World Architecture Festival 2014: a village library in China with a roof that doubles as a playground has been selected for the inaugural Small Project of the Year award at the World Architecture Festival. More about Small Project of the Year 2014 award goes to a community library with a rooftop playground
A strip of glazing cuts through the middle of this two-storey extension to a Georgian property in west London, by Norton Ellis architects (+ slideshow). More about Norton Ellis extends Georgian basement flat with glass and brick "outhouses"
Vienna Design Week 2014: Vienna designers TaliaYStudio have released their first range of self-produced products with JellySeries 1, a collection of brass pendant necklaces that hold circles of yellow, cyan and magenta glass that can be used as camera filters (+ slideshow). More about TaliaYstudio turns colourful photography filters into jewellery collection
Japanese studio Aoki Jun and Associates redesigned the facade of the Louis Vuitton store in the Ginza district of Tokyo with a patterned and perforated shell based on the brand's monogram. More about Aoki Jun and Associates complete perforated monogrammed facade for Louis Vuitton Tokyo
Dezeen promotion: Spanish furniture and upholstery brand Sancal has launched a furniture collection that includes a suspended acoustic shade designed for meeting rooms. More about Sancal launches Gráfica furniture collection
This common room for a culinary school, by French designer Matali Crasset, has bright yellow interiors and white movable furniture that reference the meringue islands of famous custardy dessert L'île Flottante (+ slideshow). More about Matali Crasset completes dessert-themed common room for French culinary school
London Design Festival 2014: New York-based Amma Studio has created a range of coffee tables and stools made by moulding cement with a range of unexpected materials. More about Amma Studio's stools and tables combine cement with BB pellets and coffee grounds
Small slots based on the position of constellations puncture the walls of this South African house by Openstudio Architects, bringing light in during the day and offering starry views at night (+ slideshow). More about Slot windows offer starry views from Swartberg House by Openstudio Architects
Brutalism: the design for the clover-shaped tower of Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago was enabled by the pioneering application of one of the earliest three-dimensional modelling programmes. With its curving form, Goldberg made a clear break away from the grid formations favoured in Modernist architecture. More about Brutalist buildings: Prentice Women's Hospital, Chicago by Bertrand Goldberg & Associates
News: Spanish architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo has abruptly stepped down from his post as dean of Princeton's School of Architecture to "devote greater attention to his research", just two years after taking the post. More about Alejandro Zaera-Polo steps down as dean of Princeton Architecture School
Movie: architect Torben Madsen says new technology should be incorporated subtly into bathroom design in this movie produced by Dezeen for Danish brand Vola. More about Technology in bathrooms should be "hidden away," says Vola designer
MVRDV's giant food market in Rotterdam (pictured), Marc Newson's beer machine and a scissor-like bridge in London feature in Dezeen Mail issue 222. Click through for all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Following the success of the Ostrich Pillow, a travel cushion that fits over the head for sleeping anywhere, Studio Banana Things has launched a smaller version that slides onto the user's arm or hand (+ slideshow). More about Ostrich Pillow Mini by Studio Banana Things enables napping on the go
News: a team comprising Danish architects COBE and Finnish firm Lundén Architecture has won a competition to design a new transport centre for Tampere, Finland's second-largest city. More about COBE and Lunden win competition to design new transport hub for Finland's second city
David Chipperfield has filled the Mies van der Rohe-designed Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin with 144 tree trunks – the museum's final exhibition before renovation work by the British architect starts. More about David Chipperfield installs tree trunk columns in Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie
World Architecture Festival 2014: an apostrophe-shaped bridge in a British industrial city and a pair of structures at a sustainable forest in Australia feature in the second group of category winners for awards at this year's World Architecture Festival in Singapore (+ slideshow). More about World Architecture Festival 2014 day two winners announced
News: a proposal for a new east-west cycleway that would float on the River Thames has been unveiled by a consortium of architects, artists and engineers formed to promote the development of better cycling links in London. More about Floating cycle path proposed for London's River Thames
Inside Festival 2014: after day two at the Inside Festival, the final award winners have been revealed, including a marble-lined cinema in a Hong Kong shopping centre and an Australian school of architecture filled with colourful bespoke furniture (+ slideshow). More about Inside Awards 2014 day two winners announced
A piece of the historic Covent Garden market appears to have broken free of its stone base, with its top half levitating in the air, in the latest installation by London designer Alex Chinneck. More about Alex Chinneck performs architectural "magic trick" with Covent Garden building installation
Beijing Design Week 2014: design studio Lava has created a set of symbols that take elements from both Chinese characters and Western graphics in the hope that they will be understood by people from both cultures (+ slideshow). More about Lava combines western and eastern symbols to create "universal" icons