Dezeen promotion: competition organiser Homemade Dessert is offering architects and designers the chance to present visions for the redevelopment of a former Soviet town in Latvia, with a total of $16,000 (£10,000) prize money to be won. More about Submit designs to redevelop a former Soviet military town
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This tensile pavilion is covered in solar panels that can be used to charge an electric car and then folded up to fit in its boot (+ slideshow). More about Volvo Pure Tension Pavilion that charges an electric car by Synthesis Design + Architecture
Arched doorways lead through the spaces of this house in Osaka, which was designed by Japanese office Tsubasa Iwahashi Architects to centre around a family dining table. More about Japanese house designed around a dining table by Tsubasa Iwahashi Architects
South Korean studio Design Band YOAP has squeezed nine apartments and a shop inside this compact white housing block in Seoul (+ slideshow). More about YOAP White House apartment block in Seoul by Design Band YOAP
The wood for this stove by Michiel Martens and Roel de Boer needn't be chopped as whole tree trunks can be fed into it (+ slideshow). More about Spruce Stove that burns a whole tree trunk by Michiel Martens and Roel de Boer
Scottish firm Dualchas Architects used Scottish stone and larch to build this single-storey house on the Isle of Skye (+ slideshow). More about Borreraig House on a Scottish island by Dualchas Architects
Buildings in the future could feature floors embedded with synthetic bacteria that eat dirt and clean your feet, according to this project by design student Tashia Tucker (+ slideshow). More about Bio-surfaces containing "hacked" bacteria could clean your feet as you walk on them
Movie: Konrad Buhagiar of Architecture Project explains how he built a 60 metre-high outdoor lift in historic Valletta, Malta, in our latest interview with category winners at last month's Inside Festival in Singapore. More about Malta's 20-storey outdoor lift was designed to look "like an old building"
An elaborate facade comprising curved edges, deep recesses and sliced windows wraps this 135-metre skyscraper by Dutch office UNStudio in Singapore (+ slideshow). More about Ardmore Residence skyscraper in Singapore by UNStudio
Synthetic living creatures would be released into the wild to save endangered species and clean up pollution under this futuristic proposal by designer Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg. More about Rewilding with synthetic creatures could "save nature" says Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
News: One World Trade Center in New York has been officially declared tallest building in the western hemisphere, following a debate over whether the spire can contribute to its overall height. More about One World Trade Center named tallest skyscraper in western hemisphere
An iron staircase reminiscent of structural trusses connects the two floors of this house in Milan by Italian architects Roberto Murgia and Valentina Ravara (+ slideshow). More about House with an iron staircase by Roberto Murgia and Valentina Ravara
This cluster of gabled buildings by Hungarian office Bord Architectural Studio provides new tasting rooms for a winery in Hungary's Etyek-Buda region (+ slideshow). More about Esterházy Etyeki Kúria Winery with gabled rooftops by Bord Architectural Studio
This smartphone-controlled thermostat by French designer Philippe Starck can regulate itself by tracking residents' activities. More about Thermostat controlled with a smartphone by Philippe Starck for Netatmo
News: a manipulated photo showing Foster + Partners' Gherkin skyscraper as a flaccid phallus has been used by a UK pharmacy chain to advertise erectile dysfunction treatment. More about Foster's flaccid Gherkin used to advertise erectile dysfunction treatment
Rounded lettering frames windows on the facade of this primary school in Bangalore by Indian firm Cadence (+ slideshow). More about Cassata primary school with lettering on its facade by Cadence
Prints by graphic designer Peter Saville adorn the garments and footwear in fashion brand Y-3's Spring Summer 2014 collection. More about Meaningless Excitement Spring Summer 2014 fashion collection by Y-3 and Peter Saville
Movie: Dezeen takes a tour of the inaugural West End Design District during this year's London Design Festival, taking in highlights including the Sanderson hotel, shoe designer Tracey Neuls' store and the Republic of Fritz Hansen showroom. More about Video tour of West End Design District at London Design Festival 2013
Dutch firm MVRDV has unveiled images of a tennis clubhouse with seating on the roof, which is to begin construction later this month in Amsterdam (+ slideshow). More about Clubhouse for Tennisclub IJburg with seats on its roof by MVRDV