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Austrian architects Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher have renovated a fourteenth century stone chapel with skeletons in its basement (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Slices of wood are layered in different combinations to make each animal in this toy menagerie by London design studio Yang:Ripol. (more…) View the full article

Copper panels and local timber clad the exterior of this houseboat in the Netherlands by BYTR Architects, which is moored beside a wooded parkland (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Influenced by Herzog & de Meuron's recently completed leafy tower in Beirut, our featured Pinterest board this week is sowed with plant-covered buildings from around the world. It includes Studio 102's verdant office and showroom in Hanoi and a green Parisian apartment tower by Maison Edouard François. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

Ecuador architecture firm TEC Taller EC has constructed a warehouse with a wavy, white metal upper storey, alongside a plot of grazing horses. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Bergmeisterwolf has applied vernacular log cladding to this group of holiday apartments, which extend around a courtyard in the Italian alps. Read more View the full article

The next extract chosen by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs from our Book of Ideas is a pewter stool cast in sand on a Cornish beach. (more…) View the full article

News: 3D technology company Inition has developed an augmented-reality iPad app that allows architects to look inside static architectural models, visualise how their building will look at night and track how wind flows around their design proposals (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Made from almost 500 metres of rope, the Vermelha Chair by Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana is our A-Zdvent calendar's letter V. (more…) View the full article

Over 800 buildings are opening their doors to the public this weekend for in London for Open House London. We've picked out 10 homes that are welcoming visitors for the first time. Read more

Japanese architect Itsuko Hasegawa has been announced as the first laureate of the Royal Academy of Arts' architecture prize. Read more View the full article

This polygonal black form is actually a sports car, which Dutch footwear brand United Nude designed by simplifying a classic Lamborghini (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

French designer Loïc Bard has crafted a set of wooden furniture and matching tableware, all with rounded edges "inspired by the sense of touch and the human body". Read more

Nike has revealed the football kits for the Nigeria and England teams at this year's World Cup in Russia, which both combine designs from old strips with elements inspired by youth culture. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: tiles by Dutch manufacturer Hakwood have been used to create a striking monochromatic kitchen with tricoloured floors inside a home in the Netherlands. Read more

Snøhetta has teamed up with the Wikimedia Foundation to develop a new visual identity for its global organisation that will be generated in partnership with volunteers from around the world. Read more View the full article

The walls of this house in Sydney by Australian studio Chris Elliott Architects feature curved openings that look like gills. (more…) View the full article

London-based lighting brand Plumen has partnered with 3D-printing specialist Batch.works to develop a range of shades for its LED bulbs that are printed on-demand using recycled plastic. Read more View the full article

This bright red youth centre in Denmark by architects Cornelius + Vöge is coloured to match the fishing cabins of the surrounding village (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Hopkins Architects, who designed the Velodrome for the London 2012 Olympic Games (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a director of construction and design at skincare brand Aesop, whose founder's horror at "soulless chains" means no two of its stores are the same. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Interieur 2012: objects that seem like half-finished sketches of candle holders, vases, bowls and bottles won British designer Maya Selway second prize in the Object category of the Interieur Design Awards at the Interieur design biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium, last week (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Israel's architecture scene is thriving, according to architect Asaf Mann, who likens it to the Bauhaus boom in Tel Aviv during the 1930s and 1940s. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Dezeen and Samsung Electronics are launching a design competition to create graphics for the Ambient Mode feature on the brand's QLED TV, with total prize money of €29,500. Read more View the full article

Peter Barber Architects has arranged a block of 26 shared-ownership homes around a central courtyard in Stratford, London. Read more