Visualisation artist, architect and designer Áron Lõrincz has sent us a short movie that takes a real communist-era tower block in Budapest and imagines it extruded beyond our atmosphere. More about Theoretical Block by Áron Lõrincz
Milan 2010: Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc presented a chair decorated with rose patterns in Milan earlier this month. More about 5 O'Clock Chair by Nika Zupanc for Moooi
An exhibition featuring architectural compositions made of household objects by Canadian artist Dave Trautrimas will open at LE Gallery in Toronto later this week. More about The Spyfrost Project by Dave Trautrimas
Dezeen and British designer Tom Dixon have teamed up once again to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of Industry, the first in a series of self-published books by Dixon. More about Competition: five copies of Industry by Tom Dixon to be won
Construction is underway in Jena, Germany, on four office and residential buildings by Berlin studio J Mayer H Architects. More about Sonnenhof by J Mayer H
Hungarian architects Zsanett Benedek and Dániel Lakos of Tervhivatal have divided an office in Budapest in the loft of a former textile factory by building boxes. More about Goldberger by Tervhivatal
Shanghai Expo 2010: architectural photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre is at Shanghai Expo 2010 this week and will be sending us some of the first photos of the completed pavilions, starting with the Spanish Pavilion by Miralles Tagliabue (EMBT). More about Spanish Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 by EMBT
Eindhoven studio DHV Architecten have completed a laboratory for nanotechnology in Delft, the Netherlands. More about Van Leeuwenhoek Laboratory by DHV Architecten
JDS Architects have designed a street lamp for Italian brand Ewo that allows light to escape through perforations in its stem. More about Alphabet City Lights by JDS Architects
Milan 2010: furniture brand Emeco launched a version of its famous Navy chair made of 111 recycled plastic cola bottles at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More about 111 Navy Chair by Emeco
Finnish designer Tuukka Halonen has designed a range of pendant lights made of repeated interlocking parts for design brand Skandium. More about Pilke by Tuukka Halonen for Skandium
Mexican studio DCPP Arquitectos have designed a home in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, where four roofs slope up from the forest floor. More about Peña Blanca by DCPP Arquitectos
Czech architects Chalupa Architekti have won a competition to design the new Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington DC, USA. More about Embassy of the Czech Republic by Chalupa Architekti
New York firm REX have completed two office buildings in Istanbul, Turkey, where one is built inside the other. More about Vakko Fashion Center & Power Media Centre by REX
Architect David Adjaye has designed a collection of sustainable underwear for online clothing retailer PACT. More about Green Belt underwear by David Adjaye for PACT
Milan 2010: Dutch designer Roel-jan Elsinga has created an angry little felt-covered chair called Fury! More about Fury! by Roel-jan Elsinga
Here are some images of a visitors centre with walkways built through and around a castle in Fundão, Portugal, by Portuguese studio Comoco Architects. More about Castelo Novo by Comoco Architects
Milan 2010: interactive designers Jason Bruges Studio of London have sent us a video of their Mimosa installation, featuring light panels that open and close like flowers. More about Mimosa by Jason Bruges Studio
Milan 2010: french designer Mathieu Lehanneur presented a bed for curing insomnia in the Zona Tortona district of Milan last week. More about Once Upon a Dream by Mathieu Lehanneur for Veuve Clicquot
Milan 2010: German designer Stefan Diez launched Eugene, a veneered plywood lounge chair for German brand e15, at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile last week. More about Eugene lounge chair by Stefan Diez for e15