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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

Kazunori Fujimoto Architects & Associates used corner windows for a concrete house with views of the sea and Itsukushima Shrine in Japan's Hiroshima prefecture. Read more 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

Swings serve as shelves in this Tokyo shop by Japanese designer Hiroaki Matsuyama of Minorpoet. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the ongoing construction of skyscrapers in central London has caused the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to reconsider the status of the Tower of London and the Palace of Westminster as recognised sites of historical significance – Evening Standard UNESCO are concerned that The Shard by architect Renzo Piano near the Tower of London and the 43-storey Doon Street tower on the opposite side of the river Thames from Westminster are having a negative impact on the views and historical integrity of the landmarks. It could place them on its “at risk” register, which would damage their appeal to international tourists. S…

Two monolithic concrete walls by designer Luca Fortin are arranged "like an opened book" to form a passageway inside a Quebec City park. Read more View the full article

Sports brand Puma has unveiled its Puma Fi trainers, which have laces that can be tightened at the swipe of a finger. Read more

Dezeen Wire: the Design and Technology Association is urging people to complete an online petition to retain design and technology as a compulsory part of the UK’s National Curriculum. Design and technology is one of the subjects that could become optional in schools following the government’s announcement in January that it intends to slim down the curriculum. The petition is supported by key members of the creative and manufacturing industries, who believe the subject to be vital to the UK’s economic development. Anyone wishing to support the campaign should visit the the Design and Technology Campaign website to sign the online petition or contact their local MP. …

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

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

British designer Jasper Morrison has created a home for a fictional inhabitant inside the VitraHaus in Germany. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architectural designer at DUS Architects in Amsterdam, which recently built a 3D-printed micro home (pictured) and is also working on a 3D-printed canal house. More › View the full article

Dezeen Screen: here’s a live stream of a debate with all seven partners of architects OMA, taking place at the Barbican Art Gallery in London tonight. Watch the live stream on Dezeen Screen » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Marianne Goebl (below) has been appointed director of design collectors’ fair Design Miami/. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Balconies shaped like greenhouses project from the facades of these apartment blocks in Nantes by French studio Block Architects (+ slideshow). (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

US firm Aamodt Plumb Architects has created a spacious, oceanfront home in the Hamptons with a sturdy exterior shell that protects the dwelling from coastal storms. 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…

Measuring people's happiness with architecture is a step towards trying to control them, says Reinier de Graaf. Read more

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

London Design Festival 2011: here are some photos of an installation by Japanese designers Nendo at the headquarters of design brand Established & Sons during the London Design Festival this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Sliding polycarbonate screens are set in front of the windows covering the stepped facade of this house in Barcelona by Spanish studio H Arquitectes. Read more View the full article

One year ago Dezeen readers looked ahead to the apocalypse, when an armoured cabin might come in handy, while Frank Gehry unveiled controversial designs for a business school with a crumpled-up facade. We featured a chair made from squashed-up fibre cement and a pair of 3D-printed shoes that one reader called “blister-tastic”. Meanwhile, a youth hostel filled with fabric bedroom pods opened in a former factory in Italy and a futuristic, cave-like bar made a few readers feel nauseous. We revealed the news that industrial designer James Dyson was succeeding Terence Conran as Provost of London’s Royal College of Art and our most popular stories of the week were a pair …

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