Tubular steel frames support textured and iridescent materials that make up items in this furniture collection by Gothenburg designer Anny Wang (+ slideshow). More about Anny Wang uses contrasting materials in Akin Collection of furniture
As part of our focus this week on the resurging popularity of bamboo, we've created a new Pinterest board that collects together a wide variety of projects utilising the material. See our new Pinterest board »
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This cube-shaped holiday home in Austria's mountainous Vorarlberg region was designed by Spanish studio Exit Architects to contrast with its more traditional neighbours (+ slideshow). More about Wooden Haus M by Exit Architects is a skiing and hiking retreat in Austria
Robert Dye Architects has shifted the entire end wall of a mews house in London's Primrose Hill neighbourhood, as part of a renovation and extension designed to bring in more natural light (+ slideshow). More about Robert Dye Architects extends a London mews house by pushing out a wall
News: Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron has designed a research and development facility and corporate headquarters for pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca in Cambridge, UK (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron unveils plans for drug research centre in Cambridge
Dezeen Music Project: multiple pairs of hands play instruments together in this music video directed by Mathieu Renoult for French producer 20syl. More about Disembodied hands make music together in 20syl's video for Kodama
As part of our series focusing on the rising popularity of bamboo, here is a countdown of the ten most popular bamboo architecture projects on Dezeen, including a cafe, houses and a theatre as well as work by Kengo Kuma and Vo Trong Nghia (+ slideshow). More about Dezeen's top 10 bamboo architecture projects
New York artist and designer Sebastian Errazuriz has used almost 400 lacquered maple spokes to create a cabinet resembling traditional Japanese armour. More about Sebastian Errazuriz creates Samurai Cabinet from 364 moveable ribs
Chinese architect Cao Pu has helped a couple reconfigure their awkward workspace in Nanjing by adding a series of translucent screens. More about Cao Pu converts Nanjing apartment into fashion studio
A combination of voids and staggered volumes create private terraces and balconies for the properties that make up this residential development in Berlin by local studio Atelier Zafari (+ slideshow). More about Balconies sit within angular openings at Atelier Zafari's Berlin apartment block
Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye and Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House are among the five iconic houses put together from blocks of colour and thick outlines in this short animated film by Italian designer Matteo Muci. More about Iconic 20th century houses are brought to life in Matteo Muci's short animation
Airbnb's rebrand fiasco and the announcement of RIBA's Stirling Prize 2014 shortlist dominated this week's headlines. Read on for more architecture and design highlights, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
Bamboo architects: a new movement led by architects Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban and Vo Trong Nghia is putting bamboo construction back in the spotlight, according to Chris Precht of Austro-Chinese practice Penda (+ slideshow + interview). More about Leading architects are "turning the focus back on bamboo"
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an exhibition designer at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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News: Eurostar's new creative director Christopher Jenner has ditched the contemporary styling of predecessor Philippe Starck for a retro look, with the new London Ticket Hall combining Art Nouveau and Victorian Gothic to evoke the "golden age of travel" (+ slideshow). More about Christopher Jenner brings "craft" to Eurostar with London Ticket Hall redesign
The rough concrete structure of Powell & Moya's revered Chichester Festival Theatre in the south of England has been given a major facelift by London studio Haworth Tompkins (+ slideshow). More about Haworth Tompkins overhauls Powell & Moya's brutalist Chichester theatre
A conceptual design for a London skyscraper by Paris studio Chartier-Corbasson Architectes proposes using waste generated by workers already in the building to help construct new floors as demand grows. More about Organic Skyscraper by Chartier-Corbasson would be built from office rubbish
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: the advancement and proliferation of 3D-scanning technology means we will soon be able to explore a life-size digital replica of the real world, claims ScanLAB co-founder William Trossell. More about 3D-scanning technology will enable cities to exist in "both a virtual and a physical form"
French-German design student Geraldine Spilker has developed a process of binding ashes with resin, creating a tactile object from cremated remains (+ slideshow). More about Geraldine Spilker combines ashes with resin to create mementoes of the dead
Slovakian studio Plusminus Architects has completed a concrete house on the outskirts of Bratislava, with a lower level that juts out to accommodate the owner's office (+ slideshow). More about Cubed concrete house by Plusminus Architects built outside Bratislava