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Rio 2016: the handball arena set to host events during the Rio Olympics next month is designed to be taken down and rebuilt as schools around the city (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Swedish designer Anna Kraitz presented these trolleys for design brand Källemo at the Stockholm Furniture Fair last month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American studio BarberMcMurry Architects used ample glazing and a see-through carport to help strengthen this Knoxville home's connection to the scenic landscape. Read more View the full article

London designer Roger Arquer has designed this vase with a funnel protruding from the side so that the water to be changed without removing the flowers. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish studio MSB have designed a collection of steel-plate furniture including this desk, which combines a seat and table. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The top floor of this office block in Italy by architects Modostudio is screened by faceted concrete panels that resemble Inca stonework. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Ian McIntyre presented his range of tableware at the graduate show last month, including these cups intended for Chai tea. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week David Lynch unveiled his Paris nightclub, the Campana brothers completed their first hotel and BMW presented a pair of sustainable concept cars. Our readers were shocked by a contraceptive device incorporating a one-cent coin and disturbed by a range of lamps that are turned on when you pull their nipples. Our most popular story featured a monochrome house overlooking the Hollywood sign and readers admired the black charred facade of a tea house in the Czech Republic. A bizarre collection of crafted objects went on show at the V&A, a retractable room divider for hospital wards won the UK James Dyson Award and the RIBA asked “has the architectu…

Scroll down for the latest update from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including jobs with Vitsoe and Skitsch in London and India Mahdavi in Paris, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles at MAD, Universal Design Studio, Henning Larsen and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This Berlin clothing store by Mexican design studio Zeller & Moye is filled with concertina-shaped display stands made from raw cement boards (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Danish architecture studio Adept has used customised curved bricks to clad the five-storey Theodora House housing block alongside the Elephant Gate at the Carlsberg Brewery in Copenhagen. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid has curated and designed an exhibition at Galerie Gmurzynska Zurich that juxtaposes her own work with early twentieth-century Russian art pieces. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Readers are debating Herzog & de Meuron and Quadrangle's plans for a super-skinny skyscraper in Toronto and sharing their thoughts on other top stories in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

Japanese designers Torafu Architects have designed a set of paper hooks that like curled pieces of adhesive tape. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) is to close as a result of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport withdrawing its funding - The Architects’ Journal </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A pair of shell-like forms contain the two halls of this performing arts centre in Kansas City by Israeli architect Moshe Safdie of Safdie Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Loove Broms and Li Jönsson of Sweden’s Interactive Institute have devised a system of lamps that visually indicate a factory’s energy consumption through spotlights. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A 1960’s residence renovated by London architects Duggan Morris has won the RIBA Manser Medal 2011 for the best new house in the UK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Comments update: readers have been discussing Bjarke Ingels' impact on architecture this week, after Time magazine named him as one of this year's most influential people. (more…) View the full article

Argentinian studios Moarqs and Ottolenghi Architects designed this chunky concrete building to provide extra accommodation for a house in Buenos Aires Province (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

In this series of drawings French designer and photographer Clo’e Floirat documents her thoughts on design in Berlin, where she’s lived for three years. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has covered the floor of the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in London with more than 100 million individually handmade replica sunflower seeds. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Family and PlayLab have designed a floating swimming pool for New York that would filter river water through its walls. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects MVRDV have unveiled proposals for a giant greenhouse on the outskirts of Amsterdam with a flower-covered hotel inside. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architects Shinichi Ogawa & Associates have completed this house in Hiroshima, Japan, with one wall glazed in sliding panels that open onto a grassy courtyard. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article