New York studio Group Project has designed new rubbish bins for New York City streets that include a "sleek aesthetic, bold recycling messaging, and significant ergonomic improvements." More about New York City's rubbish bins are redesigned
American company Heliogen has managed to concentrate solar energy to temperatures of more than 1000 degrees Celsius – hot enough to provide a fossil-fuel-free way to make concrete. More about Heliogen's 1000C solar-heating technology could be key to low-emission cement
American studio Faulkner Architects has transformed a rustic building in northern California into a simple dwelling sheathed in salvaged redwood and weathering steel. More about Faulkner Architects converts barn in California's wine country into minimal bunkhouse
Snøhetta celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. In the first part of an exclusive interview with Dezeen, co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen explains that the firm's ultimate aim has always been to make buildings for the betterment of society. More about Merging architecture and landscape "came very naturally" to Snøhetta says co-founder
We continue our high-tech architecture series with a profile of Michael and Patty Hopkins, who designed one of the movement's most pragmatic buildings – Hopkins House – and went on to develop historicist high-tech architecture. More about Michael and Patty Hopkins took high-tech architecture to historical settings
From a snow-covered gabled home to clifftop residences, Canada's residential architecture continued to boom this year. Bridget Cogley selects 10 highlights to continue our review of 2019. More about Dezeen's top 10 Canadian houses of 2019
JKMM Architects has designed an extension to Finland's national museum in Helsinki topped with a white, disc-shaped concrete roof. More about JKMM Architects designs disc-shaped extension to National Museum of Finland
Clay bricks, onyx and plush velvet are just some of the materials that creative duo Giada Forte and Robert Vattilana have used for the interior of this fashion boutique, which has opened in west London. More about Material palette of London's Forte Forte boutique is a "visual and chromatic melody"
Polish designer Kamila Rudnicka has created an artificial insemination tool that doubles up as a sex toy, in the hopes of restoring pleasure to an often clinical process. More about Kamila Rudnicka designs at-home insemination kit for use as part of sex
Dezeen promotion: in our latest competition, Dezeen has partnered with glassware brand Nude to give away three whiskey bottles from its Malt collection. More about Competition: win a Malt Whisky Tall bottle by Mikko Laakkonen for Nude
Architecture studio Rombout Frieling Lab and Research Institutes of Sweden have created the Station of Being as a prototype bus stop for use in the Arctic region, which uses sound and light to alert passengers to approaching buses. More about Station of Being is an interactive Arctic bus stop