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Vertical aluminium slats screen the exterior and windows of this house in Kuwait by Studio Toggle, providing shade and privacy for the residents. (more...) View the full article

Zig-zagging balconies with larch railings enliven the facade of this apartment block in Graz, Austria, by Love Architecture and Urbanism (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen has filled a glass tube with octopus bacteria to create a zero-electricity lamp that glows blue when disturbed (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

A series of bulbous wicker forms by French designer Matali Crasset aim to promote traditional Zimbabwean weaving techniques. (more...) View the full article

Music: Australian studio Dropbear Digital used over 330 paper illustrations to tell the story of a wandering spirit in this stop-motion video for John Butler Trio's new single, Spring to Come. (more…) View the full article

Members of a private club pay to exchange elaborately wrapped presents in ceremonies held inside this dimly lit, wood-lined room in Paris (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Polish designer Szymon Hanczar's micro apartment in Wroclaw contains a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom all within the confines of just 13 square metres (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The triangular window bays that project from the facade of this Sydney housing block by MHN Design Union appear either red or yellow, depending on the viewing angle (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an interior designer at the studio of Karim Rashid, the New York designer who created the curvaceous interior of Munich sex shop Fun Factory (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

LA studio Commune Design has transformed a Mid-Century Modern office building in Durham, North Carolina, into a boutique hotel with geometric patterns and vintage-style decor (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A new taco restaurant in Austin, Texas, by Chioco Design references mid-century American roadside buildings and signage with bright red columns and a distinctive roofline (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Photo essay: photographer Nelson Garrido has travelled across Kuwait to document over 150 buildings, revealing the impact of 40 years of social transformation on the Arab state's built environment (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architectural visualiser Alex Hogrefe has imagined a precarious concrete retreat cut into the edge of a remote clifftop in Iceland, as part of a series of tutorials in creating renderings (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architects Matthew Butcher, Kieran Wardle and Owain Williams have built a factory-inspired mobile structure that will travel along Hadrian's Wall in northern England to provide a temporary residency for writers (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Rise Design Studio has added a glazed extension to the rear of a house in London, creating a light-filled kitchen and dining room that opens up to the garden (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The decaying architecture of the Soviet Union is the subject of an exhibition that opened this week at the Calvert 22 Foundation in London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

World Heritage Corb: long before he built the famed Cité Radieuse in Marseille, French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier explored similar housing principles for the 1932 Immeuble Clarté in Geneva – one of 17 of his buildings added to UNESCO's World Heritage list (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

US firm Lloyd Architects has completed a new barn in Utah for a family that has been farming the same land since the 1800s (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Normann Copenhagen has reopened its flagship furniture and homeware store in the Danish capital, where a steel corridor, mirrored walls and a space coloured entirely in pink have all been added (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Miel Arquitectos has added bright pops of colour to a Barcelona apartment that is tailored towards tourists. Read more View the full article

File-sharing site WeTransfer has unveiled its first ever rebrand, which includes a refresh of its logo, identity and website. Read more View the full article

Richard Meier's City Hall in The Hague has been painted in the style of Piet Mondrian, to mark the 100th anniversary of the De Stijl movement. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: facade manufacturer Trimo has created a modular wall system, which allows for curved corners, and has been used on recent projects by Grimshaw and Mecanoo. Read more View the full article

A dry cleaners on Manhattan's Upper West Side has been converted into a store for cosmetics brand Aesop, for which Tacklebox Architecture has created display shelves with profiles of upside-down clothes hangers. Read more View the full article

The UK government should fund the development of creative clusters around the country to make the creative industries less London-centric, less white and less middle class, according to an independent review of the sector conducted by TV executive Peter Bazalgette. Read more View the full article