Opinion: on his return from Dutch Design Week, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs argues that "something special is happening" in Eindhoven, a dowdy post-industrial sprawl that was recently named "the most inventive city in the world". More about "The future is a small, ugly town in the south of Holland"
Architects Agnieszka Preibisz and Peter Sandhaus have unveiled a conceptual skyscraper for Berlin with a twisted figure-of-eight structure that curves around elevated gardens and is held up by cables. More about Green8 by Agnieszka Preibisz and Peter Sandhaus
Portuguese studio DNSJ.arq has completed a cluster of three white houses on the outskirts of a small town in southern Portugal (+ slideshow). More about Three houses in Meco by DNSJ.arq
Our interview with rendering guru Peter Guthrie leads this week's Dezeen Mail newsletter, followed by Gehry and Foster's Battersea collaboration plus all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Table legs extend up to look like tree trunks and branches at this cafe in Tokyo by Japanese studio id (+ slideshow). More about Cafe Ki by id
These night shots by New York photographer Andrew Prokos capture some of the buildings designed by late Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in Brasília (+ slideshow). More about Niemeyer's Brasília photographed by Andrew Prokos
Product news: this seating range by Australian designer Alexander Lotersztain features pill-shaped sofas and ottomans. More about Pill Range by Alexander Lotersztain for Derlot Editions
Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld designed this apartment block in São Paulo as 62 "houses with yards", which are stacked on top of one another like the blocks of a Jenga game (+ slideshow). More about 360º Building by Isay Weinfeld
News: Apple has announced that its latest Mac Pro desktop computer will be available worldwide from December, after the sale of its predecessor was banned in the EU earlier this year due to safety regulations. More about Apple reveals latest Mac Pro launch date
Treatment rooms sit within a translucent house-shaped enclosure at this dental clinic in Kobe, Japan, by Tato Architects (+ slideshow). More about Dental Clinic in Nakayamate by Tato Architects
News: architect Norman Foster has revealed how late Apple CEO Steve Jobs called him "out of the blue" in 2009 to invite him to design the Apple Campus 2 with the words "Hi Norman, I need some help." More about How Steve Jobs hired Norman Foster: "Hi Norman. I need some help"
Movie: in our second exclusive interview from this year's World Architecture Festival, Scott Adams of Taylor Cullity Lethlean discusses the design of The Australian Garden, which won the award for best landscape project. More about "This was the first botanical garden purely for Australian native plants"
Dutch Design Week 2013: a Dutch fashion textile brand that has a huge following in Africa but which is virtually unknown in Europe has announced a series of collaborations with contemporary designers (+ interview + slideshow). More about Fashion fabric brand Vlisco to work with "a list of designers"
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen readers can enter a competition to win a set of architecture books published by Laurence King by completing one of three drawings from its new Archidoodle title. More about Complete an Archidoodle drawing for the chance to win architecture books
News: two Portuguese architects want to transform Porto's iconic Maria Pia Bridge, built in 1877 by Gustave Eiffel, into a monument by moving the disused structure from its present location on the River Douro to the city centre. More about Portuguese architects want to relocate Porto's Maria Pia Bridge
News: Frank Gehry and Norman Foster have been appointed to design a series of buildings as part of the £8 billion redevelopment of Battersea Power Station in London. More about Gehry and Foster team up on Battersea Power Station redevelopment
The bulbous lower level of this residence in Thailand by local studio Architectkidd looks like it's being squished by the rectilinear storey above it (+ slideshow). More about Khao Yai House by Architectkidd
Dutch Design Week 2013: Dutch designer Elisa van Joolen has taken left over sample shoes from shoe brands including Nike, Converse and Clarks, and turned them inside-out to create new footwear (+ slideshow). More about Invert Footwear by Elisa van Joolen
Untreated timber cladding and angular dormer windows feature at this small housing development in Amsterdam by Dutch studio M3H Architecten (+ slideshow). More about Wooden Houses in Amsterdam by M3H Architecten
News: interior designer Christopher Jenner has been appointed creative director of rail company Eurostar, stepping into shoes vacated by Philippe Starck who designed the firm's train interiors, lounges and staff uniforms a decade ago. More about Eurostar appoints Christopher Jenner as creative director