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In this week's comments update, readers are saddened that the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture at Taliesin will close. Read more View the full article

A folding screen of battens shields a timber-clad extension to an Edwardian-style home in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton North, Australia, designed by Reddaway Architects. Read more View the full article

Furniture brand Fritz Hansen has revamped its headquarters in eastern Denmark, creating a sequence of homely spaces that cater to the diverse work methods of its employees. Read more View the full article

Pine-wood partition walls that curve upwards like smiles carve up the interior of this dental clinic in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Raúl Sanchez Architects. Read more View the full article

A modernist housing development in Detroit designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is captured in photographs by architect and local resident Julio Alberto Cedano. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Awards judges including Adam Nathaniel Furman and Arthur Mamou-Mani have described what they're hoping to see from entrants ahead of the 2 June entry deadline. Read more View the full article

Rainlight founder Yorgo Lykouria explains how a modular furniture system called BoxLife allows users to organise their living spaces, in a video produced by Dezeen for Scavolini as part of Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

Milan designers Gabriele and Oscar Buratti have collaborated with bathroom brand Roca to create a combined toilet and wash basin, where waste water from the sink is used to fill the toilet cistern. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: American designers Rich Brilliant Willing present a range of furniture made of overlapping wooden slats for design brand Innermost at Superstudio Più in Zona Tortona this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The latest issue of Dezeenmail went out today – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This renovation of a house in Tokyo by Keiji Ashizawa Design involved creating a courtyard through the upper storeys. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch architects UNStudio have completed a 21-storey office tower in their hometown of Amsterdam with colourfully glazed recesses in the facade spanning multiple floors. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Porcelain containers based on insect eggs by Dutch designer Anke Weiss are on show as part of Eat Drink Design at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Atelier 9.81 of France have inserted a perforated canopy in between a row of houses to create a covered pedestrian walkway in Tourcoing, France. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The new Jawbone ERA Bluetooth headset by San francisco designer Yves Behar of Fuseproject incorporates an accelerometer so it can be operated by just touching or shaking the device. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions at Foster + Partners in London and Archi-Union in Shanghai, plus the last chance to apply for roles at Viaduct, David Morley Architects, HBM and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Family and PlayLab have designed a floating swimming pool for New York that would filter river water through its walls. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London studio Post-Office have completed a boutique in Notting Hill with rails made of bronze-plated scaffolding. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: check out the future of hotel design in the Sleepotel conceptual hotel installation at The Sleep Event in London later this month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: a Kalashnikov AK-47 rifle, one of the most widely used weapons in the world, is among 13 new additions to the collection of the Design Museum in London. Other new acquisitions include a Space Invaders arcade machine, Sony Walkman cassette player and The Face magazine. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen will present a range of products by upcoming designers and brands at Home, the new domestic interiors trade show taking place in London from Sunday. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: this underground house by London studio De Matos Ryan tunnels beneath a listed stone tower in Gloucestershire, England. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: in part 2 of our interview with Elle Decoration UK editor Michelle Ogundehin she talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about the Equal Rights for Design campaign she’s spearheading to demand changes in UK copyright law that will put design on a level with literature and art. (more…) View the full article

Three thin layers of wood have been overlaid to create this boxy bookcase by Dutch designer Gerard de Hoop. (more…) View the full article

Flashes of blue stand out against the stark white and grey interior of this police headquarters in Poland by Poznań Projekt and mode:lina architekci (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article