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A row of heritage-listed townhouses in central London is now home to the Inhabit hotel, which Holland Harvey has designed to have relaxed, Scandi-inspired interiors. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: American furniture brand Knoll have been awarded the National Design Award for Corporate and Institutional Achievement by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stuttgart architects (se)arch have completed a house in Germany with an exposed concrete base and cedar shingle-clad upper walls (photographs by Zooey Braun). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A drawbridge-like flap lowers from the steel-plated facade of this Melbourne bunker to reveal a bedroom window. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Australian studio b.e. Architecture have completed a house surrounded by a steel and timber timber grid in coastal Victoria, Australia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

BCHO Architects have completed this house buried in the ground in Seoul, Korea. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: garden trade show Spoga+Gafa invites young designers to enter their Garden Goes Balcony design competition for the chance to win a share of €12,500 and exhibit as part of Garden Unique, which takes place at Koelnmesse in Cologne from 4 to 6 September. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s another student project that involves filling stitched structures with concrete (see Grompies by AA students in our earlier story), this time by architecture students Kyle A. Sturgeon, Chris Holzwart and Kelly Raczkowski from the University of Michigan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Six shortlisted proposals for the next art installation atop the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square have been unveiled today, including a giant blue cockerel, a cash machine that operates a pipe organ and an enormous model of a battenberg cake (above). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Naked mannequins sit on the walls and ceiling of this MC Escher-inspired clothes store in Shanghai. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: our most popular story this week is Zaha Hadid’s Wangjing Soho retail complex for Beijing, so here’s a roundup of all our stories about projects in China. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This farmhouse in Hokkaido by Japanese studio Hiroshi Horio Architects has a pointed observation deck where residents dry herbs. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swedish designers Whatswhat Collective have designed a pleated lamp shade that changes shape when its drawstrings are pulled. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

At DMY Berlin this week Berlin designers NOI present their first collection of furniture, comprising simple wooden trestles and sewn Tyvek pockets. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Simon Heijdens has applied a special film to windows at the Art Institute Chicago that creates constantly-changing shadows in response to weather conditions outside. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Garments hang from the recycled parts of four bicycles inside a sustainable clothing shop in Stuttgart. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: AMO, the research studio of architects OMA, launch a report today outlining how the world’s energy needs could be met without using fossil fuels. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These twin residences in Riga, Latvia, mirror one another exactly, except that one is clad in timber and the other in blackened steel. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: British designers BarberOsgerby have collaborated with electronics brand Sony to present a series of conceptual products combining light and sound. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Russian design studio Decolieu have completed the renovation of an apartment in Moscow by adding a low curved ceiling made of lime and wax. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Thousands of bamboo rods hang from the ceiling like stalactites to divide the space inside this Bangkok hair salon by Thai designer Nattapon Klinsuwan of NKDW. (more…) View the full article

Professional hairdressing academy Studio Marisol created these photographs featuring huge bonnets made of plaited hair for a workshop with Spanish designers CuldeSac. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: this week we featured a winery in the south of France and a see-through church in Belgium that are both made of Corten, so here’s a roundup of all our stories featuring weathered steel. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Strips of glazing wrap the walls and roof of a timber waterside summerhouse in Aure, Norway. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Square windows with various dimensions sporadically puncture the plain brick exterior of a community centre in Hungary. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article