A new installation by Boston-based architecture studio Matter Design features a wooden box with sculptural interior walls that radiate different temperatures, creating an "intimate and contradictory set of experiences". More about Matter Design's Microtherme conceals voluptuous concrete forms within a wooden box
Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, known for large public projects like New York's High Line, has completed a project much smaller in scale: a private terrace for an apartment building in the city. More about Piet Oudolf creates rooftop garden for New York condo building
Israeli designer Ido Abulafia has created a set of bird-themed toy medical kits intended to give children a more positive hospital experience (+ slideshow). More about Ido Abulafia designs Pick medical kits to give children a better blood-test experience
Dezeen promotion: the white-coloured planes that sandwich this family residence in the Westland municipality of the Netherlands are made from acrylic polymer material Corian (+ slideshow). More about Corian facade wraps around waterside home in the Netherlands
This extension to a townhouse in the Dutch town of Vught by local studio Reset Architecture has a double-height window that provides views of the garden across two of the building's floors (+ slideshow). More about Reset Architecture adds modern wood and glass extension to a traditional brick townhouse
Two teams, from Barcelona and New York, have been awarded joint first place in a competition to design a new home for the Bauhaus Museum Dessau (+ slideshow). More about Two designs draw first place in Bauhaus Museum design competition
London's Grimshaw Architects and engineering firm Arup Associates have submitted an updated proposal for a new entrance and 11 additional platforms to bring high speed rail to Euston Station. More about Grimshaw unveils revised entrance and platforms for HS2 addition to London's Euston Station
Architect Rafael Viñoly has unveiled plans to convert an ageing shopping centre in California's Silicon Valley into a vast development featuring the world's largest roof garden (+ slideshow). More about Rafael Viñoly reveals plans for the "largest green roof in the world" in Silicon Valley
This refurbished and extended London house by local studio Neil Dusheiko Architects includes a pop-up screening room for the owner, who works for film company Universal Pictures (+ slideshow). More about Brackenbury House by Neil Dusheiko features a curved brick extension and pop-up cinema room
Business news: London designer Benjamin Hubert has relaunched his studio under a new name as part of a shift towards more "human-focused" projects, and is using "crowdspeaking" to drum up interest (+ interview). More about Benjamin Hubert rebrands studio as Layer and launches "crowdspeaking" campaign
Architecture firm NBBJ has unveiled a conceptual plan to turn London Underground's Circle Line tunnel into a 17-mile-long moving walkway. More about NBBJ proposal replaces London Underground's Circle Line with giant travelator
Boxes clad entirely in vertical strips of stained timber are stacked and angled slightly to make the most of ocean views at this house on the outskirts of Melbourne by local firm B.E Architecture (+ slideshow). More about Blackened timber boxes are stacked to provide sea views from Bass Street Residence
Canberra firm Townsend + Associates Architects has created a building with translucent glass walls to contain an existing outdoor swimming pool at China's embassy in the Australian capital (+ slideshow). More about Townsend + Associates encloses a swimming pool in a glazed box at Chinese embassy in Australia
Work from more than 30 Danish furniture designers is on display at the Øregaard Museum in Copenhagen, as part of the 2015 Cabinetmakers' Autumn Exhibition. More about Cabinetmakers' Autumn Exhibition 2015 showcases "petite" Danish furniture design
Designed for charity YMCA, this factory-building housing scheme by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners will provide accommodation for 36 homeless young people in Mitcham, south London (+ slideshow). More about Richard Rogers' prefabricated housing for homeless people opens in south London
Opinion: Vienna-based designer Talia Radford was among the volunteers who helped thousands of refugees passing through Austria over the weekend. In this piece for Dezeen, she calls on designers across Europe to find solutions for some of the practical problems caused by the crisis. More about Design is about people – including refugees
Dezeen promotion: designjunction will return to the London Design Festival from 24 to 27 September 2015 in two new venues on Southampton Row (+ slideshow). More about Designjunction returns to London Design Festival 2015
Airlifted into position by the Slovenian army, this tiny Alpine shelter perches on a rocky outcrop below Skuta Mountain and can sleep up to eight mountaineers (+ slideshow). More about Slovenian mountain cabin by OFIS and Harvard students shelters climbers from extreme weather
Comments update: LA's architectural boom continued to set the agenda this week as the first official photographs of The Broad museum were published. Read on for more on this and explore our comments page to keep up to date with the latest discussions. More about "The Broad museum represents the start of something big for Los Angeles"
New York designer Francis Bitonti has created a range of shoes for Dutch footwear brand United Nude, with different 3D-printed heels shaped using algorithms (+ slideshow). More about Francis Bitonti 3D-prints gold-plated Mutatio shoes for United Nude