Following our earlier story about an apartment with the appearance of an elegant building site, here's another renovated flat in Japan that appears to be unfinished. More about House in Kamimachi by Camp Design Inc.
Folding back these perforated screens reconfigures an apartment that's combined with a dance and choreography studio near Paris. More about Apartment for a dancer and choreographer by CUT Architectures
Rainwater slides down into the central folds of a plunging roof at this Dallas house, draining into a collection tank for reuse. More about UR22 by Vincent Snyder Architects
A boomerang-shaped museum in Mexico is balanced on stilts and stabilised in the air by tensile cables, allowing it to bridge a road and cantilever over a lake. More about Musevi by Enrique Norten and TEN Arquitectos
Dezeen archive: following the riots in the UK this week and our popular recent story about a steel-plated house (bottom left), which one reader though might come in handy in a zombie apocalypse, we've compiled a selection of stories about bunkers and other fortified buildings. See all the stories »
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In this interview filmed at Dezeen Space, London designer Paul Cocksedge explains the ideas behind Change the Record, a project where vinyl records are moulded into amplifiers for smartphones. More about Change the Record by Paul Cocksedge
This time last year our most popular story featured electricity pylons shaped like giants striding across the Icelandic landscape. More about One year ago...
Our most popular and most controversial story this week featured a redesign of the London tube map that's more geographically accurate than the 1931 classic - read both sides of the argument and have your say here. More about This week on Dezeen
In this second movie filmed by Dezeen for trade show Garden Unique, British garden designer Andrew Wilson talks about successful collaborations between architects and garden designers, including The High Line in New York and Peter Zumthor's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London (below). More about Garden Unique interview: architecture and garden design
Competition: we've teamed up with London designer Max Lamb to give readers the chance to win one of five signed copies of his new book China Granite Project II. More about Competition: five copies of China Granite Project II by Max Lamb to be won
Here are some more photographs of Zaha Hadid's recently completed aquatics centre for the London 2012 Olympic Games, taken by UK photographers Hufton + Crow. More about London Aquatics Centre 2012 by Zaha Hadid photographed by Hufton + Crow
How might our homes change if they had to accommodate robots too? More about With Robots by Diego Trujillo Pisanty
Wall coverings have been peeled away to reveal a vaulted stone ceiling that's several hundred years old inside this refurbished apartment in Tel Aviv. More about Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem
A sequence of horizontal steel rods resemble a barcode on the glass facade of a house extension in Washington DC. More about Barcode House by David Jameson
In this interview filmed by Dezeen for trade show Garden Unique at Spoga+Gafa, British garden designer Andrew Wilson of Wilson McWilliam Studio talks about a few of his favourite projects, including a pathway cantilevered over an intense sea of roses (above). Watch the movie »
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Dezeen Wire: architecture graduates Lee Wilshire and Nick Varey have launched an initiative called Riot Rebuild to help repair homes and businesses in areas of the UK affected by riots in the past week. More about Architecture graduates launch Riot Rebuild
Five existing concrete kiosks in Madeira have been wrapped in volcanic basalt and overlapped by the walls of a new registry office. More about Registry Office of St Vicente by Duarte Caldeira
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London Design Festival 2011: Hungarian studio A+Z Design will present these cute lamps with squashed heads at Tent London during the London Design Festival next month. More about Pillhead lamps by A+Z Design
The golden ratio determines proportions throughout this raw concrete house in Germany. More about Absalon by Denzer & Poensgen