An events space designed by Rem Koolhaas' OMA has opened in the basement of London department store Selfridges, featuring a circular amphitheatre, vivid green columns and a stripy monochrome floor (+ slideshow). More about OMA's Imaginarium hosts lectures in Selfridges' basement
News: Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have revealed designs for the first eight buildings of their 35-hectare masterplan for La Confluence, an extension of the city centre in Lyon, France (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron unveil first buildings of Lyon masterplan
Cologne 2014: German designer Christian Werner has created a sofa for French brand Ligne Roset with backrests that can be placed in any position (+ slideshow). More about Prado sofa with movable backrest cushions by Christian Werner for Ligne Roset
The two parts of this house near Oslo by Schjelderup Trondahl Architects are joined at an angle, with their gabled roofs meeting to form a distorted M-shape (+ slideshow). More about Double-gabled house overlooking a Norwegian fjord by Schjelderup Trondahl Architects
Lisbon office Gonçalo Byrne Arquitectos has designed a Jewish cultural centre in the historic heart of Trancoso, Portugal, with a sharp corner that bisects two narrow cobbled streets (+ slideshow). More about Jewish cultural centre with an acutely angled corner by Gonçalo Byrne Arquitectos
Architects including Álvaro Siza, Eduardo Souto de Moura and Kengo Kuma have taken over the galleries of London's Royal Academy of Arts for an architecture exhibition that features a labyrinth of sticks, an inhabitable timber monument and a web of scented bamboo (+ slideshow). More about Sensing Spaces exhibition opens at the Royal Academy
One pivoting door sits within another to create a rusted steel entrance that can be big or small at this combined house and photography studio in Spain by American firm Olson Kundig Architects (+ slideshow). More about Pivoting steel doors lead into a house and photography studio by Olson Kundig
Japanese studio Torafu Architects has designed a collection of small and lightweight wooden furniture (+ slideshow). More about Torafu Architects unveils Cobrina wooden furniture collection
Untreated copper cladding will gradually change colour from golden brown to vivid turquoise on the walls and roof of this house near Ghent by Belgian studio Graux & Baeyens Architecten (+ slideshow). More about Copper-clad house by Graux & Baeyens will change colour over time
A rectilinear belfry towers above the geometric white volume of this church congregation hall in Hungary by local firm SAGRA Architects (+ slideshow). More about Church congregation hall by SAGRA Architects features a towering white belfry
These tents shaped like worms and doughnuts were designed by young studio ArchiWorkshop for a remote campsite in Yang-Pyeong, South Korea (+ slideshow). More about Glamping tents shaped like worms and doughnuts by ArchiWorkshop
Vienna design collective Mostlikely modelled this Alpine lodge on the wooden agricultural barns of surrounding mountain villages. More about House in the Alps by Mostlikely based on an agricultural barn
Slovenian firm Svet Vmes Architects has converted the unused entrance of a school in Ljubljana into an undulating green lounge featuring spotty walls and big cushions (+ slideshow). More about Wavy green lounge by Svet Vmes Architects replaces an old school entrance
Cologne 2014: Eindhoven designer Tsuyoshi Hayashi has used discarded roof tiles to create curving seats for a series of stools and benches (+ slideshow). More about Furniture made from waste tiles by Tsuyoshi Hayashi
Employees meet in octagonal timber gazebos at the San Francisco headquarters of technology company Cisco by local interior designers Studio O+A (+ slideshow). More about Cisco offices by Studio O+A feature wooden meeting pavilions
Finnish graduate Mikko Hannula based the design of this faceted metal chair on a 3D scan of a traditional wooden seat called a Windsor chair (+ slideshow). More about Traditional Windsor chair updated by Mikko Hannula
A geometric pattern of skylights frames views of the sky from inside this angular white residence in Tokyo by Japanese firm Atelier Tekuto (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Tekuto creates an angular house with a pattern of pointy skylights
Toulouse architects BAST have renovated a derelict house in the French city by adding a corrugated steel extension that contrasts with the existing masonry (+ slideshow). More about M03 house renovation by BAST contrasts an old brick base with a new metal extension
Cologne 2014: a grid of thin wooden strips supports the surface of this table by German designer Ruben Beckers to make it extremely lightweight (+ slideshow). More about Wooden table by Ruben Beckers weighs just 4.5 kilograms
Seattle firm Olson Kundig Architects used dynamite, chippers and saws to bore through the huge boulders of a rocky outcrop on a North American island to make room for this raw concrete house (+ slideshow). More about Concrete house by Olson Kundig Architects cuts into a rocky outcrop