Architecture critics have been discussing A Room For London, a boat-like apartment on the roof of the Southbank Centre that will accomodate temporary overnight guests throughout 2012. More about Critics' reactions to A Room For London
Competition: we've teamed up with the organisers of the eVolo Skyscraper Competition to give away five copies of their book, which collates 300 of the best entries from the past six years. More about Competition: five copies of eVolo Skyscrapers to be won
Cologne 2012: French design brand Ligne Roset present their new collection in Cologne this week, including this little storage unit modelled on a traditional sewing box by Copenhagen designers GamFratesi. More about Picnic by GamFratesi for Ligne Roset
Japanese architects 403architecture have turned the floor of this refurbished apartment in Hamamatsu into a huge chest of drawers. More about The Difference of Ebitsuka by 403architecture
Diners can climb into wooden booths modelled on railway carriages in the second Fabbrica pizzeria completed by Dutch design studio Tjep. More about Fabbrica Bergen by Tjep
These renders show the cedar shell and glazed facade of a triangular house by Swedish firm Wingårdhs to be constructed on a rocky, harbourside plot. More about Villa Flåttarna by Wingårdhs
Cologne 2012: these steel pendant lamps with a bulb in each end are on show as part of [D3] Talents at imm cologne, which opens today in Germany. More about Spotlight Volumes by Lukas Peet
Designer Jólan van der Wiel has sent us this movie of his machine for shaping stools using gravity and magnets, on display as part of the [D3] Contest for young designers at imm cologne in Germany this week.
More about Gravity by Jólan van der Wiel
American architects Richard Meier & Partners have unveiled designs for a 34-storey tower in Mexico City. More about Mitikah Office Tower by Richard Meier & Partners
The two-L-shaped halves of this house in Singapore by Chinese architects Neri&Hu fold around a courtyard garden and two pools of water. More about The Overlapping Land/House by Neri&Hu
Spanish studio Virai Arquitectos have completed a sandstone winery that is partially submerged in the ground. More about Bodega La Grajera by Virai Arquitectos
This concrete social-housing block in Paris has artists' studios on the ground floor and an oval-shaped opening in the roof. More about 8 dwellings, 4 artist studios and 1 retail area by Charles-Henri Tachon
Brazilian architects YTA have converted the spare room of a house into a multimedia library where pine floorboards and industrial lighting climb the walls. More about Digital Library by YTA
Five years ago this week the late Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPhone, and went on to sell over a hundred million of them. More about Five years ago...
These handmade electrical plugs allow you to plug a second appliance into the back. More about Sharing Plug by Dave Hakkens
Dezeen archive: following our story this week on a ship-shaped apartment, here's a roundup of all Dezeen's stories about boats. See all the stories »
More about Dezeen archive: boats
A frameless sheet of glass undulates around this barrel-vaulted conservatory in west London. More about The Glass Wave by Andy Martin Associates
This time last year Chinese architects MAD unveiled plans for a museum shaped like a giant icicle and a mirrored treehouse in Sweden opened up its doors to overnight guests. More about One year ago...
A steel staircase outside this renovated summerhouse in eastern Spain spirals up onto a roof terrace with a view of the sea. More about PC House by XVA
This week a boat-shaped apartment washed up on the roof of the Southbank Centre in London, dRMM completed a shimmering golden wedding chapel in the British seaside town of Blackpool and we showed images of Renzo Piano's new wing at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. More about This Week on Dezeen