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This week Zaha Hadid opened the new cave-like London showroom she’s designed for bathroom brand Roca and Ai Weiwei was dubbed art’s most powerful figure. This is the last week of Dezeen Space so your last chance to visit is this weekend! If you can’t be there in person, you can still check out our story on Dominic Wilcox’s Moments in Time sculptures here, watch an interview with him here, visit the online Dezeen Watch Store and pick up your copy of the new Dezeen Book of Ideas for just £12 here. You can also see all the exhibitors from our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform here and watch interviews with them on Dezeen Screen. Meanwhile, MVRDV have opened an exhib…

Architects Casper Mueller Kneer have converted a south London warehouse into the city’s third White Cube gallery. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Platform: today at Dezeen Space, Pia Wüstenberg showcases pieces from her Processed Paper project, a series of products made of recycled paper. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space closes on Sunday 16 October so hurry down if you haven’t already to check out our micro-exhibition that changes daily, see specially commissioned sculptures by Dominic Wilcox, browse our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up, hang out at the Dezeen lounge and pick up your copy of the new Dezeen Book of Ideas for just £12. See you there! Dezeen Space Until 16 October Monday-Saturday 11am-7pm Sunday 11am-5pm 54 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3QN </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house in Nagoya by Japanese architect Tomohiro Hata has five roofs that pitch in opposing directions. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects have completed a showroom in London for Spanish bathroom brand Roca. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Russian architect Peter Kostelov has slotted a timber structure into a two-storey apartment in Moscow to create two extra floors. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London studio Farshid Moussavi Architecture has won a competition to design a housing complex for the western outskirts of Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Platform: Milan designer Denis Guidone steps up to Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today and showcases some examples of his latest watch designs, including some prototypes of models not yet in production. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this third movie in our series of interviews with OMA co-founder Rem Koolhaas he talks about his new book Project Japan, Metabolism Talks… written in collaboration with curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Residents have to go careful on the roof terrace of this Portuguese house, where gaping chasms drop down to basement courtyards two floors below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Sketches by this year’s Pritzker Prize Laureate Eduardo Souto de Moura covered several curving walls at the Portuguese architect’s former school in Porto last month (photos by José Campos). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this next interview filmed at Dezeen Space, designers LingJing Yin, Mark McKeague and Ting Chung Jessica Cheng demonstrate how they created a soundscape at Dezeen Platform by channeling the electrical charge in people’s bodies, then amplified the sound by asking visitors to link up. Watch the movie » </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 work by Foster + Partners, Daniel Libeskind and Renzo Piano, plus Rem Koolhaas gives us a private tour of OMA/Progress at the Barbican. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen and 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

Dezeen Watch Store: our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up is at Blickfang design fair at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna from 14 to 16 October. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Platform: Viennese designer Thomas Feichtner presents a chandelier with a single crystal at Dezeen Platform today. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing Design Week 2011: Beijing architect Naihan Li presented crates that unfold to become a collection of furniture at a pop-up disco lounge for Beijing Design Week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Austrian studio [tp3] architekten have completed a stark white house in northern Austria with translucent sliding walls around a grassy courtyard. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing Design Week 2011: visitors were served tea at a heat-sensitive colour-changing table in a pop-up teahouse for Beijing Design Week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this interview filmed for our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform, Portuguese designer Manuel Netto presents his Dock Lamp that can only be turned on by moving the bulb. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’re giving away five copies of the brand-new Dezeen Book of Ideas signed by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish designers CuldeSac have designed this high-chair with removable legs and accessories so that it’s still useful when the child starts to grow. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Platform: product designer Paula Benvegnú uses Dezeen Platform to present Family Tea today, a set of 30 ceramic cups and a teapot that represent a family tree. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch studio architecten|en|en have created a home office in Eindhoven by wrapping a garage in corrugated aluminium. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Eleven designers including Tomás Alonso, Philippe Malouin and Study O Portable took the fictional character of a lady called Vera as their muse and presented the results in a west London basement during the London Design Festival. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article