Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of five pairs of tickets to the award previews for the 2014 New Designers graduate exhibition this summer. More about Competition: tickets to New Designers 2014 award previews to be won
News: a cultural centre in Arnhem covered in a dense pattern of pale concrete mullions by Rotterdam firm Neutelings Riedijk Architects has won the award for the Netherlands' Best Building of the Year 2014. More about Rozet cultural centre by Neutelings Riedijk Architects wins Dutch Best Building award
A circular doorway provides access to a passage lined with shoes at this futuristic sneaker store in Melbourne by local designers March Studio (+ slideshow). More about Sneaker store in Melbourne by March Studio features tunnel-like interior
A London exhibition of animated gifs allowed visitors to view artworks via a custom-designed app on a smart phone or tablet using augmented reality. More about 15Folds presents augmented reality exhibition of animated gif art
Six timber boxes protrude from the sides of this house in the hills north of Barcelona by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes (+ slideshow). More about Casa GG by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes comprises six wooden boxes
Coca-Cola's London headquarters has relocated to a space designed by UK studio MoreySmith that includes a wall of 5,000 recycled drink bottles (+ slideshow). More about Coca-Cola headquarters by MoreySmith is decorated with vintage memorabilia
New York designer Paul Loebach's flat-pack wooden chair slots together without glue, as demonstrated in a series of vaguely pornographic gifs (+ slideshow). More about Paul Loebach's PEG chair slots together (suggestively)
Fancy paddling on an unguarded rooftop? Or doing lengths in a structure cantilevered from a skyscraper? Following the popularity of yesterday's house with an infinity pool on the roof, here are some of the scariest swimming spots from Dezeen's architecture archives (+ slideshow). More about Special feature: eight extreme swimming pools
After being asked to create "the most outstanding building in the region", Korean architect Moon Hoon inserted a protruding balcony within the curving frontage of this music agency in the South Korean city of Seongnam (+ slideshow). More about Boxy viewing platform punctures a curved facade at Moon Hoon's K-Pop Curve
Footwear designer Silvia Fado has used hydraulic pistons and rubber balls in the heels of these shoes, aiming to improve the wearability of high heels (+ slideshow). More about Silvia Fado designs impact absorbers for more comfortable high-heeled shoes
News: construction is now underway on a 60-storey skyscraper with a segmented pinnacle, designed by architect Daniel Libeskind for Makati, the Philippines. More about Daniel Libeskind breaks ground on Philippines skyscraper
Buildings by SANAA, Herzog & de Meuron, MAD and more appear to pulsate, spin, dance and grow in this series of animated gifs by French architect Axel de Stampa. More about Architecture Animée presents shape-shifting buildings with animated gifs
Swedish studio Form Us With Love has moved into graphic design, creating a collection of prints depicting extreme objects from nature illustrated at 1:1 scale in ballpoint pen. More about Form Us With Love draws giant natural objects for first graphics collection
Inside Festival 2014: in this movie Voon Wong of VW+BS says he'll be looking for interiors projects that respond intelligently to their physical and cultural context as jury member for this year's Inside Festival. More about Good interior design must be "appropriate to its context"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: photographers Iwan Baan and Mette Tronvoll are showing images of Nordic-influenced architecture built in East Africa in the 1960s and 70s, at the Nordic Pavilion during the Venice Biennale this week. More about Nordic countries reexamine architectural influence in Africa for Venice Biennale
Icelandic graphic designer María Rut Dýrfjörð's Hidden World pattern collection references the work of the country's former state architect Guðjón Samúelsson. More about María Rut Dýrfjörð bases textile prints on Icelandic architecture
This family house in northern Japan was designed by Tokyo studio Hannat Architects to embrace darkness as well as light (+ slideshow). More about Light and shadow get an equal billing inside E House by Hannat Architects
Clerkenwell Design Week 2014: curator Nick Wiltshire assembled a micro-exhibition highlighting the relevance of craft in contemporary design for the first edition of The Makings of Luxury (+ slideshow). More about The Makings of Luxury accessories collection demonstrates contemporary craft techniques
The swooping ceiling of this house in Japan by NKS Architects is designed to improve acoustics inside a living room that is also used for music recitals (+ slideshow). More about Curving roofline enhances acoustics inside house with a music hall by NKS Architects
Steel corset boning holds together garments made from thin layers of cork and horsehair canvas in Royal College of Art graduate Louise Bennetts' fashion collection. More about Louise Bennetts constructs fashion collection from cork and horsehair