After hours, rolling metal shutters fasten across these New York apartments designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More about Metal Shutter Houses by Shigeru Ban Architects and Dean Maltz Architect
In this next movie in our series by publishers Laurence King, made to accompany Paul Jackson's book Folding Techniques for Designers, the author shows how to form spans and parabolas in a sheet of card. More about Folding Techniques for Designers: spans and parabolas by Paul Jackson
Portuguese architect and set designer João Mendes Ribeiro has converted the former house of a poet into a writer's retreat (photos: Do Mal o Menos). More about Casa da Escrita by João Mendes Ribeiro
New Designers 2011: as the value of copper increases, product design graduate Oscar Medley-Whitfield has minted a range of copper-bullion bowls so investors can display their assets at home. More about Worth the Weight by Oscar Medley-Whitfield
Both weddings and council assemblies take place beneath the double gabled-roof of this hall at the medieval centre of a German village (photography by Roland Halbe). More about Townhall Schefflenz by Glück+Partner
Show RCA 2011: footwear designer Victoria Spruce presented these sculptural shoes at the Royal College of Art graduate show earlier this month. More about Footwear by Victoria Spruce
A triangulated glass and steel restaurant sits beside a river in a remote forested gorge in southern China. More about Tianmen Mountain Restaurant by Liu Chongxiao
A Picasso painting inspired this cliff-top house near Sydney by architects Durbach Block Jaggers. More about Holman House by Durbach Block Jaggers
Polish artist Monika Grzymala will fill a London gallery with lengths of black and white sticky tape at an exhibition that opens in October. More about Miles and Miles of Sticky Tape by Monika Grzymala
Competition: we've teamed up with publishers Laurence King to give Dezeen readers the chance to win one of five copies of Folding Techniques for Designers. More about Competition: five copies of Folding Techniques for Designers to be won
London designers Airside have made the promo video for new Flashman track To The Victor – The Spoils! More about To The Victor – The Spoils! by Airside
Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Rowan Moore has written a scathing review of the recently opened Museum of Liverpool for The Observer. Read the full article here. Update 15/08/11: see the complete set of images in our later story.
Faeces, electric eels and fruit would power conceptual communities designed by Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Catrina Stewart. More about London City Farmhouse by Catrina Stewart
Spanish architects Rstudio have designed a combined metro station and park in Alboraya near Valencia. More about Alboraya-Palmaret metro station by Rstudio
This dreamy holiday bunker designed by Portuguese studio Phyd Arquitectura is sunk into the landscape, overlooking the hills near Torres Novas. More about House in Pedrogão by Phyd Arquitectura
Dezeen archive: since our story about a house concealed by mist (bottom left) was so popular this week, we've grouped together all our stories from the Dezeen archive that feature weather. See all the stories »
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An oversailing glass roof and steel mesh curtain protect a two-storey extension and terrace at a historic Sydney house. More about Glass Loggia House by Allen Jack+Cottier, Vladimir Sitta and Belinda Koopman
New Designers 2011: Kingston University graduate Andre Pereira has created a series of products to help with tricky DIY tasks, including these paint brushes that clip onto the edge of a tin of paint. More about DIY Series by Andre Pereira
Australian architects Jolson have completed a house in Melbourne where cantilevering concrete slabs appear to balance on top of a bronze garden wall. More about House 20 by Jolson
This time last year Dezeen readers were utterly outraged by a range of beer packaged inside dead animals. Apart from those who found it really, really funny... More about One year ago...