Show RCA 2011: here's another project by Royal College of Art graduate Ki Hyun Kim: a balsa wood dining chair that weighs just 1.3 kilograms, making it even lighter than Gio Ponti's famous 1.7 kilogram Superleggera chair. More about 1.3 Chair by Ki Hyun Kim
Introducing a new weekly feature on Dezeen: this time last year Foster + Partners completed the world’s tallest tensile structure in Kazakhstan as its architect Lord Foster surrendered his seat in the House of Lords to avoid paying full British taxes. More about One year ago...
Hong Kong's new design institute by French architects Coldefy & Associés, Architectes Urbanistes features a glazed box raised seven storeys above the ground on four lattice-steel towers that rest on a sloping, grass-covered podium. More about Hong Kong Design Institute by CAAU
Show RCA 2011: for those who'd rather be woken by a gentle breeze or the smell of coffee than a shrill alarm, Royal College of Art graduate Ki Hyun Kim has designed a clock that wakes users with the electrical appliance of their choice. More about Alternative Alarm Clock by Ki Hyun Kim
Graphic designer Milton Glaser has created this poster to raise money towards Architecture for Humanity's efforts to rebuild the Tohoku region of Japan, following its devastation by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March.
Aluminium shingles resembling shiny fish scales cover this office and apartment block in Vienna by Austrian architects Superblock. More about NEU 31 by Superblock
In this movie filmed by Dezeen at the Design Academy Eindhoven My Way talks in Milan, Dutch designer Eveline Visser talks about the wall of nest boxes she designed for birds in the city. More about Eveline Visser at My Way talks
Dezeen Wire: AA student Aditya Aachi has been awarded the 2011 Foster + Partners Prize for a sanitation infrastructure concept in Haiti, which was severely damaged by an earthquake in 2010. More about 2011 Foster + Partners prize awarded to AA School student for Haiti proposals
Dezeen Wire: the world's longest sea bridge has opened in eastern China, spanning 22.6 miles across Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay - Xinhua Net
Reykjavik fashion designer Sruli Recht has designed a limited-edition white larch cane and hand-cut Carrara marble eyeshades for the blind. More about Stone Blind and Qanah by Sruli Recht
Tel Aviv architect Ron Fleisher has designed a house in an Israeli-Arab village that combines traditional Palestinian and Islamic architecture with modernism. More about Agbaria House by Ron Fleisher Architects
The High Line Section 2 in New York (top left) and Peter Zumthor's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (bottom left) were among our most popular stories this month so here's a roundup of our ten most-clicked stories about parks and gardens from the Dezeen archives. More about Dezeen’s top ten: parks and gardens
Show RCA 2011: coded patterns on this beaded dress by Royal College of Art graduate Thorunn Arnadottir feed information to smart phones when photographed. More about QR U? by Thorunn Arnadottir
This is timely, given the UK public sector workers' strike today: London-based designer Eldina Begic has unveiled a collection of women's clothes inspired by socialist workwear. More about Comradettes by Eldina Begic
Beneath a wide skylight, a white spiralling staircase descends the three storeys of this high school in Lille by French architects Tank. More about College Levi-Strauss by Tank Architectes
Dezeen Wire: co-founder of London's Design Museum Terence Conran has donated a cash gift of £7.5 million towards developing the museum's new home in south London. More about Terence Conran makes major gift to the Design Museum
Dezeen Screen: this movie by Royal College of Art graduate Markus Kayser shows his Solar Sinter 3D-printing machine at work in the desert, making glass objects by melting sand with sunlight. Watch the movie »
More about Dezeen Screen: The Solar Sinter by Markus Kayser
Competition: we've teamed up with British designer Michael Young to give away five signed copies of his new book that chronicles his time working in China. More about Competition: five signed copies of Michael Young: Works in China to be won
Scottish architects Page\Park have completed a centre for blinded sailors, soldiers and airmen in Wilkieston, Scotland. More about Centre for Scottish War Blinded by Page\Park
Paris landscape designers TN Plus and architects Beckmann N’Thépe have won a competition to design a zoological park on a series of artificial islands for the outskirts of St Petersburg. More about Zoological Park of St Petersburg by TN Plus and Beckmann-N'Thépé