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Vacuum-cleaner entrepreneur James Dyson has become the UK's wealthiest person despite spending £500 million on his company's scrapped electric car, which has been revealed for the first time. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: new to our movie site Dezeen Screen is this movie by Bjarke Ingels Group that explains their competition-winning design for a mosque, Islamic centre and museum in Tirana, Albania. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Since our story on the P-Tree urinal that straps to a tree (above, bottom left) was so popular, this month’s top ten is all about toilets. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian studio Antonio Ravalli Architetti have converted an old factory in Migliarino, Italy, into a youth hostel where guests can stay in these tall fabric-covered pods. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An exhibition of furniture, photography and artworks by the late Modernist designer Charlotte Perriand is on show at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich in Switzerland. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The chequered facade of this Bangkok showroom by architects Sansiri and landscape architects Shma is half glass and half living plants. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Computer software generates endless possible architectural configurations from standardised components at an exhibition in Taipei designed by architects MVRDV. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This wood-clad house perched on rocky terrain in Victoria, Australia, was designed by Australian practice Farnan Findlay Architects and features two separate volumes joined by a central walkway. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Steel whirlpools spiral into skylights in the roof of a church in Austria by architects Coop Himmelb(l)au. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Fashion designer Julia Krantz has created this collection of garments comprising translucent fabrics draped over metal frames. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American firm Graham Baba Architects took cues from rural vernacular architecture while conceiving the headquarters for the Washington Fruit and Produce Company, situated in an area dotted with farms and warehouses. Read more View the full article

Dezeen is media partner for the fifth annual World Architecture Festival, taking place in Singapore from 3-5 October, and our readers can get a 25% discount when they enter their projects for the awards programme (see below). To kick off a series of videos about the awards, programme director Paul Finch explains what WAF is all about and sets the scene for this year’s event. (more…) View the full article

Herringbone brickwork and fretted screens decorate the facade of two apartment blocks in Prague. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: design brand Established & Sons present a collection products from their Estd. range at our Christmas shop The Temporium in London, including these storage jars inspired by the shape of space capsules. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architect Keiichi Hayashi of Japan has converted this traditional timber townhouse in central Kyoto into a cosmetics store. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: at Variability in London last week designer Simon Donald presented new additions to his Stanley collection, which includes this candle holder with sandpaper for striking matches on. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian design brand Kundalini will present this light based on the natural form of the clover leaf by Australian designer Brodie Neill in Milan next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London firm Rundell Associates have completed this new art and design department at a secondary school in Devon, UK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Following our stories about football training centres this week, here’s a selection of stories from the Dezeen archive that feature buildings for sport. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Emerging French designer Rémi Bouhaniche has unveiled a chair that he created by folding "a trapezoidal shape of foam and fabric like origami" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This series of wooden LED lamps by Zoe Coombes and David Boira of New York studio Cmmnwlth is called Truncheons. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: here’s a movie filmed inside the Toyo Ito-designed Sendai Mediatheque during last Friday’s earthquake in Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this next movie Dezeen filmed at the Design Academy Eindhoven My Way talks in Milan, Dutch designer Brigitte Coremans talks about her graduation project based on menstruation and ovulation patterns. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Frederik Roijé presents his range of sofas with an integral side-table in Cologne, Germany, this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DMY Berlin 2010: designer Debbie Wijskamp exhibited her collection of cabinets made from blocks of pulped paper at DMY Berlin last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article