World Architecture Festival 2012: the Gardens by the Bay tropical garden in Singapore has been awarded the World Building of the Year prize at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore. More about World Building of the Year winner announced
London Design Festival: these clothes hangers by designer and recent graduate Lisa Marie Bengtsson use charcoal to soak up bad smells so clothes need washing less often (+ movie). More about Bye Bye Laundry by Lisa Marie Bengtsson
London Design Festival: this mechanical contraption by artist Martin Smith and his design company Laikingland will wake you up by chirping like a bird (+ movie). More about Bird Song with a Found Feather by Martin Smith/Laikingland
World Architecture Festival 2012: it's day two of the World Architecture Festival in Singapore and today 17 more award winners have been announced, including a house for New Zealand, a school with caged balconies and three projects by architects Hassell. More about World Architecture Festival 2012 day two winners announced
To coincide with the final weeks of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, here's an interview we filmed at the opening in May with Pierre de Meuron of architects Herzog & de Meuron, in which he talks to Dezeen about how the pavilion was realised in cork to appeal to all the senses and "not only your eyes". More about "Architecture is a discipline that speaks to all your senses" - Pierre de Meuron
This house by Japanese architects a.a.+H has two roofs and four more tiny houses inside (+ slideshow). More about Outside (Outside) ((Outside)) by a.a.+H
The latest issue of Dezeen Mail leads with our coverage of the World Architecture Festival in Singapore this week, including the award winners from the first day, plus all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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A tower of books is encased inside a glass pyramid at this public library that Dutch firm MVRDV have completed in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands (+ slideshow). More about Book Mountain by MVRDV
Competition: we're giving readers a chance to win one of two pairs of tickets to the Memory Marathon, a series of talks and discussions taking place from 12 to 14 October close to the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (above) in London's Kensington Gardens. More about Competition: tickets for the Memory Marathon at the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion to be won
Glass bottles rest on rows of hand-made iron nails along the walls of this Aesop skin and haircare shop in Paris by French designers Ciguë (+ slideshow). More about Aesop Tiquetonne by Ciguë
East London designer Lee Broom is contributing one of his lights made from crystal decanters to the Stepney Green Design Collection curated by Dezeen. More about Decanterlight by Lee Broom for the Stepney Green Design Collection
Visitors can play in the rain without getting wet in this installation by interactive designers rAndom International at the Barbican in London (+ slideshow). More about Rain Room by rAndom International at the Barbican
News: a mobile kitchen designed by Anna Rosinke and Maciej Chmara has won the top prize at the inaugural NWW Design Awards at Vienna Design Week. More about Mobile kitchen wins the first NWW Design Award
Beijing Design Week: this week Dezeen has been at Beijing Design Week and you can check out a selection of the best projects, exhibitions and installations in our Facebook album, including a sculpture made from metal rods with a walk-through tunnel (shown above). See all the photos »
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News: Foster + Partners has won a competition to design a 200-metre skyscraper for collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings and partner L&L Holding Company on Park Avenue in New York. More about Foster + Partners to build Park Avenue skyscraper for Lehman Brothers
Industrial designer Benjamin Hubert's latest chair features a T-shirt-shaped piece of plywood curled smoothly into its solid ash frame. More about Pelt by Benjamin Hubert for De La Espada
World Architecture Festival 2012: Dezeen is in Singapore for the fifth annual World Architecture Festival and today the winning projects in 12 of the awards categories have been announced, including a library clad with firewood, a house covered in plants and three projects in Singapore. More about World Architecture Festival 2012 day one winners announced
Stone bleachers climb onto the roof of this cultural centre in Molde, Norway, by Danish architects 3XN, creating open-air seating for visitors to the jazz festival hosted there each year (+ slideshow). More about Plassen Cultural Centre by 3XN
News: advances in 3D printing could allow people to "print ammunition for an army", according to Ronen Kadushin (pictured above), one of the pioneers of the open design movement. More about 3D printers could "print ammunition for an army"
News: there will be no curved or glass walls on any new school buildings constructed in the UK, thanks to a set of government guidelines released this week. More about UK government bans curved school buildings