Pritzker Prize-winning architect and Eero Saarinen protégé Kevin Roche has passed away aged 96, leaving behind a "formidable body of work" including New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Ford Foundation headquarters. More
Sharks suspended in formaldehyde, graphics of oversized pills and flooring patterned with butterflies await high-rolling guests staying in this hotel suite, which British artist Damien Hirst has designed for the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. More
New York gallery Friedman Benda is hosting the first solo exhibition of work by Lebanese designer Najla El Zein, which includes sculptural furniture influenced by pregnancy and seduction. More
Van Staeyen Interieur Architecten has used built-in furniture and bright colours to create both fun and functionality in a house renovation in Antwerp. More
US firm Caleb Johnson Studio has raised this cedar-clad coastal dwelling in Maine on wooden stilts so that the "landscape is allowed to flow under the house". More
Dezeen promotion: the Whass office chair, created by Item Designworks for Spanish brand Actiu, is designed for flexible use. More
John Pawson has stacked up 61 tree trunks to create a space of rest and contemplation on a cycle route in southwest Germany. More
Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created a range of glass lights for Swedish heritage brand Svenskt Tenn, marrying together a print by Josef Frank with Venetian glassblowing techniques. More
Artist Joe Sweeney has installed a phone box on the English coast that invites people to share their feelings about Brexit, in an interactive public artwork called +44. More
China is planning to build the world's first solar power station in space to provide "inexhaustible clean energy", according to reports. More
Tactile surfaces made from sisal plant fibres helped Master Studio foster an inviting atmosphere inside this pared-back coffee bar in Cape Town, South Africa. More
This week we've selected five of the best job vacancies in architecture, interiors and design available on Dezeen Jobs, including roles at Olafur Eliasson's studio and Amanda Levete's architecture firm. More
Four designers from London's Royal College of Art have recycled the toxic red mud residue from aluminium production to make a series of terracotta-hued cups, bowls and teapots. More
Morris + Company has staggered a terrace of brick houses for the elderly within the grounds of a 17th century mansion in Sevenoaks, Kent. More
