Dezeen spoke to British-Japanese design duo Studio Swine about the future of technology, art and design during this talk held in New York at Brooklyn creative space A/D/O. More about Watch our talk with Studio Swine in Brooklyn
Amazon has invested in Californian home design and prefabrication company Plant Prefab, with plans to integrate its suite of voice-controlled Alexa devices into affordable easy-to-build houses. More about Amazon to develop Alexa-enabled prefab homes
In this week's comments update, readers can't agree on whether architect Amin Taha's Dezeen Award-shortlisted housing block is beautiful, or ugly and should be demolished. More about "Amin, it's ugly demolish it"
Pale pink window casings, potted plants and fresh produce colour this vegan restaurant in Tel Aviv, with interiors by local firm Amit Studio. More about Amit Studio enlivens Tel Aviv cafe Bana with pink windows and metal racks
Models walked through a kaleidoscopic tunnel intended to replicate the inner workings of a computer at Balenciaga's Spring Summer 2019 ready-to-wear show at Paris Fashion Week. More about Balenciaga's Spring Summer 2019 collection aims to question the digital era
Dezeen promotion: movies about famous architects and Dezeen's drone documentary Elevation will be shown during the Architecture & Design Film Festival in New York, 16-21 October 2018, and readers receive a discount on tickets. More about Architecture & Design Film Festival New York includes world and US premieres
A trio of elevated walkways links two wings of a glass-faced office building by SHoP Architects, which is located four blocks away from the White House. More about Sky bridges criss-cross SHoP's Midtown Center in Washington DC
Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Concert Hall in Yekaterinburg, Russia. More about Zaha Hadid Architects to design concert hall for Ural Philharmonic Orchestra
Danish architecture studio Tredje Natur has installed a street paving system in Copenhagen that aims to reduce street flooding and create green spaces. More about Anti-flood greenery-boosting Climate Tile installed in Copenhagen street
MAD, Penda and Open Architecture are among 10 Asian studios that have built futuristic concept homes in Beijing, including a living garden, a nomadic Martian pod and a modular home inspired by Beijing's hutongs. More about 10 architects imagine the Chinese home of the future for China House Vision exhibition
Stephanie Chaltiel used drones to coat a shelter in clay, demonstrating a fast construction method that could be used in refugee camps and disaster zones. More about Mud-spraying drones build prototype for emergency homes
Architecture studio TDO has transformed a disused church hall in London into a versatile office for estate agent The Modern House, which feature lofty ceilings and modular furniture. More about TDO designs office for The Modern House inside 20th-century church hall
The Royal Academy of Arts in London is exhibiting a design for a city island, populated entirely with buildings designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. More about Renzo Piano's studio designs "imaginary island" containing 102 of the architect's projects
London-based graphics studio Åbäke has used a poisonous fish as the starting point for an educational journey, and is showcasing the results at the Istanbul Design Biennial. More about Åbäke establishes year-long School of Fugu to explore radical new way of learning
Here's a detailed look at 15 Clerkenwell Close, the housing block built by Amin Taha + Groupwork with a rugged structure of raw quarried limestone, which is currently under threat of demolition. More about Stone skeleton of Amin Taha's 15 Clerkenwell Close pays tribute to 11th-century abbey