Inside 2011: we're in Barcelona this week with our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up at Inside world festival of interiors and a party to celebrate our Dezeen Book of Ideas at Otrascosas de Villar-Rosàs tomorrow night. More about Dezeen in Barcelona
A spiky kindergarten and a bulbous sports centre with rooftop funnels are included in this conceptual community by architecture students at Lund University, Sweden. More about Lilla Råby by Anahita Nahoomi, Lina Davidsson, Miranda Westfelt and Robert Janson
Inside 2011: Dezeen are at Inside in Barcelona and we'll be posting the winners of the inaugural Inside awards on Dezeen Wire as they're announced throughout the day. See the full shortlist here.
Inside world festival of interiors is taking place on the third floor of the Centro de Convenciones Internacionales de Barcelona until 4 November - see all our stories about Inside here, including interviews with the judges on Dezeen Screen.
More about Inside award winners announced today
A shallow pool of water wraps around the grey brick facade of this house in Goirle, the Netherlands. More about Villa Rotonda by Bedaux de Brouwer Architecten
The rippled timber core of this reindeer observation pavilion by architects Snøhetta mirrors the curves of the surrounding Dovre Mountains in Norway. More about Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion by Snøhetta
This movie shows an installation by designer Bobby Petersen at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, where chairs were programmed to play music when visitors sat on them. Each seat represented a different instrument and rhythm, creating a harmony when people sat down together. More about Musical Chairs by Bobby Petersen
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 »
More about Evelin Kasikov at Dezeen Platform
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