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Opinion: Diller, Scofidio + Renfro's The Broad museum in Los Angeles is an elegant exercise in mundanity, says Mimi Zeiger. (more…) View the full article

Israeli studio Pitsou Kedem Architects knocked four apartments into one to create this two-storey penthouse in Tel Aviv, which features a rooftop pool offering views out over the city (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Lots of new jobs on our recruitment site Dezeenjobs this week, including positions with Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen, London designer Tom Dixon and broadcaster Al Jazeera English, plus this is the last chance to apply for jobs with Vitra, Vitsœ, SCP and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British architects Carmody Groarke have completed this granite monolith outside London’s Natural History Museum to commemorate victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These branched pendant lights are by American designer Victor Vetterlein. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This snaking concrete pavilion by Norwegian studio Reiulf Ramstad Architects winds down from a road to the beach along the edge of the Arctic Ocean. (more…) View the full article

Featured category: for the summer season we’ve created a new architecture category, grouping together all our stories about pavilions. Happy browsing! Featured category: pavilions Above: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2010 by Jean Nouvel. Photograph is by Julien Lanoo </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Bilbao, Cape Town and Dublin have been shortlisted for the title of World Design Capital in 2014. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York showroom DDC NYC is exhibiting three furniture collections at VDF's products fair, including Zanotta's updated model of Carlo Mollino's skeletal Reale table. Read more View the full article

Design student Eliza Hague has created a concept for inflatable greenhouses made from shellac-coated bamboo paper to help residents of Jaipur, India, grow their own food. Read more View the full article

Spanish architect Javier Peña of Xpiral has completed two houses in Murcia, Spain, with the lower volume built from stacked ceramic wine racks. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Plastics will be replaced within ten years by biofabricated materials that eliminate waste and pollution, according to Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the Toba eco-stove by Italian brand MCZ has been awarded an IF Product Design Award. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: Spanish designer Cristian Zuzunaga will be selling these scarves printed with a pixel-like pattern at our pop-up store The Temporium in London next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Billowing fabric mushrooms by New York designers Situ Studio have cropped up in the great hall of the Brooklyn Museum. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: architect Nigel Coates is to retire from his role as head of architecture at the Royal College of Art in London after 16 years. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Portuguese photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us his photographs of this museum for modern art in South Korea by architects Álvaro Siza, Carlos Castanheira and Jun Sung Kim. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Manuel Alvarez Diestro has sent us these photographs documenting growing architectural metropolises in several Asian cities. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects have completed the Riverside Museum in Glasgow with a zig-zagging, zinc-clad roof. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: public and government opposition has forced fashion tycoon Pierre Cardin to cancel plans for his futuristic Venice skyscraper. (more...) View the full article

Time is running out to secure your place at our agenda-setting architecture and design conference in London on 30 October. Buy your ticket today to avoid missing out. Read more

San Francisco designer Yves Béhar of Fuseproject has designed these electric car-chargers for public and home use. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Austrian studio Marte.Marte Architects has revealed its design to convert the building where Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn into a police headquarters. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie filmed by Spanish graphics studio Taller de Casqueria shows a theatrical dance performance taking place inside the Espacio Andaluz de Creación Contemporánea, a contemporary arts centre that is under construction in Córdoba by architects Nieto Sobejano. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Julien Renault presented this chair with a circular frame at Interieur 2010 in Kortrijk last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article