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Canadian firm Sturgess Architecture have designed a glass viewing platform to cantilever over a glacial valley in the Columbian Icefields of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designers Nendo of Japan have completed the interior of a showroom in Tokyo for sneaker brand Puma with shoes displayed on a series of timber staircases. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This disco-cum-caravan is one of five timber-clad cabins installed by Swiss architects 1/100 in the garden of the Quai Branly Museum, Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A drawbridge-like flap lowers from the steel-plated facade of this Melbourne bunker to reveal a bedroom window. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A shelving unit displaying children’s clothes doubles up as a plywood playhouse with a sliding staircase, swinging doors and removable furniture. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed at Dezeen Space, London footwear designer Victoria Spruce talks about her collection of sculptural shoes, exhibited at Dezeen Platform last week. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: here’s a live stream of a debate with all seven partners of architects OMA, taking place at the Barbican Art Gallery in London tonight. Watch the live stream on Dezeen Screen » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish architects ADEPT and Luplau & Poulsen have won a competition to design harbour-side housing blocks in their hometown of Aarhus. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The soles and uppers of these shoes separate easily so you can repair them yourself. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: more about Hackney designers in Milan last week – this tangle of bent rods and random objects is actually a doorbell by Dutch Shoreditch-based designer Tord Boontje that was shown at the Ventura Lambrate design district. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2012: London designers Doshi Levien have designed an armchair and sofa for Italian brand Moroso that’s inspired by Modernist architect Le Corbusier and the Indian city of Chandigarh that he masterplanned in the 1950s. (more…) View the full article

Product designer Konstantin Achkov has created a range of flat-pack furniture that slots together like a puzzle. (more…) View the full article

After the first allocation of tickets sold out within 24 hours, we have increased capacity and released another limited batch of tickets for our Designed in Hackney Day on 1 August. Click here to register now for this FREE event and read on for more details… (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale isn’t about the genius of any single architects, director David Chipperfield explained today at the press preview of the exhibition. (more…) View the full article

News: architect Frank Gehry has today unveiled proposals for a major new art gallery and university complex at the centre of Toronto’s entertainment district. (more…) View the full article

We are now offering FREE SHIPPING on all UK orders at Dezeen Watch Store. Visit the store for our full selection of carefully curated timepieces by leading designers and independent brands including Hong Kong watch brand Ziiiro (pictured above). (more…) View the full article

Today’s window in our A-Zdvent calendar of houses named after letters of the alphabet is B House, a hillside cabin in Japan that generates all its own energy and heating designed by San Francisco firm Anderson Anderson Architecture. Read more about B House » View the full article

A collection of original costumes, set designs, photographs, instruments and other objects from David Bowie's personal archive will go on show at the V&A museum in London this March, coinciding with the release of the pop star's first album and single in a decade. (more...) View the full article

French architect Alain Hinant has converted a former laundry building outside Brussels into a three-storey family house. (more...) View the full article

News: a Utah congressman has launched an attempt to scrap architect Frank Gehry's proposed Washington D.C. memorial honouring President Dwight D. Eisenhower, citing the project's cost and controversial design. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: new to Dezeen Watch Store this week is the simple Sheffield Classic, the second watch in our collection by Swedish watch brand Daniel Wellington. (more...) View the full article

News: architecture firm dRMM will install 20 interlocking wooden staircases outside St Paul's Cathedral for the London Design Festival in September. (more...) View the full article

As we've published a couple of tiny architecture and interior projects this week, here are all our stories about micro homes. See more micro homes » See all our archive stories » View the full article

News: Taichung mayor Lin Chia-lung has temporarily halted development of Sou Fujimoto's tree-inspired 300-metre tower for the city, which he says is "problematic" in terms of structure and safety. (more…) View the full article

A kindergarten play area shaped like a mountain surrounded by clouds has been completed by Japanese firm Moriyuki Ochiai Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article