Local architecture studio Modu has used a metal-clad volume to increase the area of a Brooklyn apartment building by 30 per cent to prioritise outdoor living for residents and to combat "rapid gentrification". More about Modu uses metal tower structure to expand Brooklyn townhouse
Local entrepreneur Varun Kataria has unveiled a venue with a mix of colourful, retro details that contains the only permanent roller rink in New York City. More about Xanadu is a "fun and maximum" roller disco in Brooklyn
Dezeen School Shows: a community centre for creatives to encourage sustainable practice is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Bahrain. More about University of Bahrain presents ten architecture student projects
Perforated screens of white marble filter light and air into the Third Space learning and cultural centre in Udaipur, India, which has been completed by architecture practice Studio Saar. More about Studio Saar wraps cultural centre with perforated marble screens
Ghanaian studio Limbo Accra has created the Duho Pavilion within the grounds of a ruined hotel on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. More about Limbo Accra opens up abandoned Cayman Islands hotel with aluminium-pole sculpture garden
Rammed earth is often celebrated as a low-carbon method of constructing buildings, but some experts are beginning to cast doubt on its sustainability credentials. Amy Peacock reports. More about Cement-based rammed earth "not much better than concrete"
Swedish maker Love Hultén has collaborated with the country's Way Out West music festival to create the Future Fan Stage for an audience of sperm and eggs awaiting IVF. More about Love Hultén creates tiny music stage for crowd of sperm and eggs
Dezeen and Bentley have partnered for the second year running to launch a global competition calling for pioneering proposals that could have a powerful impact on how people live over the next 100 years. More about Bentley and Dezeen launch Start Something Powerful Competition
A display unit wrapped in burgundy-coloured leather forms the centrepiece of this apartment-style showroom in Milan, designed by local firm Eligo Studio for Italian winemaker Masciarelli Tenute Agricole. More about Eligo Studio creates homely Milan showroom for winemaker Masciarelli