Dezeenwire: nonprofit design services firm architecture for humanity has launched an appeal to raise money for long-term reconstruction in earthquake-hit Haiti. For updates visit the architecture for humanity website or for updates on Twitter follow @archforhumanity or architecture for humanity CEO Cameron Sinclair @casinclair.
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American designer Nick Allman has created an installation where a light appears to be ripped out of the wall at the Dean Johnson Gallery in Indianapolis. More about Unintended Functions by Nick Allman
G.Lab* by Gansam Architects and Associates of Seoul have designed a visitors' centre for the wetlands in Suncheon, South Korea. More about Suncheon International Wetlands Center by G.Lab*
Japanese studio General Design have completed two adjacent leaning shops in Tokyo. More about T2 project by General Design
Architects Office for Metropolitan Architecture have won a competition to design a new campus for Chu Hai College of Higher Education in the New Territories, Hong Kong. More about Chu Hai College Campus by OMA
Czech designer Klára Šumová has designed a wooden lamp where the turned base emerges from a raw tree branch. More about Lamp Love by Klára Šumová
Japanese architects Shingo Masuda and Katsuhisa Otsubo have installed mesh screens at the boundary of a property in Tokyo. More about Ghost-like Architecture by Shingo Masuda and Katsuhisa Otsubo Architects
Seoul architects Gansam Partners have completed an art museum surrounded by a pool of water in Yon-Dong, South Korea. More about Jeju Provincial Art Museum by Gansam Partners
Hamburg designer Alexa Lixfeld has created a series of vessels made of solid coloured porcelain. More about Metamorphose by Alexa Lixfeld
Japanese studio General Design have completed a tall narrow concrete flagship store with no windows for a clothing brand in Nagoya, Japan. More about Lad Musician Nagoya by General Design
An exhibition of solid wood architecture models by Italian architect Michele De Lucchi will open at the showroom of designer Ingo Maurer in Munich next month. More about Michele De Lucchi: Architekturchen at Ingo Maurer
Barcelona designers UBICA-ID. have created a collection of furniture with contrasting coloured and wooden surfaces. More about Contrast Collection by UBICA-ID.
Argentinian studios Lucio Morini and GGMPU Architects have completed a campus housing artists' studios in Cordoba, Argentina. More about Ateliers Ciudad de las Artes by Lucio Morini and GGMPU Architects
London designer Mathias Hahn of Okay Studio has designed a wooden table where all surfaces except the top are coated in yellow lacquer. More about E8 table by Mathias Hahn
Antwerp designer Stefan Schöning and Giuseppe Farris Architects of Italy have collaborated to convert a room at the Flemish Parliament in Brussels into a public meeting place. More about De Loketten by Giuseppe Farris Architects and Stefan Schöning
Canadian designer Lukas Peet has created a set of cutlery comprising a silver fork and spoon and a ceramic knife. More about Shape/Form by Lukas Peet
Dezeen promotion: we've teamed up with Färginstitutet (Scandinavian Colour Institute) to give Dezeen readers the chance to win one of three Natural Color System Glossy indexes worth €200. More about Competition: three NCS Glossy indexes to be won
Canadian designer Nicko Björn Elliott has completed a child's play house wrapped around a tree in Toronto. More about Treehouse by Nicko Björn Elliott
At Maison & Objet in Paris this month designers Barbara Busatta, Dario Buzzini, Robin Bigio, Martin Meier and Oliviero Zanon will launch a collection of glass and ceramic tableware. More about Crudo by Barbara Busatta, Dario Buzzini, Robin Bigio, Martin Meier and Oliviero Zanon