News: the Australian Institute of Architects has announced 61 projects in the running for this year's National Architecture Awards, including a rainforest home in Malaysia, a plant and seed research facility and a restaurant inside an old Sydney police station. More
Fashion house Valentino's New York flagship store, with a grey Terrazzo interior by British architect David Chipperfield, has opened to shoppers (+ slideshow). More
Brutalism: next up in our series on Brutalist architecture is Habitat 67, the experimental modular housing presented by Moshe Safdie at the 1967 World Expo in Montreal as a vision for the future of cities (+ slideshow). More
London Design Festival 2014: the British capital's annual celebration of design officially kicks off on Saturday, so our design editor Dan Howarth has selected his pick of the best installations, locations and exhibitions to visit around the city between 13-21 September. More
Reactions to the Apple Watch, our series on Brutalist architecture and a cliff-hugging house (pictured), feature in this week's Dezeen Mail issue 219. Click through for the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
London designer James Christian has created a series of architectural parasites intended to occupy empty rooftops, car parks and greens of dilapidated estates across the capital for his residency at the city's Design Museum. More
In this movie produced by Dezeen for Biennale Interieur, Joost Vanhecke introduces this year's festival and explains why it runs a workshop for the 20 young designers selected for its Interieur Awards. More
The entire glazed front of this beach house in Hampshire, England, concertinas open to join a waterfront terrace (+ slideshow). More
News: Honda has launched a riposte to Google's driverless cars with a new saloon that incorporates automated collision prevention technologies and can connect with other road users (+ movie). More
Opinion: Scotland once boasted its own distinct regional building styles, but since devolution began in the 1990s Scottish architecture has fallen foul of the profit-chasing short-termism that has blighted the rest of the UK, says Owen Hatherley. More
London Design Festival 2014: design brand SCP is launching its latest collection of products, furniture and accessories across its two London shops next week, including new designs from Reiko Kaneko, Lucy Kurrein and Donna Wilson (+ slideshow). More
Visitors to Korea's National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art can now frolic over and amongst a field of mushroom-shaped inflatables based on the landscape of a Korean fairy tale (+ slideshow). More
Wood panels used for the floors of Venice's ubiquitous water taxis surround a bookcase and a coffee table by Italian designer Davide G Aquini (+ slideshow). More
The shell of the Leadenhall Building by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners – also known as the Cheesegrater – is now complete and has been handed over to its future tenants for fit out (+ slideshow). More