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
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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
Pop-up shops might be commonplace in retail but would you consider getting married in a pop-up chapel made of cardboard? More about Kiss by Z-A Studio
This movie by Brussels gallerist Victor Hunt reveals the story and process behind Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer's bowls shaped by balloons. More about Movie: interview with Maarten De Ceulaer
Young designer Rami Tareef creates chairs with geometric patterns by wrapping and weaving cords around spare, steel frames. More about COD by Rami Tareef
Ribbons of mesh spiral around two conical bridges by French architect Dominique Perrault that cross a river and park in Madrid. More about Pasarela del Arganzuela by Dominique Perrault
What if plastic polluting the seas could be harvested by a retired fishing trawler, then transformed into chairs by an onboard factory? More about The Sea Chair by Alexander Groves, Azusa Murakami and Kieren Jones
Here's a movie about the almost invisible installation by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami that's on show at the Barbican art gallery in London. More about Junya Ishigami at the Barbican
London designer Héctor Serrano presents a series of paper accessories for turning balloons into animal heads at the New York Gift Fair this week. More about Air Heads by Héctor Serrano
Dezeen Wire: architects Will Alsop and Scott Lawrie have announced the name of their new practice: Alsop Lawrie Ltd, trading as ALL Design.
The announcement follows their decision to leave architects RMJM and set up a new design studio in London, as reported on Dezeen Wire last week.
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