London Design Festival: each of these mix-and-match vessels by London design studio Vitamin is fixed together from rings of assorted materials including marble, cut glass, turned wood and 3D printed resin. More about Element Vessel by Vitamin
OMA has won a competition to design a new campus for the École Centrale school of engineering in France by proposing a 'superblock' of separate buildings within a single gridded structure (+ slideshow). More about École Centrale Engineering School by OMA
Beijing Design Week: an exhibition about the problems faced by international architects working in China is on display as part of Beijing Design Week, exploring the issues at play through the stories of twelve projects that never made it. More about (un)Made in China exhibition at Beijing Design Week
Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann used raw concrete, oak and travertine to create the smooth walls and floors of this home and poolhouse overlooking Lake Zurich (+ slideshow). More about Two Verandas by Gus Wüstemann
The students and tutor of an architecture workshop in Ljubljana have built a wedge-shaped wooden pavilion containing a tiny pool of water and logs acting as stepping stones. More about Water Temple Student Workshop by Kieran Donnellan and MEDS students
Dutch architects Shift ripped out the walls of this central Rotterdam townhouse and replaced them with a three-storey bookshelf. More about Vertical Loft by Shift
World Architecture Festival 2012: this slideshow of images features the Plaza Espana, a public square above an underground museum in Tenerife by Menis Arquitectos, which won the award in the new and old category at the World Architecture Festival this week. More about Slideshow: Plaza Espana by Menis Arquitectos
World Architecture Festival 2012: architects Arcau won the civic and community category at the World Architecture Festival this week for a community building in the French town of Pornic that references traditional local storehouses for salt. More about Slideshow: Solarge Town and Community Building by Arcau
News: following this week's news that the UK government is restricting curved and glass walls on new school buildings, Aberrant Architecture's Kevin Haley and David Chambers are urging the Department of Education to look to the standardised schools designed by Oscar Niemeyer for Brazil in the 1980s, which the architects are presenting in the British Pavilion for the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about The UK can "learn lessons from school-building in Brazil" - Aberrant Architecture
Dezeen archive: after featuring a Japanese home with four tiny houses inside (bottom left) this week, we've compiled all the projects we've published that include small houses sitting within larger ones. See all the stories »
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World Architecture Festival 2012: here's a slideshow of images of the Fazenda Boa Vista Golf Clubhouse by Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld, which was named World's Best Sport Building at the World Architecture Festival this week. More about Slideshow: Fazenda Boa Vista Golf Clubhouse by Isay Weinfeld
Product news: London designer Andy Martin has designed a wooden road bicycle for Thonet using the steam-bending processes the German furniture company first employed in 1859 for its classic cafe chair. More about Thonet Concept Bike by Andy Martin Studio
World Architecture Festival 2012: here's a slideshow of the winner in the villa category at the World Architecture Festival, which is a house on a working sheep farm on North Bruny Island, Tasmania, by John Wardle Architects. More about Slideshow: Shearer's Quarters by John Wardle Architects
Beijing Design Week: as a Chinese company announces plans to build the world’s tallest skyscraper in just seven months, Beijing Design Week creative director Aric Chen says that contemporary China should "slow down" and look to "craft thinking" to tackle both small and large-scale design challenges the country is facing. More about "China needs to slow down" - Beijing Design Week creative director Aric Chen
This week the UK government's new guidelines preventing any curved or glass walls on new schools in a bid to cut costs caused a furious reaction from our readers, who called the idea "idiotic", a "very false economy" and "an absolute insult to the architecture, design and construction industry." More about This week on Dezeen
World Architecture Festival 2012: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Wilkinson Eyre Architects' Paul Baker in this interview filmed just moments after the firm's Gardens by the Bay project in Singapore was named World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival today. More about Movie: Wilkinson Eyre Architects on winning World Building of the Year
World Architecture Festival 2012: the Kallang River Bishan Park in Singapore by landscape designers Atelier Dreiseitl has been given the title Landscape of the Year at the World Architecture Festival (+ slideshow). More about Landscape of the Year announced at World Architecture Festival
British designer Ross Lovegrove has installed a silver spaceship in the rafters of a railway station in Lille, France. More about UFO by Ross Lovegrove
World Architecture Festival 2012: Heart of Doha, a 31-hectare masterplan designed by AECOM for the gateway to Inner Doha has been named Future Project of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore. More about Future Project of the Year winner announced at World Architecture Festival
News: a Chinese company plans to build the world's tallest skyscraper in just seven months using pre-fabricated components slotted together like a Meccano toy. More about World's tallest skyscraper to be built with ready-made 'Meccano' pieces