Opinion: Walter Segal's self-build houses in south London and Assemble's Turner Award-winning Granby Four Streets project in Liverpool are rightly celebrated, but they're not the answer to the housing crisis, says Owen Hatherley. More about "The cult of self-build and do-it-yourself won't solve the housing crisis"
Dezeen promotion: entries are now open for architects and students to submit projects for the International Shopping Plaza design competition, chaired by architects Daniel Libeskind and Iñaki Abalos (+ slideshow). More about Call for entries to International Shopping Plaza Concept Competition
Movie: Serpentine Gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones discusses the spinning top-shaped pavilion designed by Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen in 2007 in the next instalment from our exclusive video series. More about Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion "looked like a spinning top"
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has built a red brick theatre in Llinars del Vallès, a village outside Barcelona (+ slideshow). More about Álvaro Siza completes red brick theatre near Barcelona
Belgian designer Olivier Debie, who claimed that one of his designs was plagiarised for the recently ditched Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo, has dropped his lawsuit against event organisers. More about Belgian designer abandons plagiarism lawsuit over Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo
New York is experiencing a boom in high-end residential construction not seen since before the 2008 recession, including buildings by Álvaro Siza, Bjarke Ingels, Rafael Viñoly and Renzo Piano. More about 16 residential projects by famous architects are changing the face of New York
Japanese studio Nendo has returned to the Seibu Shibuya department store to revamp the women's fashion floor and hat area, using pastel colours and zig-zag patterns. More about Nendo overhauls womenswear and hat departments at Seibu Shibuya
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a senior interior designer at Joyce Wang Studio in London, whose projects include a Hong Kong restaurant featuring "spiral staircase" chandeliers (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
More about Job of the week: senior interior designer at Joyce Wang Studio
This small seaside holiday home by Norwegian studio Lund Hagem nestles against a cliff, and features a stepped concrete roof that doubles as a viewing platform (+ slideshow). More about Stepped concrete roof creates seaside viewpoint atop Norwegian retreat by Lund Hagem
Valencia studio Masquespacio's debut furniture collection for Spanish brand Missana features chairs and tables shaped like the rounded tops of toadstools. More about Masquespacio designs toadstool-shaped furniture for Missana
A floor that doubles as a toy box and a vivid yellow bathtub both feature inside this remodelled Melbourne house by local studio Austin Maynard Architects (+ slideshow). More about Revamped Melbourne house hides a giant toy box under its floors
This enclosed bridge with a geometric black and white facade connects a hotel to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, helping visitors pass between the two even in the depths of winter. More about Covered bridge provides all-weather connection between Toronto hotel and convention centre
Maison&Object 2016: twelve designers including Jaime Hayón, Constance Guisset and Nika Zupanc have created trinkets and accessories for Italian ceramics brand Bosa's latest gift collection (+ slideshow). More about Bosa launches Forget Me Not ceramic gifts at Maison&Objet
New York's Museum of Modern Art has simplified plans for an expansion by Diller Scofidio + Renfro that will include the site of the now demolished American Folk Art Museum Building designed by Todd Williams and Billie Tsien. More about MoMA scales back expansion by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in New York
Amsterdam's Occult Studio has based the interior of this eyewear store in Utrecht on minimal exhibition spaces, creating a stage for campaign images and collaborations with artists. (+ slideshow). More about Occult Studio models Ace & Tate eyewear store on contemporary art galleries
Set between two plateaus, this Alpine aquatic centre by German firm Auer Weber features wide crescent-shaped windows overlooking the piste of popular ski resort Courchevel (+ slideshow). More about Auer Weber completes aquatic centre with a sloping roof in the French Alps
This week's Dezeen Mail features Álvaro Siza's first US project, a minimally designed toothbrush and London's best house extension (pictured).
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Dutch fashion house Viktor & Rolf has continued its "wearable art" theme with an haute-couture collection of sculptural white garments made from Cubist facial features. More about Viktor & Rolf mixes Picasso and polo shirts for Spring Summer 2016 haute couture
Dezeen promotion: the UK's National Trust is calling upon designers to produce a visitor experience at a historic stately home, as part of its project to "redefine the country house". More about Call for entries to National Trust's Croome Redefined competition
A change to building regulation codes in Australia means that architects will be allowed to build timber-framed structures up to eight storeys in height for the first time. More about Australia becomes latest nation to embrace wooden high-rise buildings