Low-cost forest cabin, Facebook's OMA-designed village and more of this week's top stories

Follow us This week we live-streamed Balkrishna Doshi's lecture at the Royal Academy of Arts and spoke to him about India's architectural heritage. Read on for more of the best stories on Dezeen... "Stands head and shoulders above the crowd"   Readers love this extension to an Italian villa, featuring glazed walls that descend into the ground to open the living area up to the garden. Read the story and comments › "Limited usefulness"   Factory workers can sit down on this "chairless chair" whenever they need to, but will the design revolutionise the workplace? Read the story and comments › "I seriously question the $20,000 budget"   One reader can't believe how little this single-room forest cabin in upstate New York cost its clients to build themselves. Read the story and comments › "Facebook clearly sees itself in a utopian future, rather than the dystopian present"   Readers say the OMA-designed plans for a new residential village next to Facebook's headquarters point to a brave new world. Read the story and comments › "A house made of pot is what every artist needs"   "Cannabis walls" make up this artist's house in Israel, which readers say is a fitting home for its environmentally conscious occupants. Read the story and comments › "Great to see a designer with a sense of humour"   This minimalist revamp of a storage shed by Canadian architect Jean Verville isn't as austere as it seems, says one commenter. Read the story and comments › "I don't always understand her work, but it is wonderfully eccentric"   Commenters can't wait to visit the first UK solo show of Memphis Group member Nathalie du Pasquier in 25 years. Read the story and comments › "Gimmick on a hill"   A recycled shipping container tops this Indonesian holiday home, but readers say the form of adaptive reuse has become a cliché. Read the story and comments › "Not really practical here on Earth, but would be great in space"   The world's first horizontal-vertical elevator system has been built in Germany, but readers say it belongs in a science-fiction movie. Read the story and comments › "Wooden flying saucer"   This shingled art pavilion in Fukuyama is shaped like a ship to commemorate deaths at sea, but readers are drawing other comparisons. Read the story and comments › "This screams Carlo Scarpa"   This London house, which features a lightwell set into a courtyard garden, reminds one reader of a famous Venetian architect. Read the story and comments › "For those who value privacy above all"   Is this Tokyo house too secretive? Chop + Archi cut lightwells into its corners, but readers aren't convinced by the windowless facade. Read the story and comments ›           Dezeen Jobs   Are you looking for a role in architecture or design? Visit Dezeen Jobs, where we've got 110 new jobs this week including: Junior architect at MAD Architects in Beijing, China ›  Interior designer at WeWork in New York, USA › Urban designer/masterplanner at Hawkins Brown Architects in London, UK › Interview   India's young architects must be taught to appreciate their design heritage, says Balkrishna Doshi › Most popular   100,000 books used for Parthenon replica on Nazi book-burning site › Most liked   Female artists customise Adidas trainers to represent 50 US states › Most tweeted   "Architects should be more critical and visionary" says Ma Yansong › Most pinned   The Society Hotel offers affordable boutique accommodation › Most commented   Design of Mother Teresa's sari trademarked to combat "misuse" › News   World Interior of the Year 2017 shortlist announced › More news › Architecture   Mesh curtains draped over Bahrain music centre › More architecture › Design   Drop by Drop is a plant-based water filter for the home › More design › Interiors   Dirty Bones restaurant aims to recreate the glamour of Studio 54 › More interiors › Technology   Artefact's Aim health clinic can drive itself to the patient › More technology › Competitions   Win a book showcasing drone photography around the world › More competitions › Dezeen Hot List   Dezeen Hot List reveals the 400 hottest forces in architecture and design ›

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