Local studio Colleen Healey Architecture has teamed up with Lynley Oglvie Landscape Design to renovate an early 20th century house alongside a private meadow in Washington DC. More about Colleen Healey Architecture inserts glass kitchen under historic porches of Washington DC home
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Shanghai Grand Opera House by Snøhetta. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "the most beautiful public stair design I have seen"
California governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that exempts infill housing from environmental review under the state's California Environmental Quality Act in the hopes of expediting development. More about California exempts infill housing from environmental review in state's "most consequential" housing reform
Dezeen School Shows: a chair and footstool designed to help children adjust to desk work is among the product design projects from Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art. More about Chair that supports children's learning among projects from Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Fiandre aimed to capture the qualities of geological matter created at the time of the Big Bang in Pulsar, a stone-look tile collection. More about Pulsar ceramic surfaces by Fiandre
Indian office Iksoi Studio has remodelled a former factory in the western state of Gujarat into its new HQ, drawing on "memories, familiar forms and emotional attachments of the past". More about Iksoi Studio turns Indian factory into own architecture studio
Chinese electronics company Honor has regained its lead in the ongoing race to create the thinnest possible folding phone with the release of its 8.8-millimetre-thick Magic V5. More about Honor's Magic V5 claims title of "world's thinnest" folding phone
British designer Jasper Morrison has created a collection of cherry wood cutlery for French silverware company Puiforcat, coated using a Japanese lacquering technique. More about Jasper Morrison designs "super-normal" wooden cutlery
Dezeen Showroom: designed for both lounging and hosting guests, Christian Werner's Prado sofa for Ligne Roset has a distinctively relaxed aesthetic. More about Prado sofa by Christian Werner for Ligne Roset
Running clubs are a stimulating alternative to the staid networking drinks that dominate the design industry, writes Jo Barnard. More about "Design studios should start organising running clubs"
Architecture studio ASKA has created the Experience Center for skincare brand Lumene, which features soft pastel hues and interiors that draw on natural phenomena. More about ASKA designs Lumene showroom and HQ as "an abstracted landscape"
Spanish interiors studio Isern Serra has updated an apartment in Barcelona, introducing monochrome micro-cement surfaces and collectible design pieces to create a gallery-like atmosphere. More about Isern Serra blurs the lines between home and gallery with Barcelona apartment renovation