A groundbreaking ceremony has taken place for an office building at NASA's field centre in Cleveland, designed by TEN Arquitectos, to coincide with the space agency's 60th anniversary. More about NASA Research Support Building by TEN Arquitectos begins construction in Ohio
Nike has revealed a sneaker with a bulbous heel, and a bold "retro future" design that the sports brand's team attributes to the current political climate. More about Nike's tallest airbag cushion boosts Air Max 720 shoe
San Francisco's new transportation hub has closed less than two months after opening, following the discovery of a major crack in one of its steel beams. More about Cracked beam forces closure of Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco
Tech company Kano has created a coding kit for the Harry Potter universe, with a wand that users can programme to cast spells when they wave their hand. More about Kano's Harry Potter wand kit lets you code spells
Slimmer, lighter devices are the goal for most technology companies, but not Kano. In this interview, the designers behind the pioneering STEM toy company make their case for tech products that can be easily disassembled. More about Kano battles "throwaway culture of electronics" by teaching kids how to take apart their tech
Architect Amin Taha has been served a demolition order for his stone-framed 15 Clerkenwell Close housing block in London, which is shortlisted for a Dezeen Award, and has already won an RIBA Award. More about Amin Taha ordered to demolish his RIBA Award-winning home and office 15 Clerkenwell Close
The concrete Mónaco building in the Colombian city of Medellín, once home to infamous drug baron Pablo Escobar, is set to be demolished to make way for a public space. More about Pablo Escobar's former Medellín home to be torn down
Dezeen promotion: interior designers the Sundukovy Sisters and Dezeen's Marcus Fairs are on the programme of the Villeroy and Boch Smart Design and Wellbeing 2018 conference taking place in Barcelona. More about Villeroy and Boch to explore hotel interiors of the future in smart design conference
Granby Workshop, the social enterprise set up by Turner Prize-winning architecture collective Assemble, has launched a range of brightly coloured tiles. More about Assemble's Granby Workshop releases "extremely vibrant" Encaustic Tiles
American architect Robert Gurney sought to open up views, and balance old and new, while renovating a four-storey historic dwelling in the Georgetown area of the US capital. More about Robert Gurney renovates 200-year-old brick townhouse in Washington DC
Assemble's approach to transforming a public bathhouse into an art centre is refreshing, says Owen Hatherley, but the results feels a little too much like a celebration of poverty. More about "Goldsmiths CCA is an art gallery not a squat, and it is unseemly for it to pretend to be one"
Danish architecture studio 3XN has won a competition to design an educational climate centre on the waterfront in Lemvig, on the west coast of Denmark. More about 3XN to design wave-shaped Climatorium on Danish coast
Australian studio Biasol has combined unevenly finished concrete walls with pale green fixtures and neon signage inside this day-to-night dining spot in central London. More about Farmer J restaurant in London boasts cloudy grey surfaces and green accents
South Korean artist Do Ho Suh has built a replica of his childhood home and installed it above a road in the City of London. More about Traditional Korean house installed above busy London street by Do Ho Suh
Italian designers Simone Caronni, Paolo Stefano Gentile and Pietro Gaeli have created an ecological packaging for fries made from recycled potato skins, as a sustainable alternative to paper. More about Peel Saver is an ecological packaging for fries made from potato skins
Textured brick facades are complemented by terracotta-toned communal spaces in this elderly housing complex, completed by French office Dominique Coulon & Associés in a suburb of Basel. More about Dominique Coulon adopts terracotta tones for riverside retirement home near Basel