New York firm GRT Architects has used a simple palette to offset the existing details of this mid-century house in New York's Hudson Valley, which it overhauled for the architect's grandchild. More about GRT Architects revitalises mid-century house in Upstate New York
Airbnb's offshoot design studio Samara has hired Apple industrial designer Miklu Silvanto to join the company's housebuilding initiative. More about Airbnb's Samara hires Apple industrial designer to join housing initiative
Stop worrying about the privatisation of public spaces, says Owen Hopkins, because the biggest threat to our democracy is the internet. More about "The internet is broken and technology alone won't be enough to fix it"
Red handmade bricks and corrugated metal form this dormitory at a school in an Andean village in Bolivia, which was designed and built by Berlin architecture students and German architect Ralf Pasel. More about Ralf Pasel and students use handmade bricks for boarding house at Bolivia school
In this week's comments update, readers are angered by designs proposed to replace Notre-Dame Cathedral's destroyed spire. More about "Quasimodo will be very disappointed"
Bags made of supposedly biodegradable plastics remain intact and useable three years after being dropped in the sea or buried underground, researchers have found. More about Biodegradable plastics offer "no advantage" over conventional plastics in reducing ocean pollution
Steven Holl Architects has designed two glass towers linked by garden bridges, which will become the headquarters for biotech company iCarbonX in Shenzhen, China. More about Steven Holl reveals pair of towers connected by plant-filled bridges in Shenzhen
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc's Notre-Dame spire was much loved, but it was a fake. A modern replacement could become just as revered, says Tom Ravenscroft. More about "Viollet-le-Duc would not hesitate to build a new roof and spire"
Portuguese architect Filipe Fonseca da Costa has renovated an apartment in southwest Lisbon, creating bright living spaces while highlighting structural details. More about Filipe Fonseca da Costa keeps things simple in renovated Lisbon apartment
Dezeen promotion: windows by manufacturer Fakro dot the roof of this bright white office building in southern Poland, filling its interiors with natural light. More about Fakro windows bring light into revamped 1920s office building in Poland
Automobile maker Ford has borrowed anti-collision technology from its cars to build a supermarket trolley that children can't crash. More about Ford makes Self-Braking Trolley that can't be crashed
London architecture studio Featherstone Young has built the Bay 20 community centre to replace the gym lost by the Dale Youth Amateur Boxing Club in the Grenfell Tower fire. More about Featherstone Young builds boxing gym for Grenfell Tower club