Brooklyn-based Kaja Kühl has created a pair of guest houses on a farm in upstate New York that utilize prefabricated hempcrete bricks and timber to reduce carbon impact. More about Kaja Kühl adds pair of hempcrete and timber guesthouses to New York farm
Local studio Anonymous Architects has completed a residence with a concrete plinth that cantilevers off a mountainside in Los Angeles. More about Anonymous Architects embeds concrete house into Los Angeles hillside
Dezeen School Shows: a sound monitoring system that protects users from noise exposure is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Brunel University. More about Brunel University spotlights 10 design student projects
Dezeen Showroom: oversized rounded shapes characterise the Mt Curve Big chair, which forms part of the inaugural furniture collection from US studio BNF. More about Mt Curve Big chair by BNF Studio
Dezeen Showroom: designed to bring attention to a typically humble item of furniture, the Arc stool is the signature piece from the inaugural collection by US studio Juntos. More about Arc stool by Juntos
Dark-coloured concrete characterises Jae Haala, an angular holiday home that Java studio Wiyoga Nurdiansyah Architects has created in a forested valley in Indonesia. More about "Boxy and mysterious" villa nestles into forested valley in Indonesia
Italian studio Marcante-Testa has turned an industrial building in Venice into the canal-side Ca' Select bar, visitor centre and production facility. More about Marcante-Testa blends "unique characteristics of Venetian identity" for Ca' Select bar and distillery
Killer robots and god-like computers are far from the most pressing threats posed by artificial intelligence, AI ethicist Alice Xiang tells Dezeen in this interview. More about Rise of AI could see "a lot of people living as second-class citizens" warns Sony's Alice Xiang
Studio Jobs designer Job Smeets has designed Life on Mars, a window installation for fashion brand Hermès that will be on display in stores across France. More about Job Smeets fills Hermès windows with characters celebrating "dystopian" summer
A geometric installation that pours with rain features in the set design for The Crucible, created by Es Devlin to enhance the on-stage storytelling of playwright Arthur Miller's drama about the Salem witch trials. More about Es Devlin's The Crucible set features cyclical rain installation to symbolise "chaos"