Porky Hefer is expanding his interest in sustainable design by building a house. Just don't ask him for elevation plans. >

The overall winner of the Dutch Design Awards is 'Sweetie', a project that fights sex tourism online through an avatar that has the appearance of a young girl. >

Readers loved graphic design maestro Seymour Chwast's personal history of the evolution of styles this week. >

We're planning an exciting new exhibition on the second life of objects – and we want your work to be part of it. Apply before 31 October! >

The standard deadline for this global design competition is 30 September. Latecomers pay extra so register and submit your work today! >

This week Ilze Wolff's opinion piece on gender in architecture peaked readers' interested. See what else made it into the top five stories. >

Ilze Wolff questions her place in a profession that celebrates the achievements of the single, "star" – and invariably male – architect. >

Nigerian-born Ifeanyi Oganwu is a rising design talent who creates highly engineered, sculptural furniture. >