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These brick-clad apartments in Utrecht, the Netherlands, by Dutch firm Bakers Architecten appear to float above a curtain wall of glazing. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Lots of new jobs on our recruitment site Dezeenjobs this week, including positions with Vitra in Switzerland, UXUS in the Netherlands and MAD in China. This is also the last chance to apply for jobs with David Chipperfield Architects, Paul Cocksedge Studio and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Google's vice president of hardware design Ivy Ross has created an office building for her Silicon Valley team that is arranged around an atrium, skylight and staircase. Read more View the full article

London designer Tomás Alonso presented a range of shelves and lighting that combine ash timber with leather saddlery during the London Design Festival. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Electricity pylons, road-signs and rusty advertising plaques steal the spotlight from the Giza pyramids in these images by photographer Manuel Alvarez Diestro. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Filippo Poli has sent us his photographs of a centre for rescued turtles, dolphins and birds in Barcelona by Hidalgo Hartmann Arquitectura. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Ronen Kadushin has designed an open-source mallet for smashing up iPhones. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This cantilevered house in Suffolk, England, by MVDRV of Rotterdam and British firm Mole Architects will be the first of five homes from Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project available for rent on 22 October. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Visitors to Outline Editions gallery in London next week will be able to stamp out Noma Bar’s graphic artworks by feeding sheets of rubber and paper into the maws of a giant hole-punch shaped like a dog. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Oregon designers John Arndt and Wonhee Jeong Studio Gorm are exhibiting their Shaker-inspired Peg furniture system at the Direktorenhaus art space in Berlin. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture student Gonzalo Vaíllo Martínez of the Universidad de Alcalá, Spain has designed a conceptual auditorium for the Tate Modern gallery in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s another project by Royal College of Art graduate Ki Hyun Kim: a wooden dining chair that’s even lighter than the famed Superleggera designed by Gio Ponti in 1957. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Johnny Selman of San Francisco is designing a poster a day for 365 days based on a headline taken from the BBC News website. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: these prints featuring festive collective nouns by Woop Studios are on sale at our pop-up shop The Temporium, open in London until 24 December. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DMY Berlin 2011: here are some photos of an exhibition presenting work by London designer Benjamin Hubert at the Direktorenhaus in Berlin. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with David Adjaye's firm in London and sportswear brand Nike in Portland, Oregon. Read more View the full article

Lots of new jobs on our recruitment site Dezeenjobs this week, including positions with Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen, David Gill Galleries and London designer Sebastian Bergne, plus this is the last chance to apply to work with Fuseproject, Linley, Steven Holl Architects and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architectural photographer Gerard van Beek shares his photographs of a heating plant in the Netherlands by Dutch architects Bonnema. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Bozen based designer Simone Simonelli has designed this folding chair from timber rods. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Australian architecture studio Wowowa built three cylindrical brick turrets with copper accents for a house in Melbourne. Read more View the full article

In this interview filmed by Dezeen for trade show Garden Unique at Spoga+Gafa, British garden designer Andrew Wilson of Wilson McWilliam Studio talks about a few of his favourite projects, including a pathway cantilevered over an intense sea of roses (above). Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Australian designer Marc Newson has designed an hourglass for watch brand Ikepod, which contains tiny stainless steel balls in place of sand. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: Swedish architects TAF presented this collection of lamps based on the shape of a stretched rubber band at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week Dezeen have been at the London Design Festival, where we opened Dezeen Space in Shoreditch and officially launched the Dezeen Book of Ideas. Thanks to everyone who’s stopped by so far! Ron Arad was presented with the London Design Medal 2011, Tom Dixon hosted a discussion on the state of manufacturing in Britain and Marcel Wanders launched a range of products for British retailer Marks & Spencer. Other attractions include David Chipperfield’s metallic glass pavilions on the Southbank and greenhouse made of Lego in Covent Garden. Meanwhile the Firstsite arts centre by Rafael Viñoly has opened in Colchester and a concrete house in Sri Lanka by T…

Nothing but a four metre-high door penetrates the plain facade of this house in northern Italy. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article