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
Berlin's Tchoban Foundation museum for architectural drawing is showing an exhibition of futuristic sketches by late experimental architect Lebbeus Woods. More about Tchoban Foundation exhibits fantastical drawings by Lebbeus Woods
Designer Andrew Lee McConnell drew on his own experience of suffering a neck injury when developing this concept for a wearable protective brace that could help prevent whiplash and other impact-related injuries (+ slideshow). More about Neck Frame by Andrew McConnell could be worn like "a structural second skin"
Artist Emily Mannion and architect Thomas O'Brien have created a thatch-roofed pavilion overlooking the sea and sand dunes on the edge of a forest park in Ireland (+ slideshow). More about Jeffry's House by Emily Mannion and Thomas O’Brien is a thatched folly by the sea
Two cylinders are joined by a wooden pole to form this lamp by New York studio Rich Brilliant Willing. More about Quart lamp by Rich Brilliant Willing combines marble, aluminium and wood
News: Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has completed work on a large curved office building for the Shihlien Chemical Industrial Jiangsu Co in an industrial park in China's Jiangsu province (+ slideshow). More about Alvaro Siza’s first major project in China floats in an industrial park
All the items for sale at this east London corner shop run by designer Lucy Sparrow are made from felt (+ slideshow). More about The Felt Cornershop by Lucy Sparrow sells hand-stitched groceries
Layers of springy nets stretched across an atrium at the centre of this beach house in Thailand by Bangkok studio Onion create a vertical playground that can be used to travel from the top floor to the bottom (+ slideshow). More about Jerry House by Onion is built around an indoor playground
Industrial designer Naomi Kizhner has developed a concept for an invasive jewellery collection that converts kinetic energy from the body's involuntary movements into electricity (+ slideshow). More about Naomi Kizhner's jewellery collection harvests energy from the human body