Competition: we've teamed up with structural engineers Fluid Structures to offer Dezeen readers the chance to win one of ten copies of their book, entitled Adventures in Engineering. More about Competition: ten copies of Fluid Structures - Adventures in Engineering to be won
Zaha Hadid Architects have released new renders of a 200-metre-high commercial complex designed for Beijing. More about Wangjing Soho by Zaha Hadid Architects
These vases made of sand are shaped according to the principles of an old Japanese game. More about Sand by Yukihiro Kaneuchi
A stainless steel net takes the place of a banister around the staircase and first floor corridor of this apartment in Prague. More about Rounded Loft by A1 Architects
Here's an animation of the two memorial fountains at the World Trade Centre site in New York, which are due to open in three weeks time on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. More about 9/11 memorial by Michael Arad and Peter Walker
Dezeen Wire: design critic Alice Rawsthorn writes for the New York Times about London designers BERG, whose work is on show as part of the exhibition Talk to Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects at the Museum of Modern Art in New York until 7 November - New York Times
See Berg's redesign of the standard till receipt in our earlier story.
More about "Technology's Human Potential" - New York Times
Mirrors lining the ceilings and walls of a tiny pop-up clothing shop in Warsaw create the illusion of endless rails of garments. More about Zuo Corp by Super Super and Inside/Outside
These wallets and spectacle cases are each made of a single piece of leather that's been folded into shape then hardened in boiling water. More about Hunters Bend by Tove Emilsson
Continuing our series of stories about security-conscious and bunker-like residences, here's an Australian holiday home that can be secured with huge sliding steel shutters. More about Diamond Beach House by Bourne Blue Architecture
London Design Festival 2011: London designer Makiko Nakamura will exhibit a tea set engulfed in flowers and foliage at Tent London during the London Design Festival next month. More about 100 Years After the Party by Makiko Nakamura
Herringbone brickwork and fretted screens decorate the facade of two apartment blocks in Prague. More about Apartment building by Znamení Čtyř
In the last few weeks we've published a few projects that intentionally look as though the builders haven't left yet. Here's a roundup of all the apartments, salons and shops on Dezeen that feature patches of plaster, scaffolding, dangling wires and hoarding-like woodwork. See all the stories »
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Long, narrow windows cut across the sides of a house in Okayama, Japan, to reveal the locations of internal walls and floors. More about Black Slit House by Three.Ball.Cascade
Once filled with water, a pond at the centre of this museum in Madrid will be crossed via a meandering route of stepping-stones. More about Interpretation centre for the Manzanares River by Rubio & Alvarez-Sala Architects
A cedar-clad house near Seoul by Korean architects AND spirals up from beneath the ground. More about Villa Topoject by AND
One year ago OMA, Foster + Partners and local firm Rocco Design Architects were competing to to create a master plan for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. More about One year ago...
Rotating walls with acid green edges slot together like jigsaw pieces between a London lighting showroom and its window display. More about Atrium by Studio RHE
Architects Gundry & Ducker created a pub inside a cardboard box inside the crypt of a London church. More about Draughtsman's Arms by Gundry & Ducker
Dezeen Wire: as Renzo Piano's Shard takes shape in London, art critic Jonathan Jones decries it as "a flashing warning sign of disease" - The Guardian
See visualisations of how the building might be photographed once complete »
More about The Shard: "a lunatic attack on London" - The Guardian
Our biggest story this week is Apple's new headquarters by Foster + Partners (above, top left) which sparked some hilarious comments and tweets. More about This week on Dezeen
