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This cafe and sweet shop in Okamoto, Japan, was designed by architect Yuko Nagayama to look like two separate buildings with a small courtyard and tree sandwiched in the middle. (more...) View the full article

News: architecture critic Martin Filler has said he regrets making an error in a book review that accused Zaha Hadid of showing a lack of concern for worker conditions on her World Cup stadium project in Qatar. (more...) View the full article

Japanese firm Suppose Design Office has replaced the roof of a 35-year-old family house, creating a lofty new living room that opens to the garden at both ends (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The legs of these small tables by Taiwan designer Andrew Cheng measure just 1.2 centimetres in diameter (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Following our special feature on skinny houses, we've put together a collection of some of the best examples of slimline residences from the pages of Dezeen. (more...) View the full article

This Copenhagen playground building surrounded by road markings was designed by Danish architects MLRP to provide a place where children can learn about road safety and test skills on-site (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Comments update: Zaha Hadid's decision to sue the author and publisher of a book review that included allegedly defamatory comments generated some the week's most heated debate. (more...) View the full article

South Korean designer Jeonghwa Seo has created a collection of stools and tables using 12 different materials in 15 different combinations (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with De Matos Ryan, Anchorage Museum and Priestmangoode, whose design for a capsule that will float passengers to the edge of space is pictured. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Benjamin Hubert, Studio Egret West, DSDHA and more... (more...) View the full article

Boyarsky Murphy Architects sandwiched this glass-fronted family residence between two terraced houses in west London, on a site less than three metres wide at the front. (more...) View the full article

Feature: narrow homes have become increasingly popular in Japan, but can these awkwardly shaped residences offer housing solutions to other cities around the world, asks Dezeen deputy editor Amy Frearson. (more...) View the full article

News: the California department of motor vehicles has introduced new road safety rules, requiring all vehicles on its roads to have a steering wheel and brake pedal – including Google's fleet of driverless cars. (more...) View the full article

This zinc-clad warehouse in Germany by Ecker Architekten has gabled elevations on all four sides, creating a multi-faceted roof that helps the building to appear smaller than it really is (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Tel Aviv designer Nir Meiri has created a lamp with two circular diffusers that each look like a glowing full moon (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A sheltered outdoor cooking area commonly found in traditional Japanese farmhouses is reinterpreted to form the open-air centre of this family house in Kanagawa by Japanese architect Yoshiyasu Mizuno (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Stockholm-based Note Design Studio used photographs of Death Valley to inform the pastel colour scheme for this restaurant and coffee shop in the Swedish capital (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Concrete houses are always popular with readers, so we've collected together a number of unique examples from Dezeen's archive and pinned them to a new Pinterest board » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more concrete architecture View the full article

This Canadian house by Patkau Architects is anchored to a rock by steel rods so that it treads lightly on the ground and cantilevers above the Pacific Ocean. (more...) View the full article

Journalist and fashion designer Sara Henrichs has launched a range of high-visibility reflective clothing for cycling in style at night (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: American illustrator Stefan G Bucher created an homage to the music video for Take on Me by A-Ha as the starting point for his collaboration with singer and songwriter Wesley Stace, AKA John Wesley Harding. (more...) View the full article

Polish artist and designer Alicja Patanowska has created a collection of hand-thrown ceramic plant pots that fit inside old glasses so both stem and roots can be seen. (more...) View the full article

Australian studio Fox Johnston has completed three curved toilet and shower blocks as part of an effort to rejuvenate a Sydney beachfront (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Italian studio Fabrica will exhibit a range of reinterpreted mundane items at Ace Hotel Shoreditch during next month's London Design Festival (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This Tokyo apartment block by Japanese firm Makoto Yamaguchi Design contains 12 open-air rooms behind its tiled exterior walls, helping to bring natural light and ventilation through the interior (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week we published a Champagne glass modelled on Kate Moss’ left breast, new images of Zaha Hadid’s Wangiing Soho complex (pictured), and a conceptual trainer designed to reference the work of Charles and Ray Eames. Read on for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article