Japanese architects Nakae Architects and Ohno Japan have collaborated to create student accommodation in Tokyo where slits run round the building near the top of each storey. More about MM Apartment by Nakae Architects and Ohno Japan
Architect David Adjaye has unveiled his design for the new headquarters of design brand Moroso on the outskirts of Udine, Italy. More about Moroso headquarters by David Adjaye
Bedfordshire office Nicolas Tye Architects set about building this new studio for themselves when the company outgrew a space in the director's home. More about The Long Barn Studio by Nicolas Tye Architects
French designer Eric Jourdan has designed a range of seating for French design brand Ligne Roset. More about Harry by Eric Jourdan for Ligne Roset
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Philadelphia architect KieranTimberlake has won the competition to design the new US embassy in the UK. More about New London Embassy by KieranTimberlake
Designer Alex Suarez of Amsterdam and Los Angeles studio SpaceOperaForm has created an installation at a former salt factory in Hallein, Austria, comprising translucent panels that react to the static charge of visitors. More about WhiteOut by SpaceOperaForm
Zaha Hadid Architects have unveiled their design for a new performing arts centre in Amman, the capital of Jordan. More about King Abdullah II House of Culture & Art by Zaha Hadid Architects
Here is another project by our featured architects Suppose Design Office, this time the renovation of a house in Hiroshima city, Japan, where interiors are divided by walls that only reach halfway down from the ceiling. More about House in Kamiosuga by Suppose Design Office
We've teamed up with Manchester graphic designers Music to offer our readers the chance to win one of three copies of Stuff We Really Like, a compilation of favourite things chosen by the people who work in the studio. More about Competition: three copies of Stuff We Really Like to be won
Last week Amsterdam studios DUS Architecten and Studio for Unsolicited Architecture built a dome of umbrellas around a lamp post in Rotterdam and held a party under it. More about The Bucky Bar by DUS Architecten and Studio for Unsolicited Architecture
Dezeenwire: architect Alessandro Mendini returns as editor-in-chief of Domus magazine, 30 years after he first edited the Italian architecture and design title. He is to edit eleven issues, commencing with April 2010. See press release below. More about Alessandro Mendini returns to Domus
An exhibition about the work of structural engineer Cecil Balmond of Arup is on show at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery in Japan. More about Element - Cecil Balmond at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
French designer Paul Coudamy has created a curvaceous book case lining the walls of Paris apartment. More about Swollen Wall by Paul Coudamy
Our current featured architects Suppose Design Office of Japan have designed a residence in Hiroshima with two rooms that appear to be outdoors. More about House in Hiro by Suppose Design Office
A retrospective exhibition of British artist David Watkins' jewellery opens tomorrow at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. More about Artist in Jewellery by David Watkins
Shanghai Expo 2010: Copenhagen industrial design trio KiBiSi have produced a moulded plywood chair for the Danish Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 this summer More about Expo Chair by KiBiSi
Designer Jorre van Ast of London has designed a dish drainer based on geographical contour lines for Royal VKB. More about Dish Drainer Geo by Jorre van Ast
French photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us his photographs of the newly opened ViraHaus by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. More about VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron 2
Artist Dimitri Vangrunderbeek of Brussels has collaborated with D&ALab to produce a cabinet scattered with folded out people, exhibited at Object Rotterdam earlier this month. More about Cabinet by Dimitri Vangrunderbeek