Robert Hutchison Architecture and Javier Sanchez Arquitectos include an extensive system for capturing and reusing stormwater for a family nature retreat in a mountainous region of Mexico. More about Water shortage concerns influence design of Rain Harvest Home in Mexico
A renovated flat by studio Nic Howett Architect that "feels like an oasis" has been named London's best new home improvement project by Don't Move Improve! 2023. More about The Secret Garden Flat named London's best new home renovation
Italian designer Piero Lissoni says that American clients are becoming more amenable to investing in detail-oriented architecture as he announces the official opening of Lissoni Architecture in New York City. More about US becoming more open-minded says Piero Lissoni as he announces New York architecture office
Promotion: an office with plaster walls that looks like rammed earth and a hotel bar with ombre walls feature in this roundup of interiors finished in custom plaster walls by British brand Clayworks. More about Ten interiors with textured wall finishes by Clayworks that create visual interest
Dezeen Showroom: Portuguese furniture brand Wooliv has launched the Zeus bed frame, which has a deliberately simple form crafted from wood. More about Zeus bed frame by Wooliv
Dezeen Showroom: Japanese office furniture brand Okamura has designed a flexible workspace named Lives Post + Beam, which includes a frame with sliding wall panels. More about Lives Post + Beam workspace by Okamura
A team of students and researchers from Barcelona's Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia has built a hillside timber pavilion with hanging walkways nestled in the trees. More about FLORA is a mass-timber research pavilion in Barcelona's forest canopy
The French pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale takes the form of the Ball Theater – a hemispherical stage that is intended to "reawaken our desires for utopia". More about Reflective hemispherical theatre enlivens French pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale
Tyres, walking frames and branches from New York's public parks are among the materials salvaged to form 24 chairs, as part of an exhibition that Marta gallery and auction house Catalog Sale are hosting inside an abandoned Chinatown building for NYCxDesign. More about Make-Do project challenges New York designers to create "improvised chairs" in three days
The founders of Italian practice Studio Fuksas have spoken to the Italian press about their designs for The Line mega city in Saudi Arabia, which are on display during the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about The Line "does not touch the poetry of the desert" says Massimiliano Fuksas
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish brand Gandia Blasco has launched the Islablanca outdoor furniture collection, which draws its form from the boxy, white-washed vernacular architecture of Ibiza and the surrounding Mediterranean region. More about Islablanca outdoor furniture collection by Gandia Blasco
In this week's comments update, readers discussed a block-long timber truss bridge that connects Manhattan's High Line to the renovated Penn Station and other top architecture and design stories. More about "Finally some warm colours in this neoliberal dystopia" says commenter
With just over one week until Dezeen Awards entries close, last year's sustainability winners explain how winning reinforced their belief in their work and helped them gain recognition. More about Winning a Dezeen Award is "beyond what words can explain" say past sustainability winners
The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art has unveiled plans for a major new building designed by Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye, which is on show at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about David Adjaye designs India's largest cultural centre for Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
Fashion house DZHUS paid homage to the plight of Ukrainian refugees when creating its Autumn Winter 2023 collection, which includes multifunctional clothing pieces clad with pockets. More about DZHUS creates pocket-covered clothes "saturated with symbolism"