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Caged balconies provide open-air corridors that are sheltered from harsh sunlight and tropical rain at this school in Vietnam by architects Vo Trong Nghia. (more…) View the full article

The latest movie from a series of interviews we filmed for the Design Museum Collection App for iPad features Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic talking about some of the iconic lights in their collection. Download the app free from the app store here. (more…) View the full article

Trinidadian architect Tara Keens Douglas presented a series of carnival costumes made from folded paper and twisted rope as part of her masters thesis. (more…) View the full article

Shimmering aluminium panels are ridged like the top surfaces of bricks on the exterior of this country house in upstate New York by architects Grzywinski + Pons (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designers and artists including Paul Smith, Quentin Blake, Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen and Tracey Emin have customised classic Ant chairs by Arne Jacobsen, which will be auctioned in order to raise money for Jamie Oliver’s Better Food Foundation. (more…) View the full article

As London design month continues at Dezeen Super Store, we are now stocking Punkt. alarm clocks and phones by Hackney designer Jasper Morrison. (more…) View the full article

These wooden shoes by London-based footwear designer Cat Potter clamp around the wearer’s feet and fasten with a metal hinge. (more…) View the full article

A continuous band of lighting shines down onto a long concrete table at a Japanese restaurant in Sydney refurbished by architects Facet Studio (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Czech studio Kibardindesign have created a 3D version of a digital clock face. (more…) View the full article

Spraying a wall with water creates graffiti with tiny points of light instead of paint in this installation by French artist Antonin Forneau (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Architect Peter Zumthor presents a series of his models in an old post office beside the Austrian gallery Kunsthaus Bregenz that he designed in the 1990s. (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

A weaver bird’s nest was the inspiration for this wooden treehouse in Devon by London-based Jerry Tate Architects. (more…) View the full article

Gravel coats the exterior of this house in Japan by Keitaro Muto Architects, including a wedge-shaped block with outward sloping walls. (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Studio Egret West and HawkinsBrown, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with architects MAD, fashion brand JOY and more… (more…) View the full article

German architects HENN have created a streamlined pavilion with a curled-over steel roof for car brand Porsche at the Autostadt theme park in Wolfsburg. (more…) View the full article

Tokyo studio International Royal Architecture designed this seaside house with the “form of a pure white arrow”. (more…) View the full article

The latest project by Japanese studio Torafu Architects may look like a standard floating shelf, but it actually contains a slim secret drawer that can be opened with magnets. (more…) View the full article

Spain and Kuwait-based AGi Architects have designed three seafront houses in Kuwait for three siblings and their families (photos by Nelson Garrido). (more…) View the full article

London architects Liddicoat & Goldhill added an extension to a south London home with an oak-screened staircase and double-height windows. (more…) View the full article

The popularity of a staircase designed for dogs (bottom right) we published this week reminded us that pets often creep into architecture and interior photo shoots on Dezeen, so we’ve compiled them all into our latest Pinterest board dedicated to animals. Over 26,000 people now follow us on Pinterest – join them here. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See all the stories that feature animals on Dezeen » View the full article

Five years ago Zaha Hadid’s installation at the Venice Biennale (above) featured sculptural, shiny forms, which cropped up in a lot of designers’ work around the same time. (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Tredje Natur is redesigning a Copenhagen neighbourhood to better handle the floods expected as climate change leads to fewer but heavier rain storms. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen archive: after publishing a photography studio with herringbone parquet walls and flooring this morning, we’ve decided to compile all of our stories that feature herringbone patterns. See all all the stories » See all the archive stories » View the full article

Zaha Hadid will present a pleated metal funnel at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012 later this month (+ movie). (more…) View the full article