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Dezeen Wire: sales of air-conditioned clothing have increased tenfold in Japan this summer as the disasters that hit the country in March continue to cause power shortages - ABC News Designed by Hiroshi Ichigaya, the Kuchofuku jackets feature a battery-operated fan in each side to draw air inside, over the skin and out through the cuffs and neck. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with British illustrators People Will Always Need Plates to give away four sets of books and platters in anticipation of their upcoming first book, London Buildings: An Architectural Tour. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Two stark concrete houses in Lisbon feature secluded courtyards with overflowing ponds and swimming pools (photographs by Fernando Guerra). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Indonesian architects Budi Pradono have designed a leaning house for Jakarta with a tree growing inside. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In the first of two movies filmed by Dezeen at the Blickfang designworkshop in Vienna last month, curators Stefan Diez, Saskia Diez and Stephen Burks explain the workshop’s remit to develop designers’ business and branding skills. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An undulating landscape made of 65,000 discarded CDs carpets the floor of the Centquatre art space, housed in a former funeral home in Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: here’s the first image of the Kingdom Tower, about to begin construction in Jeddah and set to be the world’s tallest building at over 1000 metres. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New Designers 2011: design graduate Brendan Magennis has made a collection of flat-packed furniture that has no screws or glue and can be assembled with just a few hearty whacks of a mallet. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French architect Marc Fornes of THEVERYMANY has completed a perforated aluminium pavilion that resembles a giant piece of coral. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Pointed cantilevers project above an office block that is sandwiched between a corporate complex and a slum in Mumbai (photographs by Edmund Sumner). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Residents of this small Japanese house can warm their feet in a heated sunken hollow beneath the dining table. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: Jak, the second watch by New York designer Karim Rashid for Italian brand Alessi, is now available at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Can’t get enough concrete? Here’s a range of concrete stationery by London designer Magnus Pettersen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with us at Dezeen, Herzog & de Meuron and Tom Dixon, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Curiosity, Softroom, VW+BS and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Undulating timber panels line the walls and ceiling of a Japanese hotel room renovated by Touhoku University students. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: as the September 11 Memorial nears completion in New York, architecture critic Rowan Moore examines the political and professional infighting that continues to dominate the rebuilding of the World Trade Centre site - The Observer </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

One piece of plywood furniture inside this Polish apartment encompasses a bed, bookshelf, nightstand and wardrobe. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year Danish designers KiBiSi designed a flying car, Eindhoven duo BCXSY were dressed as cavemen in our top ten primitive designs and an ice cream laboratory opened in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Two of our most popular movies on Dezeen Screen this month featured a robot that wakes its owner then poos on the floor and rioting robots on the streets of London, so we’ve compiled Dezeen’s ten most popular stories about robots. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tiled surfaces, scientific apparatus and plastic curtains turn this Paris cafe into a coffee laboratory. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A roof terrace can be glimpsed between the metallic grey timber beams that surround a two-storey house near Riga, Latvia. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid’s aquatics centre for the London 2012 Olympics opened this week, exactly one year ahead of the opening ceremony, while new aerial photos of all the venues were released and the Olympic medal design failed to impress. See all our stories about the London 2012 Olympics here. Our most popular story of the week featured a cliff-top house inspired by a Picasso painting but our favourites were a kiosk at Grand Central made from torn copies of the New York Times, a community built around public toilets and a robot that steals your covers in the morning and poos all over the floor. Meanwhile we’ve made a few changes to Dezeen’s layout and navigation - take a …

London studio VW+BS have designed an office building for Singapore that resembles a giant periscope. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this interview filmed by Dezeen at the Tai Ping carpet showroom in London, Hong Kong designer Andre Fu talks about creating his new collection for the Chinese brand. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article