Aberto/03 and 16th Alvar Aalto Symposium – The Weight of Architecture among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this August. More about Five architecture and design events in August from Dezeen Events Guide
Design students from the Chelsea College of Arts have staged an exhibition at Yorkton Workshops in Hackney that acts as "a microcosm of London" and explores the issues keeping its residents up at night. More about Furniture made from London's broken bike locks features in People and Places exhibition
Local studio Henkai Architekti has created Pustevny Gateway, a wood-clad visitor centre with a matching bell tower on the Beskydy Mountains ridge in the Czech Republic. More about Henkai Architekti clads mountain visitor centre in wooden shingles
The Royal Institute of British Architects has unveiled its shortlist for this year's Stirling Prize, made up of six British buildings that are "purposeful yet unassuming". More about RIBA unveils Stirling Prize 2024 shortlist
Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis has created four rotating glass pillars for the plaza of Atlanta's High Museum of Art. More about Sabine Marcelis creates spinning pillars for High Museum of Art
Mexican studios JSa and Mta+v have teamed up to create a curving housing complex in Mexico City with three volumes wrapped around a central spiral staircase that leads to a rooftop garden. More about JSa and Mta+v create housing complex in Mexico City with three towers
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Architecture studio Conner + Perry Architects has made additions to the area surrounding the Sheats-Goldstein Residence in Los Angeles, which American architect John Lautner designed in the 1960s. More about Conner + Perry Architects completes terrace addition at Lautner house in LA
Local studio Patrick Bradley Architects has added a cantilevered shipping container to ruined walls on an old farm in Northern Ireland to create a contemporary house with an annexe. More about Patrick Bradley Architects adapts ruins into house using shipping container
Next in our Olympic Impact series, we speak to French architect Dominique Perrault about his ambitions for the Olympic Village in Paris beyond the games this summer. More about Paris 2024 aftermath "most dangerous time" for Olympic Village says Dominique Perrault
Sportswear brand Adidas has released the F50+ football boot, which it believes is its fastest ever and could usher in an era of football super shoes. More about Adidas unveils "first football super shoe"
Dezeen Showroom: Foster + Partners Industrial Design brings craft to adaptable office furniture with the solid wood ILE modular system, created for British brand Benchmark. More about ILE modular system by Foster + Partners for Benchmark
Architecture firm Studio Anne Holtrop has renovated the Siyadi Pearl Museum and mosque in Bahrain, using a plastering technique designed to maintain "characteristics of the past". More about Studio Anne Holtrop adds textured plaster walls to Bahrain pearl museum
Artist Na Chainkua Reindorf has refurbished two basketball courts in Downtown Manhattan together with cosmetics brand Glossier, creating large-scale artworks to celebrate women in sport. More about Na Chainkua Reindorf creates "empowering and inspiring" artwork for NYC basketball courts
Nine kilometres of ribbon were used for one ball alone in series three of Netflix's Regency-era drama Bridgerton, which features decadent set designs that "soaked up materials". More about Natalie Papageorgiadis dresses Bridgerton sets with lashings of silk and gold trim
Design studio Tutto Bene looked to surrealist artworks and Italian modernist exhibition design when creating the interior for this eyewear store in Islington, north London. More about Tutto Bene uses silk and glass details to create "artist's loft" Cubitts store
An abandoned school building converted into art galleries and a furniture collection informed by a childhood baseball bat were among the objects and exhibitions on display during Upstate Art Weekend in the Hudson Valley. More about Five design-focused exhibitions from Upstate Art Weekend
Local studio Arkitito Arquitetura has created a trapezoidal, stucco-clad house on a triangular garden lot in São Paulo, Brazil. More about Arkitito Arquitectura places São Paulo house between terraced gardens
Dezeen Showroom: Italian tile maker Casalgrande Padana has released a floor and wall tile named Le Ville Valmanara, which is informed by Venetian terrazzo. More about Le Ville Valmanara tiles by Casalgrande Padana
Dezeen Showroom: designer Patricia Urquiola has created a curved seat for Spanish furniture brand Andreu World that can be used solo or combined with others to form a modular sofa. More about Bolete Lounge Bio seating by Patricia Urquiola for Andreu World