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This house on the outskirts of Isa, Japan is by architects EASTERN design office and has been raised on a concrete block to afford views of the sea. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s another apartment renovation in Barcelona by Spanish studio Arquitectura-G (see their El Born apartment in our earlier story). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Terrassenhaus is a concrete mixed-use block in Berlin by Brandlhuber+ Emde, Burlon, and Muck Petzet Architekten that has a series of external terraces. Read more

Berlin practice Sauerbruch Hutton has renovated and extended a former Prussian military uniform factory to accommodate its own offices and an artist's studio. (more...) View the full article

Chilean design studio Losgogo used reinforcing steel and wood to build these items of furniture against the clock (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The Temporium 2011: these edible chocolate moustaches by Spanish designer Diego Ramos are currently on sale at our Christmas pop-up shop The Temporium and are the ideal gift for clean-shaven chocolate lovers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Over the past 20 years, former caterer Nick Jones has built Soho House into a global empire of private members clubs, restaurants, spas and now Soho Home, an online homewares store. He sat down with Dezeen to discuss his approach to design (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been released on bail after two months in detention, which Xinhua news agency said was “because of his good attitude in confessing his crimes” – Guardian More about Ai Weiwei on Dezeen » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture student Ben Kirk has designed conceptual towers to replace the fast-declining bee population by shooting artificial pollinators into the air. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just sent out the latest issue of Dezeenmail – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: following this month’s opening of our pop-up Christmas shop The Temporium (bottom left), here’s a look back at all the pop-up stores we’ve featured on Dezeen. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Morris + Company has completed a retirement living scheme with a bevelled brick facade for developer Pegasus Life in Hampstead, London. Read more

A winding road of white concrete becomes an integral part of House on the Road by Robert Konieczny's studio KWK Promes, for a riverside plot in Poland. Read more

Jagged glazed stairwells climb the stone walls of this eighteenth century church in Catalonia that architect David Closes has converted into an auditorium. (more…) View the full article

New York architect Daniel Libeskind has driven a pointed steel and glass shard through the heart of the war museum in Dresden, which reopens on October 14 after a 22-year closure. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: products at our Christmas shop The Temporium are displayed on Henny van Nistelrooy‘s Revolver shelving system. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Readers went crazy for the staircase cantilevered over a shallow first-floor pool in our most popular story this week, a Japanese house by NRM-Architects Office, so we’re treating you to a selection of stories from the Dezeen archives that feature spectacular staircases. More » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In the second movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Swedish designers AKKA, joint first-prize winners of this year’s [D3] Contest young designers competition. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rina Lovko Studio has combined bottle-green surfaces with low lighting to create the moody interior of this drinks bar at the heart of Kiev's city centre. Read more View the full article

White membrane stretches over the curved rooftop of Jiunvfeng Study, a mountainside visitor centre built by Gad Line+ Studio above Dongximen Village in Shangdong, China. Read more View the full article

In case you hadn’t noticed, this week we opened our Christmas shop The Temporium at 65 Monmouth Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DG. Drop in to see over 20 designers and brands selling their products direct to the public, plus 10% off Dezeen Watch Store and the chance to win a goodie bag worth £100. Meanwhile Burger King opened a rustic-style fast food joint to rival last week’s McDonalds refit and our most popular story was a Swedish seaside house with a glass-fronted lookout loft on its roof. Readers debated whether the latest Maggies cancer care centre represents a downward spiral or enveloping arms and a jagged glass restaurant by a Norwegian cliff…

Pupils at this school near Paris take lessons on driving large trucks in a building topped with a perforated aluminium canopy, designed to evoke the look of a petrol station (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has transformed an ageing Shanghai office block into a business incubator, featuring a new translucent aluminium skin (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The Shanghai office of Chinese architecture studio Taranta Creations features a staircase within a labia-like orifice and a floor that doubles as a desk. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week we've selected four promising PR and marketing opportunities on Dezeen Jobs including vacancies at architecture studios De Rosee Sa and Powerhouse Company. Read more View the full article