Architects Sharon Neuman and Oded Stern-Meiraz have concealed a modern rectangular residence near Tel Aviv behind a brick wall shaped like a vernacular house with a chimney. More about House N by Sharon Neuman and Oded Stern-Meiraz
This asymmetric white building bridges the two existing halves of a town hall in the Belgian municipality of Harelbeke. More about City Hall Harelbeke by Dehullu & Partners
Paint takes on a life of its own and snakes across the human body in this stop-motion animation by French graphics studio Tenas. The project took three people five days and incorporates 1500 photos. More about Body Paintingby Tenas
Designed in Hackney: our pick of design talent in the London borough of Hackney today is East London Furniture, a company that makes all its products from scrap materials found in the local area surrounding its shop on Hoxton Street. More about Designed in Hackney: East London Furniture
Slideshow: Croatian-Austrian design collective Numen/For Use have suspended carpet-lined cocoons from the ceiling of a former church in Pula, Croatia. More about Tuft Pula byNumen/For Use
UK designer Michael Antrobus has created a corkscrew and bottle opener by making just a few twists in flat stainless steel bars. More about Ground Barware by Michael Antrobus
Dezeen Wire: Dezeen has been named #01 in the Best Blogs list of top 50 design blogs. See the full list here.
Slideshow: dozens of square windows are scattered across the facade of this crematorium in Lithuania with fortress-like concrete walls. More about Crematorium in Kėdainiai byArchitektu Biuras G.Natkevicius ir Partneriai
Singapore and Barcelona designers Outofstock presented floating islands made of crumpled copper and moss during the International Furniture Fair Singapore this month. More about Laputa by Outofstock
Designed in Hackney: today's instalment in our showcase of the best design in the London borough of Hackney is this tiny printer by BERG, which aggregates digital data streams such as news feeds or social network updates and prints the information out on a till-roll to create a personalised miniature newspaper. More about Designed in Hackney: Little Printerby BERG
Melbourne design studios Right Angle and Foolscap have created a temporary canteen, market and cinema in a former piano factory that until recently was the home of Australian television broadcaster Channel 9. More about The Richmond Weekender by Right Angle and Foolscap
Slideshow: a visitor’s centre with an ornate herringbone facade by Bernard Tschumi Architects opens this weekend on an archaeological site in central France. More about Alésia Museum visitor’s centreby Bernard Tschumi Architects
Slideshow: the concrete walls of this church in Tenerife are roughly lined with crushed volcanic rocks. More about Church in La Laguna by Menis Arquitectos
Competition: we've teamed up with Hong Kong studio Kitmen Keung to give away five of their silicone mouse pads, designed to hold small items like paperclips and pens in place on their sloping edges. More about Competition: five mouse mats by Kitmen Keung to be won
Designed in Hackney: we're kicking off this week's set of iconic projects designed in the London borough of Hackney with a Stirling Prize-nominated museum of fine art in Denmark by Shoreditch firm Tony Fretton Architects. More about Designed in Hackney: Fuglsang Kunstmuseum by Tony Fretton Architects
Slideshow: the faceted copper envelope of this house extension near Sydney was designed by architects Innovarchi to resemble a roof. More about Balmain Archive by Innovarchi
Dezeen Wire: a report by Manhattan think tank Center for an Urban Future has found that design schools are catalysts for entrepreneurship and economic growth in New York City. More about "Design schools may be the real engines of New York City’s innovation economy"
Hackney architects Theis and Khan have refurbished this apartment in south-west London by removing dividing walls, exposing the roof trusses and adding a terrace at the rear. More about Jay Mews by Theis and Khan
Slideshow: this all-grey apartment block in Berlin by German studio BCO Architekten has five skewed bay windows that twist away from its facade. More about Linienstr. 23 by BCO Architekten
Architects TYIN Tegnestue of Norway have taken an empty slot in a dense residential area of Bangkok and worked with the local community to build a climbing frame and basketball court. More about Klong Toey Community Lantern by TYIN Tegnestue