Los Angeles firm Studio AR+D has built a weathering steel-clad guardhouse for a new neighbourhood in Palm Springs, with cantilevers that form a roof over a parking spot and large boulder. More about Cantilevered roof extends from Palm Springs guardhouse by Studio AR+D
In this week's comments update, readers are divided over a tool that allows homeless people to earn money by posing controversial questions to passersby. More about "Turning the homeless into political tools for an agenda dehumanises them"
The UK's vibrant design economy is at risk from education policies that undervalue creativity, according to Design Business Association chief executive Deborah Dawton. More about "Paintbrushes are being snatched out of children's hands" says Design Business Association head
Architecture office Wernerfield has created a rectangular pool house with glazed walls and a green roof for a hilly estate in northern Texas. More about Native plants blanket rooftop of Texas cabana by Wernerfield
At just four metres wide Ana Rocha Architecture's wooden skinny house in Almere Poort, the Netherlands, has a frame that took only two days to build and occupies less space than a double parking slot. More about Sliding doors and built-in furniture save space inside skinny house by Ana Rocha Architecture
Filmmaker Gary Hustwit has released a series of trailers offering a preview of an upcoming feature-length documentary that focuses on the life and career of German designer Dieter Rams. More about Trailers reveal snippets of upcoming Dieter Rams documentary
A modular barrier system that can be assembled in under an hour to protect fans from vehicle-led terrorist attacks has been installed at Burnley and Manchester United football stadiums. More about Modular anti-terror barriers adopted at Premier League football stadiums
Dezeen teamed up with Dulux Trade to host a breakfast conversation with architects Mark Dytham and Dara Huang on the theme of future-proofing design. More about Watch our talk with Dulux Trade at the RIBA in London
This installation by British artist Antony McCall invites visitors to walk through planes of light that create illuminated shapes on walls inside the David Chipperfield-designed Hepworth Wakefield gallery. More about Light beams create three-dimensional forms at Antony McCall's Solid Light Works exhibition
Architecture studio Penda has released visualisations of a house designed for a tiny plot near the German city of Kassel that show how its owners will be able to grow food on both sides of its terraced roof. More about Self-sufficient Yin & Yang house incorporates gardens on its interlocking roof
A 1960s Midtown Manhattan skyscraper by architecture firm SOM will become the largest building ever to be deliberately destroyed, when it is knocked down in favour of a new tower that will soar 150 metres taller. More about SOM's modernist Park Avenue skyscraper faces demolition
A university campus designed by Oscar Niemeyer in Brazil's São José dos Campos has gained a huge new science building, which is intended to echo a nearby education wing built by the modernist architect. More about Metro adds science building to Niemeyer-designed tech campus in Brazil
Design gallery The Future Perfect has opened another California location, this time inside a house that once belonged to Elvis Presley in Beverly Hills. More about Casa Perfect showroom opens in Elvis Presley's former Los Angeles home
Virgin has revealed a prototype design of the pods that will be used on the Hyperloop One network to transport passengers between Dubai and Abu Dhabi in just 12 minutes. More about Virgin unveils first prototype of Hyperloop One passenger pod
One of American architect Richard Meier's earliest projects, the Smith House, is portrayed in a fresh set of images by photographer Mike Schwartz to commemorate the influential project's 50th anniversary. More about Richard Meier's 1960s Smith House captured in new photographs
London-based studio Here Design has created a new brand identity for Italian seed company Piccolo, including updated packaging designed to look like a miniature book series. More about Piccolo seed packaging rebranded to look like miniature book collections
Nokia has relaunched its 8810 phone from the 1990s, complete with its original curved, bright yellow cover often likened to a banana. More about Nokia resurrects bright yellow "banana phone"
Scandinavian practice Henning Larsen Architects has unveiled plans to transform the east bank of the River Lagan in Belfast, Northern Ireland, using the redevelopment of Copenhagen harbour as a model. More about Henning Larsen Architects reveals £400 million Belfast waterfront masterplan
This week we've selected five of the best architecture and design jobs available via Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Büro Ole Scheeren in China and Hay in Copenhagen. More about Top five architecture and design jobs this week include roles at Hay and Büro Ole Scheeren
Goldsmith-turned-pâtissier Kia Utzon-Frank has designed a series of flødeboller sweets inspired by the Barbican's brutalist-style architecture. More about Kia Utzon-Frank creates brutalist-inspired marshmallow treats