News: a 24 metre tall viewing tower that looks like a helter skelter and a student housing development in Oxford have been included in a shortlist for the ugliest building completed in the UK in the last 12 months. Update 29/08/13: the winner has been announced as 465 Caledonian Road by Stephen George & Partners. More about Carbuncle Cup 2013 shortlist revealed
News: Kengo Kuma's latest proposals for a new outpost of the V&A museum in Dundee, Scotland, have been granted planning permission, following a redesign to reduce costs (+ slideshow). More about Green light for Kengo Kuma's redesigned V&A at Dundee
Dezeen promotion: design brands including Modus, Another Country and Vitamin (pictured) will showcase new products at this year's designjunction event from 19 to 22 September. More about New product launches at designjunction 2013
Je Ahn of London-based Studio Weave discusses how a series of design and build workshops are reintroducing architects to working on site in this movie by Stephenson/Bishop and Andy Matthews. More about "Architects are pushed away from what's happening on site" - Studio Weave
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Chevron motifs taken from military uniforms are interspersed around this cafe at London's Royal Arsenal Riverside by Paul Crofts Studio (+ slideshow). More about Cornerstone Cafe by Paul Crofts Studio
British studio MoreySmith delved into the archives of online fashion retailer Asos for textiles patterns to use while refurbishing the brand's London headquarters (+ slideshow). More about Asos Headquarters by MoreySmith
UK studio Designscape Architect has completed two buildings for artist Damien Hirst. One is an art production studio that appears to change colour from blue to green and the other is a glazed brick building designed for using toxic chemicals (+ slideshow). More about Science Studio and Formaldehyde Building for Damien Hirst by Designscape Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled new images and a movie showing the studio's proposals to convert an old textile factory in Belgrade, Serbia, into a free-flowing complex of apartments, offices and leisure facilities. More about Movie: Beko Masterplan by Zaha Hadid Architects
Offset gabled volumes form a new classroom and play area at this infant school in Oxfordshire, England, by local firm Jessop and Cook Architects (+ slideshow). More about St Mary's Infant School by Jessop and Cook Architects
Richard Rogers reflects on his 50-year career and says that architects today must be careful to protect the public domain in the final movie in our series of exclusive interviews with the eminent British architect. More about "Today is much more an age of greed" says Richard Rogers
Dezeen promotion: new British shelving design and manufacturing company ON&ON will launch at Design Junction during the London Design Festival in September. More about ON&ON shelving systems to launch at Design Junction
Here are two new images of Zaha Hadid Architects' proposed 215-metre-high residential skyscraper for Miami. More about One Thousand Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects
One level of this London boutique designed by Studio Toogood is bright and minimal, while the other looks like a dark nightclub. More about Browns Focus by Studio Toogood
In the next movie in our series focussing on the work of Richard Rogers, the British architect talks exclusively to Dezeen about the challenges of designing an interesting office building and explains how the new Leadenhall building in London, dubbed "the Cheesegrater", got its distinctive shape. More about "Office buildings tend to be very boring" says Richard Rogers
This apostrophe-shaped bridge in Hull, England, by London architects McDowell+Benedetti features a rotating mechanism so it can swing open to make room for passing boats (+ slideshow). More about Scale Lane Bridge by McDowell+Benedetti
In the next movie in our series focussing on key projects by Richard Rogers, the British architect talks exclusively to Dezeen about his radical Lloyd's building in London and explains why he is not completely comfortable with the "high-tech" label that is often applied to his work. More about "We thought Lloyd's building was the ultimate in technology, but it's practically hand made"
News: a heritage group in Beijing has written an open letter to the Royal Institute of British Architects saying it is "disappointed and offended" that Zaha Hadid's Galaxy Soho complex has been given an RIBA International Award. More about Chinese heritage group "offended" by Zaha Hadid's RIBA Award for Galaxy Soho
British studio United Visual Artists created an "electrical storm" inside Sou Fujimoto's cloud-like Serpentine Gallery Pavilion using LED lights during a performance at the temporary structure last month (+ movie). More about Serpentine Pavilion Intervention by United Visual Artists
Opinion: Sam Jacob argues against the resurrection of Crystal Palace in London and urges us to "resist the pull of loss and nostalgia". More about "We are surrounded by zombie architecture"