Hong Kong firm Rocco Design Architects are competing with OMA (see our story here) and Foster + Partners (see our story here) to create a master plan for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. More about West Kowloon Cultural District by Rocco Design Architects
London designer Lee Broom will also launch two faceted pendant lights in white and gold at the London Design Festival next month (see our earlier story on his Architrave collection). More about One Light Only by Lee Broom
Dezeen and publishers FIELL have teamed up to give away five copies Richard Rogers + Architects: From the House to the City, an overview of the architect's work from the beginning of his career to the present day. More about Competition: five copies of Richard Rogers + Architects to be won
London designer Lee Broom is to launch a collection of furniture inspired by architraves, cornicing and mouldings during the London Design Festival next month. More about Architrave by Lee Broom for Heal's
This office in a Shanghai warehouse, designed by Fei Wang of Atelier Ten, features a staircase that narrows from four metres wide at its foot to two metes at the top. More about Epean Studio by Fei Wang
This weekend designer Gareth Neal will create picnic areas around east London with furniture covered in intricate marquetry. More about Urban Picnic by Gareth Neal
This residential building for the riverbank in St. Petersburg by Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has been approved for construction. More about Moika Krukov by Erick van Egeraat
New Swedish brand RVW will present their inaugural collection during the London Design Festival next month. More about Inaugural collection by RVW
DezeenTV: the next movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents features designer Kai Linke of Frankfurt talking us through his selection of eclectic images including a dog covered in snowballs and the long wait involved when growing chairs from plant roots. More about Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents: Kai Linke
Photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us his photos of this transparent pool house in Munich, Germany by Berlin studio Baumhauer. More about Poolhaus by Baumhauer
Japanese architect Hiroyuki Miyabe of Speac Inc. has renovated this house covered in ivy by stripping it back to its structural elements.
More about Ivy house by Hiroyuki Miyabe
Here are the latest images of UK architects drdh’s design for a new cultural quarter in Bodø, Norway comprising a library and culture house. More about Kulturkvartalet by drdharchitects
Loove Broms and Li Jönsson of Sweden's Interactive Institute have devised a system of lamps that visually indicate a factory's energy consumption through spotlights. More about Watt-Lite by the Interactive Institute
Dutch architects Zeinstra van Gelderen architecten have designed this one-man pavilion made entirely of rubber. More about Rubber House by Zeinstra van Gelderen architecten
Photographer Logan MacDougall Pope has sent us his images of this lakeside retreat in Sri Lanka made using a stray shipping container and timber from weapon boxes. More about Holiday Cabana at Maduru Oya by Damith Premathilake
Lebanon architects Atelier Hapsitus's proposed design for the new headquarters of the BLC bank in Beirut would cantilever over the existing building. More about BLC Headquarters by Atelier Hapsitus
Architectural filmmakers Spirit of Space have sent us this video of a pavilion situated in Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, designed by US architects Studio Gang. More about Movie by Spirit of Space: South Pond by Studio Gang
This visitor centre by Danish architects EFFEKT will have a series of ramped green roofs and sit at the heart of the Hareskoven forest in Copenhagen. More about Nature Centre by EFFEKT
UK architects Foster + Partners have also announced their proposed masterplan for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. More about West Kowloon Cultural District by Foster + Partners
Rotterdam architects OMA have announced their proposed masterplan for a new cultural district in Hong Kong. More about West Kowloon Cultural District by OMA