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Work has begun on an office building designed by Rotterdam studio MVRDV for the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, which will feature a gridded facade based on local weaving patterns. Read more View the full article

A near-complete bullet-shaped skyscraper by Kohn Pedersen Fox in Shenzhen generated a debate between readers over phallic architecture in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2011: Philips Design in Eindhoven present a conceptual self-sufficient home that converts sewage and rubbish into power. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German designer Konstantin Grcic has created a utilitarian flat-pack office system for Vitra featuring desks that can be turned into sofas (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week, readers are enchanted by an arched public shelter designed to bring the community together in Olot, Spain. Read more View the full article

A series of prints based on sketches by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and Pierre Charpin will be presented at design store twentytwentyone next week as part of the London Design Festival. (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen have teamed up with Swiss brand Punkt. to offer readers the chance to win a limited edition version of their clock by London designer Jasper Morrison, created to raise funds for recovery from the natural disasters in Japan earlier this year. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Chinese architects Neri&Hu have completed this private member’s club in Beijing. (more…) View the full article

UK designer Thomas Heatherwick has released images of a technology education building under construction at Nanyang Technology University in Singapore. (more...) View the full article

This week we've been in Cape Town for the start of our Dezeen and MINI World Tour. Meanwhile, read on to catch up with what Daniel Libeskind, Zaha Hadid and Philippe Starck have been up to this week and listen to the Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Comments update: readers are calling on Miami's city officials to reconsider their decision over Zaha Hadid's car park design, which was rejected just weeks after her sudden death. (more…) View the full article

Papermaker GF Smith has opened its first show space in London, which includes a gallery filled with an undulating installation of colourful paper rolls. Read more View the full article

Mexican architects AM40 Taller de Arquitectura and Stephane Arriola have completed a vacation home in Jalisco, using traditional materials and aiming to disturb the site as little as possible. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Ermenegildo Zegna has unveiled My Claudio, its latest range of personalised trainers available in a striking array of colour combinations. Read more

Czech studio Refuel Works took cues from buildings by Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha to design this concrete villa nestled into the jungle in Costa Rica. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the Long Distance watch by Kitmen Keung displays two time zones at once and Dezeen Watch Store is the very first reseller to stock the timepiece! (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

British studio United Visual Artists created an "electrical storm" inside Sou Fujimoto's cloud-like Serpentine Gallery Pavilion using LED lights during a performance at the temporary structure last month (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Anders Berensson Architects has unveiled conceptual plans for Stockholm's tallest building – a 133-metre wooden skyscraper covered in numbers, which would be erected on top of a 1960s car park in the city centre. (more…) View the full article

FreelandBuck has installed a pavilion in a Palo Alto plaza comprising triangular panels imprinted with images of the public enjoying the same site on a day last year. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: book publisher Laurence King is giving Dezeen readers a 35 per cent discount on its Detail series to celebrate the addition of two new titles to the collection. (more...) View the full article

We've selected the top architecture, interiors and design roles available on Dezeen Jobs this week, including vacancies at global coffee giant Starbucks and industrial design studio Marc Newson. Read more

In this competition, Dezeen readers have the chance to win one of five tournament wall charts to keep track of results during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in style. Read more View the full article

Milan 2012: Italian furniture brand Magis presented these hanging sculptures made of wire mesh by sculptor Benedetta Mori Ubaldini at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. (more…) View the full article

London designer Louisa Grey has curated a series of meditative spaces inside the Copenhagen store of Danish lifestyle brand Frama, for an installation inspired by the body's five senses. Read more

Japanese car brand Nissan has filed a trademark application for a flat monochrome logo that would see it join other brands opting for minimalist rebrands. Read more View the full article