Opinion: city mayors are becoming increasingly powerful political figures in the architectural world, offering an opportunity for architects to act as local advocates and create a counterpoint to forces of globalisation, says Mimi Zeiger. More about "Engagement with real, local conditions is crucial for architecture's global relevancy"
This greengrocers turned burger bar in Adelaide, Australia, features white tiled walls, neon signage and a chunky concrete trough for hand-washing (+ slideshow). More about Australian greengrocers transformed into burger bar
Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten has completed a family holiday home on an island south of Rotterdam, made up of barn-like structures that take their cues from local agricultural buildings (+ slideshow). More about Dutch holiday home by Korteknie Stuhlmacher references farmhouses and barns
German fashion designer Jule Waibel has turned her intricate pleated paper dresses into steam press templates for wearable fabric garments that expand and contract as the wearer moves. More about Jule Waibel recreates origami paper dresses in chiffon
This cliffside home by Dualchas Architects on the north-west coast of Scotland's Isle of Skye mixes silvery larch wood with traditional Scottish stone. More about Cliff House by Dualchas Architects offers panoramic views of a Scottish loch
Icelandic product design graduate Búi Bjarmar Aðalsteinsson has created a Fly Factory that breeds insect larvae for human consumption (+ slideshow). More about Fly Factory produces insect pate that "tastes like chicken"
A 38 metre high treehouse was popular with readers last week, so we've created a new Pinterest board that collects together treetop dens, hotels and houses from the pages of Dezeen. See our new Pinterest board »
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Cedar cladding and brickwork unite the exterior and interior of this two-bedroom house that Studio 54 Architecture has squeezed between two existing properties in north London. More about Studio 54 Architecture slots a small home between two London buildings
Disney's research company is developing a method for printing electrostatic loudspeakers in any shape – with trials including a rubber duck and a spiral. More about Disney Research unveils technique to 3D print any object as a speaker
Swiss studio Atelier Oï used oak lattice screens to recreate Pringle of Scotland's signature argyle pattern inside the knitwear brand's flagship Asian store, which has just opened in Chengdu, China (+ slideshow). More about Latticed oak screens reference traditional argyle at Pringle of Scotland's Chengdu store
Narrow indentations create the impression of brushstrokes across the grey plaster walls of a university chemistry facility in Germany, designed by Cologne firm Kister Scheithauer Gross (+ slideshow). More about KSG adds textured walls to university chemistry lab in Aachen
Swedish design studio TAF has imagined a fictional house atop a platform balanced on huge rocks, which features on two prints for Danish poster brand Paper Collective. More about TAF imagines an impossible house with posters for Paper Collective
Dezeen Music Project: video artist Katzki and director Jackson Mullane built a huge floating kaleidoscope to create the patterns in this music video for Australian dance act Rufus. More about Giant kaleidoscope used to create music video for Rufus' single Sundream
Fold-down desks and mobile workstations allow Australian firm Particular Architects to regularly reconfigure the layout of their studio space in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More about Particular Architects build themselves a reconfigurable studio
Thin black aluminium tubes slot together in endless configurations to create this clothes rail inspired by scaffolding. More about Clothes rack by Martha Schwindling looks like a bean trellis
This week a team of London-based designers unveiled a 3D-printing pen that allows users to create solid doodles in the air (pictured) and preservationists proposed a system to safeguard Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House from flood damage. Read on for more of the week's top architecture and design news, plus our Dezeen Music Project featured track. More about This week on Dezeen
The raw concrete exterior of this winery building in Germany, by local firm Burkhard Architekten, is in such contrast to its neighbours that local residents think the structure is still under construction (+ slideshow). More about Burkhard Architekten adds concrete wine-making facility to German village
Prada's "radical" Spring Summer 2014 collection referencing themes of femininity and power has scooped the top prize in the fashion category at Designs of the Year 2014. More about Miuccia Prada's "feminist" fashion collection defies seasonal conventions
News: a new generation of 3D printing pens will "improve the creativity of everybody" and "give the world a new way to communicate," according to the designer of the Lix pen, which launched on Kickstarter this week and has already raised over £400,000 (+ interview). More about 3D drawing will "give the world a new way to communicate"
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for Part III architects at Alison Brooks Architects, whose extension to a nineteenth century house in north London is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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