Researchers at digital laboratory MIT Senseable City Lab have used handheld 3D-scanning technology to analyse the architecture of Rocinha, Brazil's largest favela. More about MIT Senseable City Lab maps Brazilian favela with handheld 3D-scanners
In this week's comments update, readers are debating UK prime minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds' 11 Downing Street flat makeover and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "This isn't about design, this is about politics" says commenter
Dezeen promotion: establishing a community design centre and creating new design training schools are some of the long-term goals set by the team behind Valencia's winning World Design Capital 2022 bid. More about Valencia reveals longterm vision as World Design Capital 2022
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish brand Argenta Cerámica has released the Carpenter collection of antibacterial tiles in natural shades that go together in any combination. More about Carpenter tile collection by Argenta Cerámica
As we count down the days to enter Dezeen Awards 2021, creative director Maxwell Mutanda says he is looking forward to seeing submissions from all over the world. More about "I will look for a diversity of approaches that promote novel ideas," says Dezeen Awards 2021 judge Maxwell Mutanda
Local studio Batek Architekten has refurbished the historic Blauer Stern cinema in Berlin using neon lights that reference the original mouldings in its foyer. More about Batek Architekten transforms Berlin arthouse cinema with saturated colours and neon lights
Art Gensler, the American architect, interior designer and founder of global architecture firm Gensler, has passed away at the age of 85 after a long illness. More about Founder of the world's largest architecture studio Art Gensler dies at 85
Architecture studio MAD has designed a three-venue civic centre in the city of Jiaxing, China, that will be topped with a continuous roof that has the form of a tarpaulin being blown in the wind, according to the studio. More about MAD tops Jiaxing Civic Center with roof shaped like a "tarp blown by the wind"
Eight local designers have created unusual furniture pieces for the Fictions exhibition that was set in dystopian surroundings in Montreal, Canada. More about Canadian designers create "mutated furniture" for a post-apocalyptic Montreal
Dezeen Showroom: informed by Harry Bertoia's midcentury wire seats, Michael Young has bent steel into organic shapes to create the Wired chair for La Manufacture. More about Wired chair by Michael Young for La Manufacture
The Italian government has approved plans designed by architecture studio Labics and Fabio Fumagalli with engineering firm Milan Ingegneria to create a remote-controlled, retractable floor within the Colosseum arena in Rome. More about Plans revealed for Colosseum amphitheatre's retractable floor
NASA has selected three projects from the Rhode Island School of Design's Space Design club for its development programmes, meaning the work could one day be tested in space. More about Rhode Island School of Design space club projects get NASA backing
UNESCO has unveiled plans to reconstruct the ruined Al-Nouri Mosque complex in Mosul, Iraq, with enclosed gardens, perforated brick buildings and more facilities for women. More about Destroyed Al-Nouri Mosque complex to be rebuilt in Mosul