Dezeen and designer Arne Quinze have teamed up to give readers the chance to win five copies of Quinze's new monograph, Arne Quinze Works. More about Competition: five copies of Arne Quinze Works to be won
Threefold Architects have designed a new shop and offices for Pure Groove Records in London. More about Pure Groove Records by Threefold Architects
Venice Architecture Biennale: here are some images of Symbiotic Villa, a house designed by Zaha Hadid for the Next-Gene 20 project in Taiwan.
From Now to Eternity is an exhibition of plastic objects by designers including FAT, Tomoko Azumi, Stuart Haygarth and Committee, which opens in London this week. More about From Now to Eternity
Architect Roger Bundschuh and artist Cosima von Bonin have designed L40, a residential building for a wedge-shaped site in Berlin, Germany. More about L40 by Roger Bundschuh and Cosima von Bonin
An exhibition of architectural compositions made of household objects by David Trautrimas opens next week at Le Gallery in Toronto, Canada. More about Habitat Machines by David Trautrimas
Office for Metropolitan Architecture last week unveiled designs for a 24-storey residential tower in New York. More about 23 East 22nd Street by OMA
Tokyo-based architects Torafu have designed this family home in Yokohama, Japan.
Dezeen podcasts: continuing our series of podcasts for the Design Museum, museum director Deyan Sudjic talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about Design Cities, an exhibition he has curated and which has just opened at the museum. More about Podcast interview: Deyan Sudjic
Work has started on the construction of 56 Leonard Street, a 56-storey residential tower in New York designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron. More about 56 Leonard Street by Herzog & de Meuron
Young designer Christian Vivanco has designed a steel-framed sofa, which he calls Our Little White Sofa. More about Our Little White Sofa by Christian Vivanco
Venice Architecture Biennale: Architect Greg Lynn has won the Golden Lion for the Best Installation Project in the International Exhibition at the biennale, for a series of furniture made from recycled children's toys. More about Recycled Toy Furniture by Greg Lynn
Dutch architects MVRDV have unveiled designs for a new urban neighbourhood at Almere near Amsterdam, based on a string of beads. More about Urban Beads by MVRDV
Venice Architecture Biennale: here are some snaps of Quarto Ponte sul Canal Grande (Fourth Bridge on the Grand Canal) by architect Santiago Calatrava, which opened in Venice yesterday. More about Quarto Ponte sul Canal Grande by Santiago Calatrava
Here are some photos of the pavilions and installations at the Giardini, one of the two main venues of the Venice Architecture Biennale which opened this weekend More about Venice Architecture Biennale: Giardini pavilions
Venice Architecture Biennale: Dutch architects NL present this series of images in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Virtual Realities by NL Architects
Photographer David Cowlard has sent us these construction photos of the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, which was switched on by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research this week. More about Large Hadron Collider photographs by David Cowlard
Venice Architecture Biennale: twenty architects including Kengo Kuma (above and below), MVRDV, Julien de Smedt and Graft are designing villas for Next-Gene 20 - a residential development on the north-eastern coast of Taiwan. More about Next-Gene 20 by various architects
Design collective Ten will present a collection of sustainable, wooden products at 100% Design in London next week. More about WOOD by Ten
The Venice Architecture Biennale opened today; here are some shots of the exhibits in the Cordiere building at the Arsenale, one of the Biennale's two main venues. More about Out There: Architecture Beyond Building at the Venice Architecture Biennale