US firm Chen + Suchart Studio has renovated and expanded a 1930s dwelling in Phoenix, Arizona, adding a metal-clad volume with a window wall and a pointy roof (+ slideshow). More
Opinion: the light-filled, social spaces at Diller Scofidio + Renfro's medical education centre at Columbia University could make future doctors demand more from their workspaces and ultimately pave the way for better hospitals, says Alan G Brake. More
Open House London takes place this weekend, giving members of the public access to 750 buildings. Dezeen editor Anna Winston picks 10 of the best houses and apartments that will open their doors to nosy visitors and architecture enthusiasts. More
London Design Festival 2016: 50,000 metal triangles make up British designer Benjamin Hubert's undulating Foil installation, which casts light onto the V&A's medieval tapestries (+ movie). More
Brexit: the EU Referendum should never have happened according to German designer Konstantin Grcic, who said the decision by Britain's former prime minister David Cameron to host the vote was criminal. More
A UK House of Commons committee has announced plans for an inquiry that will focus in part on employment within the creative industries post Brexit. More
This week we're counting down the most-pinned brick interiors on Dezeen, including an auditorium in the Netherlands featuring vertical brickwork and a converted 1920s shophouse in Singapore. More
London Design Festival 2016: French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has convincingly sculpted blocks of black marble to look like the sea for an installation at the V&A museum. More
Nendo has taken its collection of chairs based on Japanese manga comics to New York, where they are on show as part of a light installation at Friedman Benda gallery (+ movie). More
Dezeen promotion: New London Architecture is now accepting entries for Don't Move, Improve! 2017, a competition to find the best house extensions in London. More
London Design Festival 2016: architect Alison Brooks has pushed the limits of cross-laminated timber with The Smile, an inhabitable "mega-tube" with both of its ends raised up into the air (+ slideshow). More
London Design Festival 2016: Bocci's creative director Omer Arbel has created a site-specific lighting installation for London's Barbican Centre (+ movie). More
Oliver Hernaiz Architecture Lab has completed a house on the Spanish island of Mallorca, made up of white blocks that are all oriented towards different viewpoints (+ slideshow). More
Oslo Architecture Triennale 2016: OMA has teamed up with creative studio Bengler to propose Panda, a app that allows workers being exploited digital sharing platforms like Uber and Airbnb to fight back against their employers. More
The jagged form of this climbing centre by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter is covered in grey, brown and white shingles that reference a snow-covered mountain behind the building (+ slideshow). More
