Glass boxes frame a tennis court, gym and pool set into the basement of this Mexico apartment building, which is formed from a series of stacked concrete blocks that cascade down a hill towards a wooded glen (+ slideshow). More about Glass and concrete boxes separate spaces in Mexico City housing
This blackened-timber house by Maximilian Eisenköck provides a holiday home for three siblings and their spouses overlooking a lake near Vienna (+ slideshow). More about Lakeside holiday home by Maximilian Eisenköck has gridded blackened-timber walls
Finnish design duo Company has created a range of products combining traditional skills and designs from northern Japan with craft from Finland and has given each one a "spirit" – a person dressed in a costume to represent the soul of the object (+ slideshow). More about Company's Secrets of North Japan includes "spirit" costumes and Japanese roller-skates
London Design Festival 2015: the London Design Festival is back, with events kicking off in the British capital this weekend. Dezeen's Dan Howarth selects his pick of the best exhibitions and installations taking place around the city from 19-27 September. More about Dezeen's top 10 installations and exhibitions at London Design Festival 2015
Comments update: interior designer and TV presenter Naomi Cleaver provoked a strong response from Dezeen readers this week after identifying student-style accommodation for adults as a potential solution to London's housing crisis. More about "London is already degrading and demoralising for young professionals"
Pomo summer: the last project in our Postmodernism season is by one of Britain's greatest architects. With its distinctive stripy facade, rounded clock tower and colourful courtyard, No 1 Poultry was James Stirling's last completed building, but is currently the focus of a preservations battle involving some of the world's best-known architects (+ slideshow). More about Postmodern architecture: No 1 Poultry, London, by James Stirling
Amanda Levete, Grimshaw and Heneghan Peng are among the six teams that have unveiled designs for a new bridge over the River Avon in Bath, England (+ slideshow). More about Six designs unveiled in shortlist for Bath Quays Bridge competition
Canadian cedar shingles and slats cover the gables of this community centre and scout hut, which sit behind a concrete wall on the edge of Copenhagen's Søndermarken park (+ slideshow). More about Shingled community centres by Sophus Søbye Arkitekter face into Copenhagen parkland
This adaptable shelter system is providing temporary housing for refugees displaced by conflict in their home countries. More about SURI modular housing system provides emergency shelter for refugees
The apartments in this new Berlin co-housing project by Zanderroth Architekten were designed without the need for load-bearing walls inside, giving the owners flexibility to decide on their own layouts (+ slideshow). More about Zanderroth Architekten designs cb19 apartments without internal walls to create flexible layouts
London firm Timothy Hatton Architects has added a burnished steel staircase to rug designer Deirdre Dyson's Chelsea carpet gallery as part of a renovation of her studio. More about Timothy Hatton Architects designs floating steel staircase for Deirdre Dyson gallery
Russian artist Nikolay Polissky has transformed a dilapidated building in the village of Zvizzhi into a pavilion covered in pieces of timber, which he described as "a sculpture you can walk through" (+ slideshow). More about Nikolay Polissky's SELPO pavilion is covered in thousands of wood offcuts
Architect Patrick Dillon built this sustainable house on a forested hilltop in Panama from salvaged materials that had to be brought to the site by boat and horseback (+ slideshow). More about Patrick Dillon's SaLo House is an off-grid forest dwelling overlooking the Pacific Ocean
The inaugural Dubai Design Week will feature projects from 10 international design schools including London's Royal College of Art and Swiss college ÉCAL for its future-themed Global Grad Show (+ slideshow). More about Dubai Design Week to showcase student work from RCA, ÉCAL and more in Global Grad Show
Dutch firm Ronald Janssen Architecten collaborated with architect Donald Osborne to overhaul an old gearwheel factory in the heart of Amsterdam, creating 12 maisonettes with double-height living spaces (+ slideshow). More about Ronald Janssen turns derelict Amsterdam factory into 12 back-to-back residences
American firm SOM has completed a new tower in Nanchang, China, which features an exterior diagrid system that helps to shade the glass building. More about SOM adds glass skyscraper to growing Chinese tech district
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers Phaidon to offer five readers the chance to win one of five copies of Do It Yourself, a book containing instructions for 50 DIY projects written by prolific designers and artists (+ slideshow). More about Competition: five Do It Yourself books to be won
Swiss typographer Adrian Frutiger, designer of typefaces including Univers, Avenir and the eponymous Frutiger, has died. More about Adrian Frutiger, type designer and creator of London's street-sign font, dies aged 87
New York-based Marc Thorpe has become the latest designer to produce a compact draught beer dispenser with a design for Stella Artois that was created for small restaurants and bars (+ slideshow). More about Marc Thorpe designs a mini draught beer dispenser for Stella Artois
Designer Ori Elisar has developed a bacterial ink and grown typographical symbols in a petri dish. Here are more stories featuring microbes, including a lamp powered by glowing octopus bacteria (pictured), clothes grown from single-cell organisms and cheese made from the sweat and tears of celebrities.
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