Los Angeles architect François Perrin of Air Architecture has recently completed this guest house for a Buddhism expert in Brentwood, California. More about Guest House for an Anthropologist by Air Architecture
Here's another designer dirigible: Manned Cloud is a flying hotel proposed by French designer Jean-Marie Massaud. More about Manned Cloud by Jean-Marie Massaud
Dutch designer Jo Meesters has developed a collection of vessels made from waste paper pulp. More about Pulp by Jo Meesters
Dutch architects MVRDV have sent us an animation of Gyre, their recently opened retail centre in Tokyo, showing how the building's volume was generated.
Designer Nathalie Dewez has sent images of several of her lights, including a couple of new designs. More about Lights by Nathalie Dewez
Shanghai Expo 2010: Here are some more images plus plans and elevations of the Polish pavilion for Expo 2010 in Shanghai. More about More images of Polish pavilion for Expo 2010
This just arrived and made us laugh, so we thought we'd share it right away. Milanese designers Studio Giulio Iacchetti designed this citrus squeezer, modelled on St Peter's Basilica in Rome, last year. More about St Peter Squeezer by Studio Giulio Iacchetti
By coincidence, here's another project with abstract floral cladding: Singapore architects U:phoria have sent us these images of their winning entry in a competition to design a pavilion on Orchard Road, Singapore. More about Pavillion in Orchard Road by U:phoria Architects
The Farm Project, a mobile working kitchen with live-in livestock, travelled to Florida for Design Miami last month. More about The Farm Project by Mike Meiré at Design Miami
Shanghai Expo 2010: Polish architects Wojciech Kakowski, Natalia Paszkowska and Marcin Mostafa have been chosen to design the Polish pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai. More about Polish pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010
Architect Zaha Hadid was appointed last month to design a new building on the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. More about Innovation Tower at Hong Kong Polytechnic University by Zaha Hadid
Photographer Manuel Eckl has sent us some moody shots of the new(ish) Jewish Museum in Munich, Germany. More about Jüdische Museum München by Wandel Hoefer Lorch Architekten
This conceptual range of souvenirs by designer Héctor Serrano are emailed to friends and relatives, who materialise them on domestic rapid prototyping machines. More about Reduced Carbon Footprint Souvenirs by Héctor Serrano
A new feature on Dezeen: every month we will present a hit parade of stories from our archive. To kick off, here are the top ten most read stories during December. More about Dezeen's monthly top ten
Slovenian architects Sadar Vuga Arhitekti have sent us some photos of Apartment House Zvezda, a residential building in Nova Gorica. More about Apartment House Zvezda by Sadar Vuga Arhitekti
Here are a few photos of the inaugural exhibition at the new Triennale Design Museum in Milan - the first design museum in Italy, which opened last month. More about The Obsessions of Italian Design at Triennale Design Museum
Swedish lighting company Zero and luxury glassware brands Orrefors Kosta Boda have developed a standard lamp called Light Shadows. More about Light Shadows by Zero and Orrefors Kosta Boda
Here's another building with a pointy prow, but this time it's a public toilet. Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these pictures of the new facilities in Gravesend in Kent, England, by Plastik Architects. More about Gravesend public toilets by Plastik Architects
Foster + Partners have released designs for the biggest building ever built: Crystal Island in Moscow will be 450m high, cover an area of almost half a million square metres and contain a total floor area of 2.5 million square metres. More about The world’s biggest ever building by Foster + Partners
Italian designer Ettore Sottsass has died aged 90, the New York Times reports (via dezain.net, via archinect).
More about Ettore Sottsass 1917-2007