Spanish architects Taller Básico de Arquitectura hoisted this pair of concrete laboratories in northern Spain onto red metal stilts (+ slideshow). More about Biokilab Laboratories by Taller Básico de Arquitectura
Faceted aluminium panels rise from the ground to form this pipe-shaped pavilion at the FRAC Centre in Orléans, France by architects Jakob + MacFarlane (+ slideshow). More about The Turbulences by Jakob + MacFarlane at the FRAC Centre
These hyper-realistic computer renderings show a forthcoming concrete and glass house in Christchurch, England, designed by London-based Henry Goss Architects (+ slideshow). More about Staithe End by Henry Goss Architects
Footwear designer Liz Ciokajlo used natural fibres from coconut husks and flax to create this shoe collection (+ slideshow). More about Natural Selection by Liz Ciokajlo
Glass walls slide back to open up this house extension by British firm Duncan Foster Architects to the surrounding English woodland (+ slideshow). More about Highacres by Duncan Foster Architects
Japanese firm Horibe Associates has completed this combined home and dog-grooming salon in Japan's Ōita prefecture (+ slideshow). More about Dog Salon by Horibe Associates
A dilapidated car showroom in north-west London has been transformed into this flexible workspace by Hackney designers the Decorators and community initiative Meanwhile Space (+ slideshow). More about Cottrell House by The Decorators and Meanwhile Space
Products by young local designers are displayed against the rough ochre walls of this boutique in Katowice, Poland, designed Joanna Wołoszyn and Daria Barnaś (+ slideshow). More about Geszeft by Joanna Wołoszyn and Daria Barnaś
News: a research team in Zürich has created a flock of helicopter robots that can detect each others' positions and join together to create a larger flying machine. More about Researchers develop 3D-printed drones capable of self-assembly
Slender columns support a canopy that sweeps around the front of this family residence in Japan's Tokushima prefecture by Japanese firm Horibe Associates (+ slideshow). More about House in Naruto by Horibe Associates
Dezeen archive: here's a roundup of some of the most beautiful Barcelona apartments we've featured with decorative geometric floor tiles (+ slideshow). More about Dezeen archive: floor tiles in Barcelona apartments
Product news: Japanese designer Taiji Fujimori has designed a miniature paper chair, armchair and sofa, one-fifth the size of standard furniture pieces (+ slideshow). More about 1/5 scale paper chair by Taiji Fujimori
This house outside Barcelona by Spanish studio MDBA features a glazed living room that thrusts out towards the descending landscape (+ slideshow). More about JGC House by MDBA
French designers Zébra3/Buy-Sellf have designed a prefabricated holiday home in the shape of a cloud that sits next to a lake in south-west France (+ slideshow). More about Le Nuage by Zébra3/Buy-Sellf
Graduate designer Katharina Unger has designed a table-top insect breeding farm that allows people to produce edible fly larvae in their homes (+ slideshow). More about Farm 432: Insect Breeding by Katharina Unger
This group of university buildings by Irish office Grafton Architects, including a limestone-clad medical school and three red-brick student housing blocks, was one of the six projects named on the 2013 Stirling Prize shortlist last week (+ slideshow). More about Medical School and Student Residences at the University of Limerick by Grafton Architects
Lisbon studio ARX Portugal has extended a secondary school in Odivelas, Portugal, by adding angular concrete structures amongst the existing classroom blocks (+ slideshow). More about Caneças High School by ARX Portugal
Japanese studio Noiz Architects has created a colourless clubhouse in China with patterned walls, a jumble of doorways and a chandelier that mimics a starry sky. More about Zhengzhou Clubhouse by Noiz Architects
Aerial photographs reveal the angular geometries of this rooftop swimming pool in Bangkok by Thai landscape architects T.R.O.P. (+ slideshow) More about The Pool at Pyne by T.R.O.P.
The overhaul of the brutalist Park Hill housing estate in Sheffield, England, is another of the six projects nominated for the 2013 Stirling Prize (+ slideshow). More about Park Hill Phase 1 by Hawkins\Brown and Studio Egret West