Dezeen Wire: the Royal Institute of British Architects has published two new guides aimed at encouraging architects to help improve local communities through urban planning and cooperation with residents. More about "RIBA urges architects to embrace localism" - new guides promote community involvement
Dezeen Wire: art and architecture critics have been offering their opinions on Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture, 1915-1935, an exhibition presenting the revolutionary imagery of communist Russia at the Royal Academy in London. More about Critics' reactions to Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture, 1915-1935
Japanese architects Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates have completed a four-winged house in Toyota. More about Oshikamo by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates
These rings by jewellery designer Galit Barak of Israel create rectilinear frames around the wearer's fingers. More about New City by Galit Barak
Competition: we’ve teamed up with Figtree Factory Studios to give readers a chance to win one of five pairs of their 01M OneMoment 100% biodegradable shoes. More about Competition: five pairs of 01M OneMoment shoes to be won
Japanese architect Masato Sekiya has completed a house in Osaka with a sloping wall that looks like it’s toppling over. More about Shigita House by Masato Sekiya
Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorn strikes a blow against the current trend for naming products with confusing, forgettable or misleading monikers. More about "The Power, or Folly, of a Product’s Name" - The New York Times
Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Jay Merrick has praised the £22 million extension of Cardiff's Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama by BFLS Architects, explaining that the spaces perform functionally as well as succeeding in "generating an atmosphere that can only be described as happening." More about Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama extension is "dazzling"- The Independent
Dezeen Wire: The Guardian's architecture critic Jonathan Glancey explains that the much-criticised ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture, designed by Anish Kapoor and structural engineer Cecil Balmond for next year's Olympics in London, has been an easy target for jokes but that it demonstrates Britain's manufacturing capabilities and says it "may even effect buildings of the future just as the Eiffel Tower and the Crystal Palace did" - The Guardian
Qubique 2011: this light by German collective llot llov can be adjusted by hooking the shade onto one of a string of twenty turned wooden balls. More about Earl by llot llov
This top-heavy house by Japanese architect Kota Mizuishi overlooks a river in west Tokyo. More about House in Horinouchi by Kota Mizuishi
Dezeen Platform: in this movie filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform, Estonian designer Evelin Kasikov talks about her CMYK embroidery, a series of hand-made prints that replace inks with thread. Watch the movie »
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Polygonal timber plates give this pavilion at the University of Stuttgart a skeleton like a sea urchin's. More about ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion at the University of Stuttgart
A rounded wall of recycled clay tiles converges with walls of white bricks at this village house in Sussex, England. More about Mission Hall by Adam Richards Architects
Imagine waking up in a glass bedroom by the waterside on a remote Finnish island. More about Garden Shed by Ville Hara and Linda Bergroth
Dezeen archive: this week we showcased a ring of trees that's forced to grow into a building (top left) and a movie featuring people dressed as trees, so our latest archive compiles all our stories about things that are made of or disguised as trees. See all the stories »
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A slatted timber concert hall bulges through the glass atrium walls of this performing arts college in Cardiff by London studio BFLS. More about Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama by BFLS
Dutch Design Week 2011: Philips Design in Eindhoven present a conceptual self-sufficient home that converts sewage and rubbish into power. More about Microbial Home by Philips Design
This time last year Kengo Kuma was announced as the architect of the V&A's new museum in Dundee and Foster + Partners Corten-clad Faustino winery rose from the earth in Spain. More about One year ago...
Dezeen Wire: British manufacturer Dyson has expressed disappointment about the lack of protection offered to British designers following the loss of a design rights case against Chinese-owned Vax, who Dyson claims have copied one of their popular models. More about "We need to better protect British design"- James Dyson