Scandi and US designers team up for Sight Unseen's Norway x New York exhibition
Designers from Norway and New York have worked together to create a collection of playful items, which will be shown during this month's NYCxDesign festival. More
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GT2P's Manufactured Landscapes exhibition features rippled coffee table
Chilean collective GT2P has used a computer to delicately cut wavy forms based on the Andes mountains into the top of a wooden coffee table, currently on show at New York gallery Friedman Benda. More
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Melania Trump designs logo for her Be Best children's initiative
First Lady of the United States Melania Trump personally designed the "clean-lined" logo that fronts her Be Best initiative, according to news reports. More
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"A narcissist using essays as adverts to win corporate clients"
In this week's comments update, readers were united in their objection to Patrik Schumacher's suggestion that deregulated capitalism was the solution to the global housing crisis. More
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Amanda Levete and Junya Ishigami among shortlist for Eiffel Tower overhaul
Four teams including architects Amanda Levete, Carlo Ratti and Junya Ishigami are vying to improve facilities at the Eiffel Tower, in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. More
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Bjarke Ingels joins WeWork as chief architect
Co-working company WeWork has announced Danish architect and BIG founder Bjarke Ingels will join the company in the role of chief architect. More
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Facebook's service company to move into Jean Nouvel's Barcelona skyscraper
The company hired by Facebook to combat fake news has rented eight floors of office space inside the Jean Nouvel-designed Torre Glòries skyscraper in Barcelona, Spain. More
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Vitrocsa offers floor-to-ceiling glazing that slides open around corners
Dezeen promotion: Vitrocsa's Turnable Corner glazing system is made up of full-height windows that can slide around corners, allowing architects to create panoramic views. More
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SOM converts century-old Chicago firehouse into Optimo hat factory
Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has paired blackened steel with warm-toned wood at a new headquarters for hat maker Optimo, created inside a historic firehouse in Chicago. More
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OMA stacks green glass boxes to create BLOX architecture centre on Copenhagen waterfront
An architecture centre, co-working space and apartments are housed within a development of stacked glazed blocks by OMA, which creates a "knot" around a busy intersection in Copenhagen. More
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Richard Yasmine's sustainable table lamps are environmental "wake-up call"
Beirut-based designer Richard Yasmine has created a series of handblown light bulbs that rest on bird's nests, to raise awareness of climate change. More
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Top architecture and design jobs this week include the V&A and Lee Broom
We've selected five of the best architecture and design roles available via Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions with the V&A, designer Lee Broom and Danish brand &tradition. More
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Eckford Chong adds blackened-timber garden studio to refurbished London house
UK architecture office Eckford Chong has renovated and extended an end-of-terrace property in east London, adding a garden studio that evokes traditional Japanese tea houses. More
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Paul Crofts designs storage system for Isomi made up of modular wooden units
Wooden cabinets can be stacked up in different configurations in the Assembled storage system, created by designer Paul Crofts for modular furniture brand Isomi. More
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Studio Strato creates cosy reading den in renovated Rome apartment
A reading room with a daybed and porthole window is built into the living room of Pointing House, a one-bedroom apartment in Rome designed by Studio Strato. More
