Concrete walls sink into the ground at VAUMM's MNGB House in Spain
A wall of windows fronts this angular concrete house by VAUMM, which is sunken into the landscape of a sloping site in the suburbs of Gipuzkoa, Spain (+ slideshow). More
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James Lee designs Paperclip Armrest to end elbow grapples on the plane
Fights over the armrest in an airline cabin or auditorium could be eradicated with this two-tiered support by Hong Kong designer James Lee (+ slideshow). More
Strelka transforms Russian Pavilion into a trade fair of architectural ideas
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: the Russian Pavilion at the biennale is dressed up as a trade fair, where 20 fictional companies present examples of modern Russian architecture as products and concepts for sale (+ slideshow). More
Antony Gormley creates a giant metal sculpture you can sleep in
News: British sculptor Antony Gormley has added a crouched figure containing a guest suite to the facade of a London hotel. More
Arup unveils its first 3D-printed structural steel building components
News: engineering firm Arup has produced prototype 3D-printed steel construction joints that could be used to create more efficient structures. More
Honeywell joins connected-home market with Lyric smart thermostat
News: US technology firm Honeywell has released a minimal smart thermostat that learns household routines, a rival to Nest's similar connected home product. More
Competition: five architectural sculptures by Chisel & Mouse to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with UK studio Chisel & Mouse to give readers the chance to win a miniature architectural sculpture from their collection. More
MVRDV converts a chapel into an entrance for the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Dutch studio MVRDV has transformed a neoclassical chapel into the main entrance for a museum of modern art in Schiedam, the Netherlands, adding bright red shelves between the listed building's existing features (+ slideshow). More
Augmented reality road markings and signage "could be applied as a digital layer"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: London designer Keiichi Matsuda explains how augmented reality could transform the way we navigate the city in the first of our video interviews with designers participating in our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition. More
Chilean Pavilion in Venice centres around a politically charged concrete wall
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: Chile's Silver Lion-winning pavilion at the biennale centres around a prefabricated concrete wall that is closely tied to both the country's political history and its 20th century housing stock (+ slideshow). More
Timber daybed by chmara.rosinke features built-in privacy screens
Austrian studio chmara.rosinke created this Japanese-influenced daybed with rotating textile screens as a place to retreat and think, for a design competition run by fashion house Hermès (+ slideshow). More
Bedaux de Brouwer Architecten uses red brick for Dutch countryside house
Bedaux de Brouwer Architecten sourced locally produced bricks for the walls of this house in the Dutch countryside, but also installed a large glazed wall to offer views of the picturesque landscape (+ slideshow). More
Mori pendant lamps by Rich Brilliant Willing encase light in a cocoon
Webbed fabric is stretched over crossed wire hoops to form these cocoon-like pendant lamps by New York studio Rich Brilliant Willing. More