Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: one of the grandest installations created for the Venice biennale is a grid of seven-metre-high golden columns by German artist Heinz Mack (+ slideshow). More about Heinz Mack installs towering golden columns on a Venetian island
German design studio Kaschkasch has used the shape of an Italian cartoon character as the basis for this lamp for Danish brand Normann Copenhagen. More about Kaschkasch models lamp for Normann Copenhagen on a cartoon character
The front wall of this small white house in Japan appears to have been folded down like the corner of a piece of paper (+ slideshow). More about Folded facade gives a paper-like weight to Yukio Hashimoto's F-House
Royal College of Art (RCA) graduate Oluwaseyi Sosanya has designed a loom for 3D weaving and used it to create a shoe sole, presented at the institution's annual degree show (+ movie). More about Oluwaseyi Sosanya invents 3D-weaving machine
The second recent project from Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects is this renovation of a garment factory in Ho Chi Minh City that now features a hanging bamboo ceiling concealing mechanical equipment (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia Architects adds brick and bamboo to Vietnam factory interior
Stadiums currently hosting football matches for the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil are captured in these graphic posters by Portuguese illustrator André Chiote. More about André Chiote illustrates Brazil's World Cup stadiums
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg explains how cars made from biological materials could change and adapt to their environments, which she is investigating for our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition. More about Cars of the future could evolve and mutate "like biology"
Reflective stainless steel surfaces and a polished concrete floor brighten the interior of this extension to a terraced house in the Islington area of London by Architecture for London (+ slideshow). More about Architecture for London creates light-filled London extension using polished materials
Japanese studio Nendo's latest accessory design is the first from a collection of minimal watches with graphics taken from a draughtsman's tools (+ slideshow). More about Scale watches by Nendo mark the time with ruler increments
News: Frank Gehry's arts centre for a cultural foundation established by fashion brand Louis Vuitton is nearing completion in the Jardin d'Acclimatation, Paris. More about Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton gets set to open in Paris
Northern Ireland studio McGarry-Moon Architects has inserted a contemporary living space into this stone barn, which has been long-listed for the Royal Institute of British Architects' 2014 Manser Medal for best British house (+ slideshow). More about McGarry-Moon updates a traditional stone barn with a steel-framed living space
Royal College of Art (RCA) graduate Ying Chang has created a modular system of furniture based on a two-dimensional grid system used for architectural drawing and graphic design (+ movie). More about RCA graduate Ying Chang takes graphic design’s grid system into three dimensions
Belgian architects Bruno Vanbesien and Christophe Meersman have designed a terraced house on the outskirts of Brussels that stands out from its post-war neighbours thanks to its timber skin and minimal form (+ slideshow). More about House CM is a contemporary terraced house with a uniform timber facade
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: British pavilion curator and Dezeen columnist Sam Jacob says his exhibition aims to revive the "imaginative visions and entrepreneurial spirit" of postwar public housing projects in Britain (+ movie). More about British pavilion is "a call to arms for contemporary architecture"
New York based designer Jamie Zigelbaum has created Triangular Series, an installation of stalactite-like acrylic lights for Design Miami/ Basel that react to the movement of people passing underneath (+ movie). More about Jamie Zigelbaum's acrylic stalactite lights respond to movement underneath
Interview: millionaire businesswoman Zita Cobb has used cutting-edge architecture and design to revitalise the economy of remote Fogo Island in Newfoundland, the place of her birth. She told Dezeen how she got international designers to work with local craftspeople "to preserve some of the things we were afraid of losing" (+ slideshow). More about Fogo Island projects were "an opportunity to use architecture to preserve tradition"
Rough wooden slats line the counters and back wall of this former self-service laundry in Amsterdam, which has been converted into a small coffee bar and cafe by local design studio Ninetynine. More about Ninetynine converts Amsterdam laundromat into cafe lined with wooden slats
Following the popularity of a Vietnamese house with trees growing from its rooftops, we've collected together projects designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects from the pages of Dezeen and pinned them to a new Pinterest board.
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Belgian studios Wil-Ma and Wastiau have collaborated on the design of an office building in Westerlo, near Antwerp, which looks like a house raised on angled stilts (+ slideshow). More about Brick office by Wil-Ma and Wastiau is raised on angled stilts to protect it from flooding
Exposed brickwork and ceilings, themed rooms and a dedicated recording studio feature in the headquarters of audio platform Soundcloud, which have been created inside a former brewery in Berlin (+ slideshow). More about Kinzo converts three floors of former Berlin brewery into headquarters for Soundcloud