Dezeen promotion: Japanese magazine a+u: Architecture and Urbanism has dedicated its 600th issue to the experimental work of international studio MAD, including its newly completed YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten in Beijing. More about MAD's "futuristic designs" take centre stage in a+u magazine
We should be applauding social housing projects, but resist the rhetoric that sees council housing as the only solution to the housing crisis, says Owen Hopkins. More about The left "fetishises council housing with the same conviction as the right fetishises traditional styles"
Dezeen promotion: Swiss brand Geberit has developed a solution for draining water quickly from large roof areas and a pipe system that can deliver both drinking water and heating. More about Geberit develops flexible Mepla pipe and Pluvia drainage systems
Tangerine-coloured walls and terracotta-tile floors help enliven the formerly gloomy interior of Beam cafe in west London, designed by Ola Jachymiak Studio. More about Ola Jachymiak Studio brightens Beam cafe in London with orange hues
Stirling Prize-winning studio Mikhail Riches has unveiled details of the low-rise Passivhaus housing it is designing in York, UK, which will be net-zero carbon when in use. More about Mikhail Riches releases visuals for carbon-neutral housing scheme in York
Dezeen Showroom: Italian architect and designer Antonio Citterio has reinterpreted traditional wood and straw seating in his modernist, low-lying lounge chair for furniture brand Flexform. More about Tessa armchair by Antonio Citterio for Flexform
Royal College of Art graduate Marcel/a Baltarete has created a series of short animations depicting themselves as otherworldly beings to alleviate and interrogate their feelings of gender dysphoria. More about Marcel/a Baltarete uses 3D animation as therapy for gender dysphoria
Architecture platform RSAA designed Urbania, an immersive exhibition about city planning, for the Prague Institute of Planning and Development in the Czech Republic. More about Urbania is an interactive exhibition about city planning in Prague
Dezeen Showroom: leather straps peek out from below the plush upholstery of the Gregory sofa, designed by Antonio Citterio for Italian furniture brand Flexform. More about Gregory sofa by Antonio Citterio for Flexform
Phase Shifts Park in Taichung, Taiwan, has been designed by French landscape architects Mosbach Paysagistes and combines nature and technology to create a refuge from the heat and pollution of the city. More about Mosbach Paysagistes creates park for Taichung on site of former airport
Two prefabricated volumes form the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, which Estúdio 41 has completed for the Brazilian Navy's scientific research programme in King George Island, Antarctica. More about Estúdio 41 completes prefabricated Antarctic research station for Brazil
These photographs by architect Alessandra Cianchetta capture the construction of the tilted and patterned walls of the extension OMA has designed for a Jewish temple in Los Angeles, California. More about Photographs capture OMA's Jewish temple extension taking shape in LA
The increase in people working from home during the coronavirus pandemic risks a housing emissions crisis unless the government takes urgent action, says the Royal Institute of British Architects. More about RIBA warns of housing emissions crisis from surge in home working
New York design brand TRNK has juxtaposed furniture by seven contemporary design studios including Jomo Tariku with vintage African masks and furniture for its Provenanced exhibition. More about TRNK's Provenanced exhibition pays homage to the influence of African and non-western design
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has developed a free tool called FCBS Carbon to help architects estimate and reduce the whole-life carbon emissions of a building proposal. More about Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios launches tool to help architects achieve carbon-neutral buildings
Architecture office Tate Harmer has converted a 100-year-old fire station in Belsize Park, London, into a set of apartments. More about London's Belsize Fire Station converted into apartments by Tate Harmer
Bowed panels of cedar form a chaotic vortex-like structure in Embers, a restaurant in Taipei's Da'an district designed by local practice Curvink Architects. More about Embers restaurant in Taipei features a "vortex" of cedar planks
Designer Robert Dabi has created Poise, a flexible ring-shaped lamp that has three joints to allow it to swivel and tilt while remaining perfectly balanced. More about Poise is an interactive rotating lamp by Robert Dabi
Dezeen promotion: children between six and 18 years old can get a taste of the world of architecture at the first-ever International Youth ArchiDesign 2020 event, organised by Hong Kong education institute My ArchiSchool. More about My ArchiSchool to run symposium for aspiring architects in Hong Kong
Architectural photographer Hufton + Crow has created a video of MAD's YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten in Beijing, which incorporates a group of 18th-century buildings and is topped with a red playground. More about Hufton + Crow films MAD's playground-topped kindergarten in Beijing