This small family chapel in rural Austria has a white concrete shell and glass gable walls, allowing views right through the building to the rolling countryside beyond (+ slideshow). More about White concrete chapel by Gerhard Sacher features glazed walls that allow views right through
Open-source furniture company Opendesk has created customised workspace fittings for self-build computer brand Kano (+ slideshow). More about Opendesk provides open-source furniture for Kano's London office
Prompted by the client's love of the Tin Man character in the Wizard of Oz, architect Jun Sekino left the steel framework of this Bangkok house exposed inside and out (+ slideshow). More about Jun Sekino's Tinman house in Bangkok features a steel structure and colourful staircases
Architecture studio Penda has devised a modular facade system for a high-rise block in Vijayawada, India, that will allow residents to customise the appearance of the building with hanging gardens and balcony details (+ slideshow). More about Vijayawada tower by Penda will feature modular elements that residents can personalise
Pharrell Williams has launched his third collection with G-Star RAW, which includes denim garments made using recycled plastic removed from the oceans. More about Pharrell Williams unveils latest ocean-plastic clothing range for G-Star RAW
Zurich citizens can now relieve themselves at a pink marble public pissoir, installed at an open-air car park by local architecture firm Bureau A (+ slideshow). More about Bureau A installs pink marble urinal at Zurich car park
Berlin crowdsourcing platform Jovoto has launched an open design competition to repurpose a defunct railway bridge spanning the Danube river in Linz. More about Crowdsourcing campaign launched to repurpose Austrian bridge
Pomo summer: in this exclusive interview, architect and planner Denise Scott Brown distinguishes the research-led brand of Postmodernism championed by herself and husband Robert Venturi, from the style employed by Philip Johnson, which she calls "limp" (+ transcript). More about "There is still a lot to be learned from Postmodernism" says Denise Scott Brown
Comments update: crowdfunded architectural projects led the agenda this week following Bjarke Ingels' decision to place his firm's smoke-ring-blowing chimney project on Kickstarter. Read on for more on this and explore our comments page to keep up to date with the latest discussions. More about "Why is BIG crowdfunding this?"
Dezeen promotion: the first edition of the International Design Furniture Fair will take place in Hong Kong from 21 to 23 August (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid to exhibit at Hong Kong's International Design Furniture Fair
Boston studio Höweler + Yoon has stitched together steel modules to form a faceted canopy that shades an urban pocket park in the desert city of Phoenix, Arizona (+ slideshow). More about Höweler + Yoon creates canopy of folded metal plates for urban park in Phoenix
Spanish watersports brand Onean has unveiled two battery-powered boards that make it possible to surf without any swell (+ movie). More about Onean launches motorised electric boards for waveless surfing
Japanese studio YUUA Architects & Associates has slotted a house into a 2.5-metre-wide space between two existing buildings in Tokyo. More about Rooms are less than two metres wide inside Tokyo house by YUUA Architects
Glass walls and simple furnishings are paired with pale surfaces to give this Bloomsbury renovation by London studio Stiff + Trevillion a minimal aesthetic (+ slideshow). More about Stiff + Trevillion updates Bloomsbury mews house with gridded glazing and double-height bookcase
Pomo summer: branding and architecture firm Anagrama has built a giant bead maze that echoes Postmodernist colours and shapes in Mexico children's clothing store Kindo (+ slideshow). More about Anagrama creates oversized bead maze for Kindo children's boutique
Wahana Architects used a combination of red brick, perforated metal and slatted timber to provide different levels of exposure for each floor in the PS-26 Office in Jakarta, Indonesia (+ slideshow). More about Jakarta office block by Wahana Architects features trailing planting and an underground passage
Istanbul design group Kümülatif chose industrial materials for its debut line of homeware, with items including mirrors, bowls and photo frames. More about Kümülatif uses copper, linen and aluminium for industrial-themed homeware collection
LA studio wHY has completed a new home for the art department at Pomona College in Claremont, California, with ample gallery space and studios that offer views of the surrounding landscape (+ slideshow). More about Sculptural roof tops new arts centre designed by wHY for California's Pomona College
Pomo summer: Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown helped lead the charge for Postmodernism in America. Their Queen Anne chair – one of a series of flattened designs developed by the duo in the 1980s – injected humour into the furniture industry and is the next in our summer series on the controversial movement. More about Postmodern design: Queen Anne chair by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
A masterplan by Ennead Architects and RAFT Landscape Architecture for a nonprofit farm in New York aims to address two problems in the US: high unemployment among military veterans and a shortage of agricultural workers. More about Heroic Food Farm in rural New York will provide housing and training for military veterans