Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: Toronto architect Philip Beesley has installed a forest of acrylic fronds that move as though breathing inside the Canada pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens this week. More about Hylozoic Ground by Philip Beesley
Danish architects COBE have extended this theatre in Taastrup, Copenhagen, by wrapping it in a curtain of translucent prisms that slope away from the existing building. More about Taastrup Theatre by COBE
This music box designed by ÉCAL University of Art and Design Lausanne graduate José Ferrufino uses the movement of the musical mechanism to cause sticks of barley to gently sway. More about Slightly Windy by José Ferrufino
This visitor centre in Redbridge, England, by UK firm Sarah Wigglesworth Architects features a zig-zag roof with oversailing wooden trusses. More about James Leal Centre by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
Israeli designer Adi Zaffran Weisler has created a set of tables and stools by combining tree branches, trunks and twigs with plastic during the moulding process. More about RAWtation by Adi Zaffran Weisler
A spiralling concrete slide connects the kitchen and child's bedroom of this family house near Jakarta designed by Indonesian architects Aboday and photographed by Happy Lim. More about Playhouse by Aboday
Dezeen are in Venice for the opening of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010 where Lisbon firm Aires Mateus Architects are exhibiting these houses with sandy floors, photographed by Nelson Garrido. More about Casa Areia by Aires Mateus Architects
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