This sculptural bamboo entrance designed for a Chinese flower garden was the first-ever project by architecture studio Penda, who this week unveiled a concept for a modular bamboo hotel (+ slideshow). More about Lengths of bamboo create the giant petals of Penda's Blossom Gate
News: modern architecture professor Martino Stierli has been announced as MoMA's chief curator of architecture and design, the latest in a spate of appointments at New York institutions. More about New York's Museum of Modern Art names new head of architecture and design
A year after opening as an art space, the rooftop of Modernist architect Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse building in Marseille is hosting an installation of mirrors and coloured glass by French artist Daniel Buren (+ slideshow). More about Daniel Buren installs mirrors and coloured glass on Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse rooftop
News: Steven Holl has been named as the architecture laureate for the 2014 Praemium Imperiale arts prize from the Japan Art Association. More about Steven Holl awarded Praemium Imperiale arts prize
German architecture office Auer Weber has extended an astronomic research facility near Munich by adding interconnected cylinders with hollow centres and curvy corridors raised up on stilts (+ slideshow). More about Sinuous ESO headquarters by Auer Weber curves around courtyards and over gardens
Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has used expanded metal mesh to create the furniture in this collection for Spanish brand Kettal (+ slideshow). More about Patricia Urquiola designs Mesh outdoor furniture collection for Kettal
Iconic buildings, from Pierre Chareau's Maison de Verre to Zaha Hadid's Glasgow Riverside Museum, have been transformed into classic movie posters in the latest series by Italian illustrator Federico Babina. More about Federico Babina's Archizoom transforms iconic buildings into movie posters
Industrial design studio Priestmangoode has released plans for an aeroplane cabin interior with room for every passenger to store hand baggage in the overhead compartments (+ movie). More about Priestmangoode overhauls aircraft interior to include more carry-on luggage space
Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland has commissioned local-born textile designer Donna Wilson to create a tartan fabric that celebrates the area's craft heritage. More about Donna Wilson designs new tartan for Aberdeenshire
Bartlett architecture graduate Nick Elias has reimagined 1920s Slough, England, as the happiest place on earth by overlaying its industrial landscape with scenes from Winnie-the-Pooh (+ slideshow). More about Poohtown by Nick Elias uses Winnie-the-Pooh to bring happiness to 1920s Slough
Competition: we've teamed up with students from Mackintosh School of Architecture at Glasgow School of Art to give away five copies of MacMag39, the latest edition of their annual publication. More about Competition: win one of five Mackintosh School of Architecture annuals
Barcelona studio Nook Architects has revamped a fourth apartment in one building in the city's Gothic quarter using leftover materials from the previous three projects (+ slideshow). More about Nook Architects completes fourth renovation in Barcelona apartment building
Indian company Lucid Design has created a conceptual "bike in a bag" that would quickly dismantle into parts to fit into a backpack (+ movie). More about Kit Bike by Lucid Design packs into a bag
Plywood display units roll out from the walls to transform this Utrecht business incubator into a shop (+ slideshow). More about Rolling furniture turns Kapitaal offices into a design store
Handmade concrete tiles give a scaly facade to this collaborative workplace building designed by Assemble for artists and designers in east London. More about Colourful shingles front Assemble's Yardhouse studios for east London creatives
Rolling this clock by Korean design studio 11+ allows you to keep track of the time in different cities around the world (+ movie). More about World Clock by 11+ rolls to change time zones
The three volumes that make up this house in Japan by Keitaro Muto Architects stagger downwards like a huge set of stairs (+ slideshow). More about Three overlapping blocks make up Keitaro Muto's Sunomata house
Amsterdam designer Quintus Kropholler has created this collection of nine products using asphalt concrete to highlight the impact of diminishing petroleum supplies (+ movie). More about Black Gold homeware collection by Quintus Kropholler is made of tarmac
News: the final aluminium panel has been fixed to the latticed roof structure of Foster + Partners' Crossrail Station in London – part of Europe's biggest infrastructure project (+ slideshow). More about Foster's Canary Wharf Crossrail station nears completion