Dezeen Wire: Copenhagen studio Bystrup have won the RIBA competition to design new electricity pylons for the UK with their T-shaped proposals. More about Bystrup win Pylon for the Future competition
This house in Nagoya by Japanese architect Tomohiro Hata has five roofs that pitch in opposing directions. More about Complex House by Tomohiro Hata
Zaha Hadid Architects have completed a showroom in London for Spanish bathroom brand Roca. More about Roca London Gallery by Zaha Hadid Architects
Russian architect Peter Kostelov has slotted a timber structure into a two-storey apartment in Moscow to create two extra floors. More about Multi-level apartment by Peter Kostelov
London studio Farshid Moussavi Architecture has won a competition to design a housing complex for the western outskirts of Paris. More about Housing for Jardins de l’Arche by Farshid Moussavi Architecture
Dezeen Platform: Milan designer Denis Guidone steps up to Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today and showcases some examples of his latest watch designs, including some prototypes of models not yet in production. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Denis Guidone
Dezeen Wire: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is the most powerful figure in the art world according to Art Review magazine's annual Power 100 list, published today. More about Ai Weiwei is art world's most powerful figure - Art Review Power 100
In this third movie in our series of interviews with OMA co-founder Rem Koolhaas he talks about his new book Project Japan, Metabolism Talks... written in collaboration with curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. More about Rem Koolhaas on Project Japan, his book about Japanese metabolist architecture
Residents have to go careful on the roof terrace of this Portuguese house, where gaping chasms drop down to basement courtyards two floors below. More about House in Leiria by ARX Portugal
Sketches by this year's Pritzker Prize Laureate Eduardo Souto de Moura covered several curving walls at the Portuguese architect's former school in Porto last month (photos by José Campos). More about Eduardo Souto de Moura Concursos 1979-2010 by André Campos and Pedro Guedes Oliveira
Dezeen Platform: in this next interview filmed at Dezeen Space, designers LingJing Yin, Mark McKeague and Ting Chung Jessica Cheng demonstrate how they created a soundscape at Dezeen Platform by channeling the electrical charge in people's bodies, then amplified the sound by asking visitors to link up. Watch the movie »
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Dezeen Wire: Holloway White Allom, the construction firm responsible for many of London's landmarks including the remodelling of the Bank of England prior the second world war and the recent refurbishment of the Victoria & Albert museum has been put into the hands of administrators - The Guardian
Dezeen Platform: Viennese designer Thomas Feichtner presents a chandelier with a single crystal at Dezeen Platform today. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Thomas Feichtner
Beijing Design Week 2011: Beijing architect Naihan Li presented crates that unfold to become a collection of furniture at a pop-up disco lounge for Beijing Design Week. More about The Crates by Naihan Li
Austrian studio [tp3] architekten have completed a stark white house in northern Austria with translucent sliding walls around a grassy courtyard. More about House SL by [tp3] architekten
Dezeen Wire: New York Times architecture reporter Michael Kimmelman gives a glowing account of the efforts being made by New York City's Department of Design and Construction to revitalise degraded public buildings and infrastructure.
He points to "a quiet revolution reshaping the city’s public architecture," adding that careful investment is having a positive impact on neighbourhoods that are often overlooked - The New York Times
More about "New York’s Public Architecture Gets a Face-Lift"- The New York Times
Dezeen Wire: in his latest article in The Guardian, design critic Justin McGuirk explains how the Finnish government's use of design thinking offers an exemplar for other states and big businesses who need to generate creative solutions to large social problems.
Beijing Design Week 2011: visitors were served tea at a heat-sensitive colour-changing table in a pop-up teahouse for Beijing Design Week. More about WUHAO @ The Teahouse
Dezeen Wire: last week Dezeen reported on the opening of a new exhibition examining the creative processes of architecture practice OMA at the Barbican. Here's what the critics have been saying about the show. More about Critics review OMA/Progress at the Barbican