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Russian studio Arch Group has filled an old building in Moscow with its portable sleeping capsules to create the first Sleepbox hotel. (more...) View the full article

Local architect Marlon Blackwell has created a pool house in the back yard of an Arkansas residence, featuring an overhanging sleeping loft that contains bunks designed "like a ship's cabin" (+ slideshow). (more…) 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

Tokyo 2010: here’s another chair by Japanese design studio Daisuke Motogi Architecture (see our earlier story), this time made from a thin mattress folded into a concertina. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American designer Lexi Tallisman avoided pieces "you'd have to tip-toe around" while overhauling a New York home, which features an eclectic mix of finishes and decor. Read more View the full article

American firm Modus Studio has used steel and heat-treated pine to build this "alive and mysterious" treehouse in Arkansas. Read more

A+Awards: a dramatically thin roof soars over the glass front of the Apple Store at Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto – another of this year's winners at the Architizer A+Awards. Read more View the full article

New York firm Steven Holl Architects has completed the Sliced Porosity Block, a cluster of five towers around a public plaza in Chengdu, China (+ slideshow + photographs by Hufton + Crow). (more...) View the full article

A huge tree trunk has been sliced into sections to create the slatted roof of this outdoor classroom designed by architecture students for a school at an art park in Russia's Kaluga region. Read more View the full article

Slideshow feature: we've published a couple of projects that bring trees indoors this week so here's a slideshow of arboreal interiors from the Dezeen archives. (more...) View the full article

Slideshow feature: this week we’ve published three more of the wooden cabin-like artists’ studios that Saunders Architecture of Norway have designed for the picturesque Fogo Island in Canada, so here’s a slideshow rounding up all four completed so far (photographs by Bent René Synnevåg). (more…) View the full article

Modernist architects working in tropical climates are increasingly designing homes where you can't tell if you're indoors or outdoors. In this special feature we explore the trend and speak to a Brazilian architect responsible for a series of spectacular homes that blur the distinction between home and garden (+ slideshow + interview). (more...) View the full article

Slideshow feature: infrastructure projects by German architects J. Mayer H. have been popping up all over Georgia in the last year – buildings completed so far include an airport, a police station, a civic centre, a border checkpoint and two roadside service stations. Here’s a slideshow to bring them all together. (more…) View the full article

Slideshow feature: this week marks the completion of the gigantic red ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture at the London 2012 Olympic park. The tower is the last of the permanent structures to be completed for this summer’s games, so here’s a roundup of them all including sports venues by the likes of Zaha Hadid and Populous. (more…) View the full article

Ahead of the London 2012 Olympics opening on Friday, here’s a slideshow of images from photographer Edmund Sumner documenting architecture created for the games. (more…) View the full article

Slideshow feature: the winner of this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize will be revealed tomorrow at a ceremony in Manchester, but in the meantime here’s a reminder of the six buildings nominated, which include the London Olympic Stadium, a botanical laboratory and two projects by OMA. (more…) View the full article

Skyscrapers in Seoul: this week we’ve run a series of stories on the Yongsan International Business District, a new commercial hub in Seoul, South Korea, that’s due for completion in 2024. Commissioned by South Korean developer DreamHub, the new district has been masterplanned by architect Daniel Libeskind and will include skyscrapers by a host of international architects including Renzo Piano, BIG, MVRDV, REX, Dominique Perrault and Libeskind. Here’s a slideshow to bring them all together. (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: here’s a slideshow of images of the Fazenda Boa Vista Golf Clubhouse by Brazilian architect Isay Weinfield, which was named World’s Best Sport Building at the World Architecture Festival this week. (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: this slideshow of images features the Plaza Espana, a public square above an underground museum in Tenerife by Menis Arquitectos, which won the award in the new and old category at the World Architecture Festival this week. (more…) View the full article

Slideshow: here are some photos by Julien Lanoo of this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei, including more pictures of the cork-covered interior plus dusky night shots. (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: here’s a slideshow of the winner in the villa category at the World Architecture Festival, which is a house on a working sheep farm on North Bruny Island, Tasmania, by John Wardle Architects. (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: architects Arcau won the civic and community category at the World Architecture Festival this week for a community building in the French town of Pornic that references traditional local storehouses for salt. (more…) View the full article

At the touch of a button, the chunky marble walls that surround this house in India divide up into spinning and sliding panels, revealing a more lightweight glass facade behind (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Moveable library-style shelving units slide from side to side to reveal and hide compartments that serve various functions in this Spanish apartment by Madrid-based PKMN Architectures (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This school by Studio Weave features a scalloped roofline and double doors that slide back to connect the classrooms with a woodland setting on the outskirts of London. Read more View the full article