Czech architects Chalupa Architekti have won a competition to design the new Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington DC, USA. More about Embassy of the Czech Republic by Chalupa Architekti
New York firm REX have completed two office buildings in Istanbul, Turkey, where one is built inside the other. More about Vakko Fashion Center & Power Media Centre by REX
Architect David Adjaye has designed a collection of sustainable underwear for online clothing retailer PACT. More about Green Belt underwear by David Adjaye for PACT
Milan 2010: Dutch designer Roel-jan Elsinga has created an angry little felt-covered chair called Fury! More about Fury! by Roel-jan Elsinga
Here are some images of a visitors centre with walkways built through and around a castle in Fundão, Portugal, by Portuguese studio Comoco Architects. More about Castelo Novo by Comoco Architects
Milan 2010: interactive designers Jason Bruges Studio of London have sent us a video of their Mimosa installation, featuring light panels that open and close like flowers. More about Mimosa by Jason Bruges Studio
Milan 2010: french designer Mathieu Lehanneur presented a bed for curing insomnia in the Zona Tortona district of Milan last week. More about Once Upon a Dream by Mathieu Lehanneur for Veuve Clicquot
Milan 2010: German designer Stefan Diez launched Eugene, a veneered plywood lounge chair for German brand e15, at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile last week. More about Eugene lounge chair by Stefan Diez for e15
Dezeen have got together with designer and optician Gunnar Gunnarson of Icelandic spectacle company Reykjavik Eyes to give away five pairs of their titanium spectacle frames. More about Competition: five pairs of Reykjavik Eyes spectacles to be won
As part of a waterfront development for Oslo called Bjørvika Barcode, Norwegian architects A-Lab have designed an office and residential building with a covered garden punched through the middle. More about DnB NOR Headquarters by A-Lab
Dezeenwire: New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorn reviews last week's furniture fair in Milan - link.
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Dezeenwire: an online archive of work by architects Archigram has been launched by the University of Westminster in London. More details in the press release below. More about Archigram Archival Project launched
Argentinian studio Andrés Remy Arquitectos have completed a house in Pilar, Buenos Aires, consisting of volumes stacked at sloping angles. More about Casa Orquidea by Andrés Remy Architects
Milan 2010: designer Shin Azumi of London and Tokyo presented a collection of wooden furniture including this horned chair for Danish brand Fredericia at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More about Nara by Shin Azumi for Fredericia
New York studio Axis Mundi have designed a house for a mountainside in Montana, USA, which incorporates a 60 foot internal bridge More about Ark House by Axis Mundi
Milan 2010: French designer Matali Crasset presented a lighting collection with branching forms in Milan last week. More about Foglie by Matali Crasset for Pallucco
Milan 2010: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón created an installation for Italian energy company Enel at the Interni Think Tank in Milan last week. More about Smart Grid Gallery by Jaime Hayón
Milan 2010: Japanese bathroom brand Toto launched a toilet by Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni in Milan last week. More about Giovannoni Washlet by Stefano Giovannoni for Toto
Tokyo studio Kidosaki Architects have completed the interior of a combined cafe and gallery in Aichi, Japan, with nest-like profiles cut out from the top of one wall. More about AG Cafe by Kidosaki Architects Studio
Photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us his photographs of an office building for technology companies in Almada, Portugal, by architects Samuel Ruiz Torres de Carvalho and Pedro Palmero Cabezas. More about Madan Parque by Samuel Torres de Carvalho and Pedro Palmero Cabezas