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Issue 141 28/02/13

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This week sees the launch of Dezeen and MINI World Tour! Find out more about the cities we'll visit here and look out for our first movie report from Cape Town.

Beautiful Steps by Lang/Baumann

Lang/Baumann's flights of staircases in odd places have been getting plenty of attention. Read the story and comments »

Auditorium Aquila by Renzo Piano Building Workshop

One reader thinks Renzo Piano's flat-pack concert hall is too colourful to stage any but the cheeriest of productions. Read the story and comments »

Community In A Cube by FAT

FAT has horrified readers with this pile of building typologies including a Swiss chalet, a housing block and two gabled houses. Read the story and comments »

A Million Times by Humans Since 1982

Humans Since 1982 has readers in awe of its digital display board made of 288 analogue clocks. Read the story and comments »

BIG & small House by Anonymous Architects

One reader claims to be "too terrified" to live in this house on an LA hillside by Anonymous Architects, but it's still our most popular story this issue. Read the story and comments »

Google unveils video preview of Google Glass headset

A video showing what it'll be like to wear Google's voice-controlled headset has some readers worried they'll be turned into cyborgs. Read the story and comments »

Wonderwall House by SO

Not everyone's keen on the glazed bathroom overlooking the pool at this house in Thailand by Situation-based Operation. Read the story and comments »

"Offices designed as fun palaces are fundamentally sinister"

In this week's Opinion column, Sam Jacob calls for an end to the "tyranny of fun" in office design. Read the story and comments »

Het Arresthuis hotel in a former prison by Van der Valk hotels

Commenters often think interiors on Dezeen look like prisons, but this boutique hotel actually used to be one. Read the story and comments »

Plicate by Benjamin Hubert for NAVA

Plicate by Benjamin Hubert for NAVA is now back in stock at Dezeen Watch Store, plus we're offering free shipping on orders over £60. Buy Plicate now for £125 »

Hut In Woods by Yoshiaki Nagasaka

This Japanese house by architect Yoshiaki Nagasaka has been popular but some readers are growing tired of plywood interiors. Read the story and comments »

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Jonathan Fortney from the USA, Sofiya Mushyakhova from Switzerland, Faye Ambrose from the UK, Ki Youn Kim from Ireland and Romanos Tsomos from Greece all won an Ostføld felt and leather case.

Ruth Horrocks from the UK, Domenic Cerantonio from Australia, Dara Amiri from Iran, Sara Varela from the UK and Katerina Deligianni from Greece all won a set of Origrami Instagram prints.

Sam Wood from the USA and Asude Şeyma Öner from Turkey both won a copy of BOOM by Yuri Suzuki.

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