Muka Arquitectura's ribbed concrete residence completes the "first piece of the urban puzzle" for a largely undeveloped area of the Spanish city Ciudad Real (+ slideshow). More about Slabs of corduroy-textured concrete encase a Spanish home by Muka Arquitectura
This week details were revealed of Antoni Gaudí's first project outside Spain, Google unveiled a potential rival to Apple's iPhone and the Sky Garden opened at the top of Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie building (pictured). Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news. More about This week on Dezeen
Movie: photographer Paul Raftery and filmmaker Dan Lowe have produced a timelapse documentary showing the construction of Rogers Stirk Harbour's recently completed Leadenhall Building in London, also known as the Cheesegrater. More about Rogers Stirk Harbour's Cheesegrater skyscraper documented in timelapse film
Italian design brand Driade has officially opened its new Milan showroom by David Chipperfield Architects – one of the British architect's first projects as the company's artistic director (+ slideshow). More about David Chipperfield kicks off Driade role with Milan showroom interior
Northmodern 2015: Danish designer Simon Legald's seating range for furniture brand Normann Copenhagen draws inspiration from hundreds of chair designs throughout history (+ slideshow). More about Normann Copenhagen launches Form furniture by Simon Legald
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a retail designer/architect for the perfume branch of fashion house Dior, whose glass fragrance tester is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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This cylindrical timber pavilion topped by a large flat roof was self-built by Australian architect Max Prichard as a tiny studio for his treetop residence (+ slideshow). More about A tube of striped orange wood encloses Max Pritchard's treetop studio
Dutch costume designer Lisa Louwers turns unwanted fur coats into soft toys as a tribute to the animals that the material was taken from (+ slideshow). More about Refurbeasts project aims to rehabilitate "taboo" fur coats
News: Google is suspending sales of its controversial Glass augmented reality headsets in order to "graduate" the product, which is being given its own research division. More about Google pulls sales of Glass to focus on development
Portuguese architect Camilo Rebelo installed this wooden egg large enough for several people to hide inside beneath the vaulted ceilings of the Porto city hall atrium (+ slideshow). More about Camilo Rebelo installs "trojan egg" inside Porto's city hall
Architecture studio Sevil Peach has overhauled a house once owned by Victorian painter and illustrator Frederick Barnard to create an artist's residence boasting period features and a patio-side bathtub. More about Home of Charles Dickens illustrator converted by Sevil Peach into an artist's studio
Cologne 2015: Stockholm studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has teamed walnut with maple to create a chair, bookshelf and side table with bold graphic stripes for Japanese manufacturer Matsuso T. More about Claesson Koivisto Rune uses two types of wood to make stripy furniture
The white walls of this modern family home by FCC Arquitectura nestle behind the deteriorated stone facade of a former farmhouse and granary in northern Portugal (+ slideshow). More about FCC Arquitectura slots family home within stone walls of dilapidated farmhouse
Maison&Objet 2015: Swedish company Bolon has launched a range of woven flooring that interprets Missoni's classic zigzag pattern. More about Bolon reinterprets Missoni's iconic zigzag for new flooring collection
News: Steven Holl has been appointed to rework the campus of Houston's Museum of Fine Arts and will add new buildings to offer a "complementary contrast" to structures by Mies van der Rohe and Rafael Moneo. More about Houston's Museum of Fine Arts unveils campus redesign by Steven Holl
Opinion: the visual style associated with cinema's super-villains has been transformed into a marketable asset for house builders, says Owen Hatherley. More about "More frightening than American Psycho"
London designer Philippe Malouin has used quartz surface material Caesarstone to form the seats of twelve swings arranged in a circle for an exhibition later this month. More about Philippe Malouin creates circular swing set with Caesarstone seats
Dezeen promotion: contemporary architecture and design magazine Azure is now accepting submissions from architects, designers, manufacturers, clients and students to its annual AZ Awards. More about Call for entries to the 2015 AZ Awards
News: architecture firm Snøhetta has been named winner in a competition to design the new Paris headquarters for French newspaper Le Monde. More about Snøhetta commissioned for Le Monde headquarters in Paris
A house made up of four stacked shipping containers (pictured), the Sky Garden at the top of Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London and an anti-theft bicycle pedal feature in Dezeen Mail issue 236. Click through for all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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