Some of the concrete walls of this house in Yokohama, Japan, by Tai and Associates were formed against wooden planks, while some have been rendered white and others have been left plain (+ slideshow). More about House in Shinoharadai by Tai and Associates
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in this movie Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto discusses his philosophy of designing structures that are "in between" opposing concepts such as nature and architecture, and says the approach could work just as well on a skyscraper as a small private house. More about "Every kind of architectural definition has an in-between space" - Sou Fujimoto
Competition: as media partner for the Wearable Futures event taking place in London in December, Dezeen is giving away 50 tickets to attend the two-day exhibition and conference dedicated to technology for the body. More about Competition: 50 tickets for Wearable Futures to be won
This timber house in Kanagawa by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has a square plan with a teardrop-shaped courtyard at its centre (+ slideshow). More about Villa at Sengokubara by Shigeru Ban
News: Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has seen off competition from Zaha Hadid, UNStudio, Snøhetta and more to land the design commission for the World Expo 2017 exhibition in Astana, Kazakhstan. More about Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture to design Astana Expo 2017
This house in Mexico City by local firm Taller Hector Barroso is built around a courtyard to bring in more natural light and to make up for a shortage of exterior views (+ slideshow). More about Casa Cumbres by Taller Hector Barroso
A playground covering the roof of this kindergarten in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, is dotted with wooden obstacles that function as light wells for the nurseries underneath (+ slideshow). More about Mukou Leimondo Nursery School by Archivision Hirotani Studio
Diagonally laid timber planks create zig-zagging patterns across the exterior of this church in Cologne by German architects Sauerbruch Hutton (+ slideshow). More about Immanuel Church and Parish Centre by Sauerbruch Hutton
Welsh designer Kieren Jones has devised a concept for harnessing the destructive power of erupting volcanoes by using lava flows to cast components for buildings. More about The Volcano Project by Kieren Jones
Design studio Weiss—heiten used emerald-coloured tiles to cover the walls, floors and surfaces of the new Berlin store for skincare brand Aesop (+ slideshow). More about Aesop Mitte by Weiss—heiten
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Portuguese studio Belém Lima Arquitectos has perched a pair of gabled cabins on the edge of a dam in northern Portugal to provide a public boathouse and cafe (+ slideshow). More about Cais Bagaúste by Belém Lima Arquitectos
Dutch Design Week 2013: architecture studio Onix has inserted a wooden staircase inside a medieval Dutch church to provide access to the apex of the bell tower (+ slideshow). More about Toren van Uitwierde staircase by Onix
Dutch Design Week 2013: Dutch firm Bierman Henket architecten has added an extension shaped like a rugby ball on top of a neo-classical museum in the city of Zwolle (+ slideshow). More about Museum De Fundatie by Bierman Henket architecten
Dutch Design Week 2013: designer Christien Meindertsma has compiled photographs of hundreds of jumpers knitted by an elderly woman into a book and organised a flashmob in her honour (+ movie). More about The knitting collection of Loes Veenstra by Christien Meindertsma
London College of Fashion graduate Barbora Veselá has layered-up leftover scraps of leather to create striations based on rock formations on the surface of these shoes (+ movie). More about Geology of Shoes by Barbora Veselá
Movie: architect David Kohn explains how his studio transformed a neglected Barcelona apartment into World Interior of the Year 2013 in this exclusive video interview Dezeen filmed at Inside Festival in Singapore. More about "There was all this potential but it was being held back by the architecture"
Wire-encased lights are suspended above oak-topped counters at this bakery in Poland by designer Maciej Kurkowski (+ slideshow). More about Przystanek Piekarnia Bakery by Maciej Kurkowski
Product news: Dutch designer Arian Brekveld based the design of this lounge chair on the shapes of seats in cars. More about VIK lounge chair by Arian Brekveld for Spectrum