A bulky concrete apartment appears to hover above the glass roof of a patisserie at this combined home and workplace in Chiba Prefecture by Japanese studio Yuko Nagayama & Associates (+ slideshow). More about Yuko Nagayama floats an apartment above a patisserie in Japan
Stockholm 2014: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created a set of ceiling-mounted office dividers for Swedish brand Offecct (+ slideshow). More about Luca Nichetto's Notes screens hang from the ceiling
The latest project to complete in Toyo Ito's Home For All community rebuilding initiative is this timber and concrete pavilion in a Japanese fishing village, designed by Kazuyo Sejima's protégé Yang Zhao (+ slideshow). More about Yang Zhao completes fishermen's pavilion for Toyo Ito's post-tsunami reconstruction project
A twisting chain-link and barbed-wire fence installed by French artist and architect Didier Faustino at an exhibition in Cincinnati determines the path taken by visitors through the gallery space. More about Twisting barbed wire fence installed by Didier Faustino at Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center
Today we're launching Dezeen and MINI Frontiers - a major, year-long collaboration with MINI that will explore how design and technology are coming together to shape the future. More about Dezeen and MINI Frontiers launches today
News: architect Frank Gehry has won a competition to design a skyscraper for Berlin that is set to become the city's tallest building. More about Frank Gehry designs Berlin's tallest skyscraper
Stockholm 2014: this collection of wooden furniture by Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto is built using traditional techniques derived from shipbuilding (+ slideshow). More about Nadia furniture by Jin Kuramoto made using Japanese shipbuilding techniques
This tiny seaside home in Kanagawa by Japanese office Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects is contained within little more than a pair of oversized windows raised up on stilts (+ slideshow). More about Micro house by Yasutaka Yoshimura slotted between two huge windows
This house in the Bavarian countryside by local office SoHo Architektur has a kinked facade that provides different views from the living spaces and a pitched roof that references vernacular farm buildings (+ slideshow). More about s_DenK house by SoHo Architektur has a kinked facade
News: Dutch designer Merel Bekking has come up with an experiment to find the "perfect" design by scanning people's brains to determine the aesthetic qualities they best respond to. More about Brain scans reveal recipe for "perfect design"
Seven-metre high doors fold open to reveal a courtyard and tree at the centre of this house in Nonthaburi, Thailand, by local studio TACHA_Design (+ slideshow). More about Seven-metre doors reveal a courtyard inside TACHA_Design's Baan Yo Yen house
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in the second part of our interview with Craig Robins, the Miami property developer explains how bringing back furniture showrooms was the catalyst for transforming the city's derelict Design District into the thriving luxury shopping destination it is today. More about Craig Robins: "Furniture companies key to regenerating Miami Design District"
Dezeen Music Project: Berlin videographers False Manners Productions mixed fluids including milk, food colouring and make-up remover to create the cosmic patterns accompanying this track by producer Quenum. More about Household liquids create cosmic patterns in Quenum's 5AM music video
An old Yorkshire barn renovated into an elegant modern home was popular last week, so we've collected some of our favourite renovations from the pages of Dezeen onto a new Pinterest board. See our renovations Pinterest board »
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Dezeen and MINI World Tour: property developer Craig Robins discusses his role in transforming Miami’s South Beach from a rundown retirement village into a glamorous holiday destination in this movie filmed during Design Miami last year. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about Craig Robins: people thought Miami’s Art Deco buildings "should be torn down"
The bent plywood back of this chair by Danish design brand ShapingYourDay slots into a hole in the seat and is attached with two screws (+ slideshow). More about Viggo chair made from two curving plywood pieces by ShapingYourDay
A raw concrete house in Alicante by Spanish studio Langarita-Navarro Arquitectos becomes the scene for a string of mysterious murders in this series of images by photographer Luis Diaz Diaz (+ slideshow). More about Concrete house by Langarita-Navarro photographed as a crime scene
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde explains how his installation in Eindhoven consisting of hundreds of glowing LED crystals will change over time as some people steal them and others create new ones of their own. More about Daan Roosegaarde: "People can do what they want with my Crystal installation"
Spanish firm Nook Architects has renovated a Barcelona apartment by adding patterned floor tiles plus a combined step and window seat leading out onto the terrace (+ slideshow). More about Nook Architects add patterned floor tiles and window seat to Barcelona apartment renovation
Dezeen Guide: February begins with Stockholm Design Week, which kicks off on Monday, and we have 11 more architecture and design events in our update for this month. More about Dezeen Guide update: February 2014