The first-ever building to have a carbon fibre structure is a mobile studio-cum-stage by Japanese architects Atelier Bow-Wow, which just opened in New York. More about BMW Guggenheim Lab by Atelier Bow-Wow
Competition: we've teamed up with Italian designer Denis Guidone to give away nine of his Rigolo notebooks with slanted and squiggly ruled pages. More about Competition: nine Rigolo notebooks by Denis Guidone to be won
A translucent training centre in northern Italy has earned architects Iotti + Pavarani the Renzo Piano Foundation prize for the best Italian practice under 40. More about Domus Technica by Iotti + Pavarani
New York architects WORKac have won a competition to design a cultural hub on a St Petersburg island that has been closed to the public for over 300 years. More about New Holland Island by WORKac
In this second movie filmed by Dezeen at the Blickfang designworkshop in Vienna last month, young designers Yi-Cong Lu (above), Hanna Emelie Ernsting and Only ET Will Judge Me talk about what they have learned. More about Blickfang designworkshop: designers
An unusual combination of limestone columns and concrete bands surrounds the exterior of a laboratory by UK architects Stanton Williams in the botanic gardens of Cambridge University. More about Sainsbury Laboratory by Stanton Williams
Unfinished plywood and cement smeared over concrete give a renovated Tokyo apartment the appearance of an elegant building site. More about Setagaya Flat by Naruse Inokuma Architects
Dezeen Wire: sales of air-conditioned clothing have increased tenfold in Japan this summer as the disasters that hit the country in March continue to cause power shortages - ABC News
Designed by Hiroshi Ichigaya, the Kuchofuku jackets feature a battery-operated fan in each side to draw air inside, over the skin and out through the cuffs and neck.
More about "Japan disaster sparks demand for air-conditioned clothes" - ABC News
Competition: we've teamed up with British illustrators People Will Always Need Plates to give away four sets of books and platters in anticipation of their upcoming first book, London Buildings: An Architectural Tour. More about Competition: four sets of books and platters by People Will Always Need Plates to be won
Two stark concrete houses in Lisbon feature secluded courtyards with overflowing ponds and swimming pools (photographs by Fernando Guerra). More about Santa Isabel Houses by Bak Gordon
Indonesian architects Budi Pradono have designed a leaning house for Jakarta with a tree growing inside. More about Rumah Miring by Budi Pradono
In the first of two movies filmed by Dezeen at the Blickfang designworkshop in Vienna last month, curators Stefan Diez, Saskia Diez and Stephen Burks explain the workshop's remit to develop designers' business and branding skills. More about Blickfang designworkshop: curators
An undulating landscape made of 65,000 discarded CDs carpets the floor of the Centquatre art space, housed in a former funeral home in Paris. More about WasteLandscape by Elise Morin and Clémence Eliard
Here's the first set of images of the Kingdom Tower, about to begin construction in Jeddah and set to be the world's tallest building at over 1000 metres. More about The Kingdom Tower by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
New Designers 2011: design graduate Brendan Magennis has made a collection of flat-packed furniture that has no screws or glue and can be assembled with just a few hearty whacks of a mallet. More about Whackpack Furniture by Brendan Magennis
French architect Marc Fornes of The Very Many has completed a perforated aluminium pavilion that resembles a giant piece of coral. More about NonLin/Lin Pavilion by Marc Fornes/ and The Very Many
Pointed cantilevers project above an office block that is sandwiched between a corporate complex and a slum in Mumbai (photographs by Edmund Sumner). More about GMS Grande Palladium by Malik Architecture
Dezeen Wire: Justin McGuirk analyses the motives of designers who "make stuff themselves" and consumers' nostalgia for craftsmanship - The Guardian
Residents of this small Japanese house can warm their feet in a heated sunken hollow beneath the dining table. More about Sa House by Yosuke Ichii
Can't get enough concrete? Here's a range of concrete stationery by London designer Magnus Pettersen. More about Solid desk accessories by Magnus Pettersen
