clock for Designers' Days
This triangular auditorium in Belgium by Dehullu Architecten features a facade of upright bricks and a rounded corner that lifts off the ground (+ slideshow). More about Kortrijk auditorium by Dehullu Architecten features vertical bricks
French agency M/B has designed a revolving zoetrope installation for Molteni&C's flagship store in Paris, to showcase the Italian furnishing brand's latest products (+ slideshow). More about M/B creates spinning optical illusion at Molteni&C's Paris store
Rusted steel frames project from the traditional stone and plaster walls of this renovated farm house in Spain's Gavarres mountains by Barcelona office Zest Architecture. More about Weathered steel and traditional stone combine in Zest Architecture's restored farmhouse
Chunky injection-moulded cuffs and tubes featured on garments shown by graduate fashion designer Sang Yoon at the Central Saint Martins show earlier this week. More about Sang Yoon exaggerates garments with plastic sleeves for Central Saint Martins collection
MINI's open-top Touring Superleggera concept car, Google's "driverless" vehicle and reactions to the Glasgow School of Art fire feature in this week's Dezeen Mail newsletter, along with the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Dezeen promotion: Italian architect and designer Piero Lissoni will host a one-off lecture at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Arts next month, to celebrate a new exhibition of his work at design brand Luminaire's showroom. More about Piero Lissoni and Luminaire launch new exhibition with one-off lecture in Chicago
Dutch designer Chris Kabel has created key fobs from found objects and glowing curtains reminiscent of the Northern Lights for the Fogo Island Inn hotel on an isolated Canadian island (+ slideshow). More about Chris Kabel casts found objects in bronze for Fogo Island hotel key fobs
Amsterdam studio BCXSY has launched a crowdfunding campaign to produce its plush toys with body parts that can be interchanged using magnets (+ slideshow). More about BCXSY's Mixed Animals magnetic soft toys launch on Kickstarter
Dutch studio SeARCH has created a dome-shaped pavilion covered in grass and filled with plants, as part of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam that opened to the public today. More about SeARCH creates grassy dome pavilion for Rotterdam Architecture Biennale
News: tech giant Apple has bought Dr Dre's Beats headphone company for $3 billion in the same week that details emerged of a project that will turn users' iPhones into remote control devices for their homes. More about Apple buys Beats and plans home- control system to rival Nest
Brazilian firms Hype Studio and Santini & Rocha Arquitetos have added a lightweight roof with a leaf-shaped structure to the Beira-Rio Stadium in the city of Porto Alegre ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off on 12 June (+ slideshow). More about Hype Studio and Santini & Rocha Arquitetos modernise stadium ahead of Brazil World Cup
New York 2014: American magazine Sight Unseen asked designers to add bold prints to fashion and furniture designs using digital customisation company Print All Over Me. More about Sight Unseen commissions Memphis-influenced print collection
Two houses originally designed by Walter Gropius for professors at the Bauhaus art school in Dessau, Germany, have been rebuilt as a minimalist arrangement of geometric shapes by Berlin office Bruno Fioretti Marquez. More about Bauhaus Masters' Houses reinterpreted by Bruno Fioretti Marquez
Milan 2014: a swinging birdcage seat, lamps that branch out like a tree and a table designed for playing marbles feature in this collection of Fairytale Furniture by Dutch design studio Ontwerpduo. More about Ontwerpduo bases Fairytale Furniture collection on fantasy stories