News: two British entrepreneurs are constructing a hydroponic farm in a network of tunnels under south London that could supply local restaurants and retailers with fresh herbs and vegetables. More about Underground farm built in abandoned tunnels beneath London
The curving lines of this steel wire chair by French designer Constance Guisset are intended to represent fabric draped over the seat and back (+ slideshow). More about Drapée chair by Constance Guisset designed to look like draped fabric
Fashion designer Christopher Kane's Autumn Winter 2014 collection shown at London Fashion Week features outlined layers of fabric that overlap like fluttering sheets of paper. More about Outlined silk layers fold across dresses by Christopher Kane
Dezeen promotion: this month is the last chance to submit architecture, interiors and design projects for the A' Design Award and Competition. More about Last chance to enter A' Design Award and Competition 2014
News: construction is set to begin later this year on a new six-storey home for Mexican design and architecture gallery Archivo, designed by emerging studio Zeller & Moye and overseen by Mexican architect and gallery founder Fernando Romero. More about Fernando Romero's new Archivo gallery to feature jutting floorplates
Opinion: fiction is essential reading for architects because it explores ideas about homes and buildings that are "normally repressed," argues Sam Jacob in this latest column. More about "Alongside every dream home is its nightmare twin"
Large glowing letters spell out the Portuguese Spanish word for tea at the front of this tea house in Brazil by architects Estudio 30 51, the third cafe we've featured in the last seven days (+ slideshow). More about Huge glowing letters lead inside El Té tea house by Estudio 30 51
An orange staircase zigzags back and forth across the atrium of this science faculty building that Canadian firm Saucier + Perrotte Architectes has completed for a Quebec college (+ slideshow). More about Grand orange staircase ascends through science faculty by Saucier + Perrotte
The floors of this open-plan apartment in London by local studio Form Design Architecture are covered with timber boards salvaged from an old Welsh chapel (+ slideshow). More about Warehouse loft by Form Design Architecture with floorboards salvaged from a chapel
Israeli ceramicist Michal Fargo produces these vases by ripping blocks of spongy foam into rough shapes before dipping them in porcelain and firing them (+ slideshow). More about Else vases by Michal Fargo moulded from torn foam blocks
These asymmetric holiday homes with vivid yellow walls were designed by Korean office Studio Koossino to accommodate visitors travelling to a botanic garden outside Seoul (+ slideshow). More about Asymmetric holiday homes by Studio Koossino feature bright yellow walls
Stockholm 2014: Swedish design studio Front has launched a modular storage system called Tetris that's made up of stacked blocks (+ slideshow). More about Front designs Tetris storage system made of stacking blocks
News: a team of researchers from Harvard University has developed a team of robots that can build architectural structures based on the behaviour of termites. More about Robotic bricklayers developed to work like termites
Foliage is scattered around the interior of this hotel in Berlin by designers Studio Aisslinger to create an "urban jungle" (+ slideshow). More about Plants create "urban jungle" at 25hours Bikini Berlin Hotel by Studio Aisslinger
Australian studio BLOXAS adopted elements from Japanese architecture to reorganise the spaces of this Melbourne residence around a courtyard then added a new timber-clad extension shaped like a periscope (+ slideshow). More about BLOXAS adds periscope-shaped extension and courtyard veranda to Engawa House in Melbourne
Fashion brand Pringle of Scotland has incorporated laser-sintered nylon fabric into garments for its Autumn Winter 2014 collection, shown yesterday at London Fashion Week. More about 3D-printed fabrics by Richard Beckett woven into Pringle of Scotland's ready to wear garments
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Frame Publishers to give readers the chance to win one of five books released to coincide with Dutch designer Marcel Wanders' retrospective exhibition at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum. More about Competition: five Marcel Wanders monographs to be won
Norwegian firm Eriksen Skajaa Architects has redesigned the offices of the team behind the Bergen International Festival, creating an environment that's meant to resemble the backstage areas of a concert. More about Bergen International Festival offices designed to resemble a workshop
Belgian studio Atelier Tom Vanhee has renovated and extended the brick buildings of a community centre in the village of Westvleteren using a contrasting contemporary brick (+ slideshow). More about Community Centre Westvleteren by Atelier Tom Vanhee contrasts old and new bricks
Three mature trees were rooted to the centre of this site in Western Australia, but architecture firm MORQ managed to convince the owners to build their family house around the peeling trunks and burgeoning foliage (+ slideshow). More about Karri Loop House by MORQ folds around three indigenous Australian trees