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Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Henning Larsen Middle East, and Jason Bruges Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Marcel Wanders, Barber Osgerby, Nokia and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Neighbouring London studios Office Sian and Kai Design have completed a Thai canteen that features exposed bricks walls, caged lighting and a concrete bar. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese studio 403architecture constructed the walls of this wooden shed using leftover materials from three earlier projects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The open mouth of this steel-clad house in Fukuoka, Japan, by architects Case-Real reveals its interior to anyone strolling by. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Morsels of food complete the drawings on these plates, appearing to be hoisted on cranes and forklift trucks or transported by land, sea and air. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A shiny copper chapel hovers above the entrance to this Catholic school in Gloucestershire, England, by London studio Nicholas Hare Architects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five years ago, when Dezeen was still in its infancy, we travelled to Cape Town for the 10th Design Indaba conference. From here, we shared links to movies showing Swedish designers Front questioning whether or not design makes people happy, as well as some snapshots from the party where guests included Jaime Hayon, Jasper Morrison, Michael Young and Neville Brody. We gave readers a sneak preview of the furniture Rolf Sachs proceeded to show at the Milan furniture fair in April, as well as a look at the bathroom collection that Ross Lovegrove went on to launch in Frankfurt. Vases made from salvaged sherry glasses, plastic animals and PVC caught the attention of a few …

These earrings by Japanese jewellery designer Akiko Oue can be added to and reconfigured since they’re made up of tiny magnetic circles. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: the mobile sauna in Finland we published earlier this week has inspired this archive of projects that feature wood that’s been charred, stained or painted black. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

English architects Designscape have reversed the orientation of a country house in Bath by adding a prominent glazed entrance to its rear. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A year ago this week the Guangzhou Opera House designed by architect Zaha Hadid opened up in China. The curved timber velodrome was completed in London in preparation for this year’s Olympic Games and Thomas Heatherwick was revealed as designer of the Olympic torch. Industrial designer Marc Newson launched a collection of clothing featuring drawn-on pockets and fake turn-ups, plus Issey Miyake’s creative director Dai Fujiwara announced his decision to stand down. He was later replaced by Yoshiyuki Miyamae. We featured a house with a slide connecting its floors that went on to become one of Dezeen’s most popular stories of all time and we talked to MVRDV architect Win…

Architects HWKN have won this year’s MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program competition and will install a giant spiky structure that cleans the air in the courtyard of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week we introduced slideshows of larger images to the top of selected stories on Dezeen – see the first few examples here, including a museum of handmade paper, stripped-out factories awaiting renovation and a skatepark in Calais. BIG won a competition to renovate and extend an art centre in Utah with proposals that will be built from railway sleepers reclaimed from the Great Salt Lake and OMA broke ground on their performing arts centre for Taipei which “looks like something bad has happened” according to our readers. American musician Moby started a personal blog documenting architecture in Los Angeles and we reported on artist Damien Hirst’s proposals to build…

Slideshow: overlapping openings in the walls and ceilings of this Tokyo house by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office create dozens of views between rooms. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us photographs and a movie that he shot of the Chilean Pavilion at the Shenzhen & Hong Kong biennale of urbanism/architecture 2011, where objects usually found in disaster relief shelters were used as furniture. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These toy vehicles by London designer Oscar Diaz are assembled from their own packaging. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Performance venues don’t get any more intimate than this. Folk in a Box provides just enough space for a single musician to play to an audience of one. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

One of Anthony Gormley‘s sculptures appears to guard the entrance to the British artist’s new galvanised steel workshop, designed by London architects Carmody Groarke. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are the latest visuals by architects OMA of their designs for a performing arts centre that broke ground today in Taipei, Taiwan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Those of you who’ve been asking us for larger images on Dezeen will be pleased to see we’re now adding a slideshow of big pictures to the top of selected stories. Click here to see what we mean. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us these photographs and an extended movie showing how children playing on roundabouts generate electrical power to illuminate three twirling parasols at an installation by Spanish studio Clavel Arquitectos in a Shenzhen public square. Watch the movie » (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including interviews with Marc Newson and Fabio Novembre plus a slick skatepark, outdoor chairs joined like shopping trolleys and shoes with fangs. There are also details of the new larger images on Dezeen our 2012 Dezeen Watch Store collection, plus an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, plus all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This cluster of asymmetric wooden huts houses a museum dedicated to the craft of paper-making in a mountainside village in rural China. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brooklyn artist Mark Reigelman has installed a wooden hut in an unusual city location – suspended on the side of a San Francisco hotel like a bird box. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: Dezeen and publishers Laurence King are offering readers the chance to win one of five copies of DIY Furniture: a step by step guide. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article