A collection of lights by Studio Wieki Somers inspired by Japanese forms including sixteenth-century Samurai flags and the fabric worn by geishas is on show at Galerie Kreo in Paris (+ slideshow). More about Mitate by Studio Wieki Somers at Galerie Kreo
This house in Nagahama, Japan, by Tokyo-based Comma Design Office has half of its body raised above the ground to offer protection to a rooftop terrace (+ slideshow). More about House in Nagahama by Comma Design Office
Product news: Yves Behar's San Francisco studio Fuseproject launches an office furniture system for American design brand Herman Miller at the Neocon trade fair in Chicago this week (+ slideshow). More about Public Office Landscape by Fuseproject for Herman Miller
Wooden walls fade from dark red to yellow ochre on the exterior of this house that curves around an oak tree in Sollentuna, Sweden, by architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune (+ slideshow). More about Fagerström House by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Italian design studio Archiplan has installed a series of Corten steel, wood and concrete rest areas and information points along the banks of a river in Italy to enhance views of the surrounding countryside (+ slideshow). More about Cultural landscape path in the Lower Mincio by Archiplan
The faceted surfaces of this library in the French town of Montauban by Paris architecture studio Colboc Franzen & Associés follow the lines of historical roads bordering the site (+ slideshow). More about Montauban multimedia library by Colboc Franzen & Associés
The world's largest solar furnace and wave-reflecting chambers are captured in this series of images documenting the architecture of science and research facilities by British photographer Alastair Philip Wiper (+ slideshow). More about SOLAR / ANECHOIC by Alastair Philip Wiper
Foster + Partners has completed a 58-storey bowed tower in Calgary, Canada (+ slideshow). More about The Bow by Foster + Partners
Colourful strings are threaded around looms to envelop this Barcelona restaurant headed by Catalan chef Ferran Adrià (+ slideshow). More about Pakta restaurant by El Equipo Creativo
The London store of Swedish denim brand Nudie Jeans has been fitted out as a repair station to mend old jeans (+ slideshow). More about Nudie Jeans London by Maria Erixon Levin
Orthopedic practices to correct body deformities influenced the leather straps and buckles in this fashion collection, presented by Marina Hoermanseder at Graduate Fashion Week earlier this week (+ slideshow). More about Ilpox by Marina Hoermanseder
Shoes are displayed in metal mesh columns at this footwear store in Osaka, Japan (+ slideshow). More about Lucca llena shoe store by Ryutaro Matsuura
Competition: Dezeen and UK designers Dorothy have teamed up to give readers the chance to win one of five prints that group Hollywood actors into constellations named after films they have starred in (+ slideshow). More about Competition: five Hollywood Star Charts by Dorothy to be won
An inflatable pavilion covered with a clear tensile membrane has been installed in east London by Paris architects Atelier Zündel Cristea (+ slideshow). More about Peace Pavilion by Atelier Zündel Cristea
Here's a full set of images from this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto (+ slideshow). More about Photos of Sou Fujimoto's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
News: here are the first images of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, which was unveiled in London this morning (+ slideshow). More about Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 by Sou Fujimoto
Interview: we caught up with Miguel Fluxá, head of shoe brand Camper, at the opening of the brand's Nendo-designed boutique on Fifth Avenue in New York last month (below). In this short interview, he explains why the company uses different designers for each of its global stores for cultural, rather than business, reasons (+ slideshow). More about "The world today is becoming a little bit boring"
Athens studio Tense Architecture Network has completed a concrete house that staggers down a hillside in rural Greece (+ slideshow). More about Residence in Kallitechnoupolis by Tense Architecture Network
Portuguese architect Duarte Pape has combined a long stone wall with folding timber facades in this residential extension in northwestern Portugal (+ slideshow). More about Vale da Abelha House by Duarte Pape
This house in western England by London studio Paul Archer Design features a mirrored facade that slides across to cover the windows (+ slideshow). More about Green Orchard by Paul Archer Design