Berlin-based Danish architect Sigurd Larsen has designed a collection of tables and benches with surfaces made from materials chosen to age well (+ slideshow). More about Melbourne Project by Sigurd Larsen
News: California studio Smith|Allen has completed the world's first architectural structure using standard 3D printers (+ movie + interview). More about California duo create "world's first 3D-printed architecture"
Rio 2016: shooting events during the 2016 Olympic Games will take place at this timber and concrete complex in north-west Rio by Brazilian studio BCMF Arquitetos (+ slideshow). More about National Shooting Centre by BCMF Arquitetos
News: a residential development designed by Richard Rogers to adjoin two streets in London's Mayfair via a paved arcade has been granted approval. More about Plans approved for Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners gallery arcade in Mayfair
The developer behind Europe's tallest residential towers has attacked "fake and insidious" press coverage of the project, after claims that the 47-storey skyscraper has been built without elevators went viral. More about Developer attacks "ridiculous" reports that skyscraper has no elevators
This house in Alabama folds open to provide seating for an open-air performance space (+ movie). More about Open House by Matthew Mazzotta
Graduate designer Mugi Yamamoto has designed an inkjet printer that sits on top of a stack of paper and eats its way down through the pile (+ slideshow). More about Stack printer by Mugi Yamamoto
News: Foster + Partners has announced its resignation from a major expansion and modernisation of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, following a row with Moscow's chief architect Sergey Kuznetsov about the firm's involvement in the project. More about Foster abandons Moscow museum project
This apartment block in Osaka Prefecture by Japanese studio EASTERN Design Office features recessed corner balconies that become incrementally wider towards the roof. More about Step Tower by EASTERN Design Office
Israeli designers Studio Itai Bar-On and Oded Webman formed this collection of conical lights from pigmented concrete. More about Bullet Collection by Studio Itai Bar-On and Oded Webman
This kinked house in Japan by architects Horibe Associates has all its storage space along one edge to buffer sounds from a noisy road (+ slideshow). More about House in Yamakawa by Horibe Associates
Perforated metal screens conceal rooms and storage space in this Tel Aviv apartment by Israeli studio Paritzki & Liani Architects (+ slideshow). More about O Apartment by Paritzki & Liani Architects
Here are some photographs of the renovated 1960s Mineirão Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, set to host matches during the 2014 FIFA World Cup (+ slideshow). More about Mineirão Stadium renovation by BCMF Arquitetos
Madrid firm OOIIO has designed a lopsided photo frame-shaped hotel that appears to have crashed into a cliff face near Lima in Peru. More about Unbalanced Hotel by OOIIO Architecture
A row of raw concrete gables give a zig-zagging profile to this summer house by Swedish studio Tham & Videgård Arkitekter on an island in the Stockholm archipelago (+ slideshow). More about Summerhouse Lagnö by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
The owners of a house designed to showcase their collection of toy bears have brought Thai design studio Onion back to extend the display cases into the garage (+ slideshow). More about Bear Garage by Onion
This bright red tower resembling the head and neck of a monster was constructed by Dutch designer Frank Havermans as the beacon for a fire station in a small Dutch town. More about KAPKAR / BB-N34 by Frank Havermans
London Design Festival 2013: the shade of this lamp by Norwegian designer Lars Beller Fjetland resembles a dining cloche lifted up in the air. More about Cloche Lamp by Lars Beller Fjetland
News: a 24 metre tall viewing tower that looks like a helter skelter and a student housing development in Oxford have been included in a shortlist for the ugliest building completed in the UK in the last 12 months. Update 29/08/13: the winner has been announced as 465 Caledonian Road by Stephen George & Partners. More about Carbuncle Cup 2013 shortlist revealed