Promotion: Prague International Design Festival Designblok 2023 welcomed over 40,000 visitors across its five-day programme of exhibitions, fashion shows, talks and workshops. More about Designblok celebrates 25th anniversary with exhibitions, talks and workshops
A staggered arrangement of windows and patterned sections of brickwork form the facade of 19 Waterloo Street, a house that Australian studio SJB has added to a small site in Sydney. More about Reclaimed materials form "playful and textured" facade of Sydney house
Chinese practice Lel Design Studio has completed a factory in Yongchun that combines traditional and modern brewing facilities for vinegar with a sightseeing route for tourists. More about "Sightseeing factory" in China celebrates the heritage of red vinegar
Continuing our Designing for Disaster series, disasters expert Ilan Kelman shares advice for designers and architects on averting catastrophe. More about "Design professionals can make choices to prove that disasters are not natural"
Furniture crafted from driftwood, "dresses" made from thousands of wood pieces and lamps 3D printed from tatami-resin were some of the highlights of Designart Tokyo. More about Seven Japanese designers working with neglected materials at Designart Tokyo
Dezeen has announced the 28-strong interiors shortlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards China, which includes projects by FOG Architecture, UNStudio and Atelier d'More. More about Dezeen Awards China 2023 interiors shortlist revealed
Glass screen doors, bespoke furniture and natural textures draw on the waterside location of Locke at East Side Gallery hotel in Berlin by architecture studio Grzywinski+Pons. More about Grzywinski+Pons designs Locke at East Side Gallery to "capture the strange magic" of Berlin
Promotion: a treehouse-like holiday home and a sauna on wheels are among the four wooden architecture projects named winners at the Thermory Design Awards for 2023. More about Thermory Design Awards names best wooden architecture projects for 2023
Lush plants and gravel beds feature in the Tokyo offices of real estate company Mitsui & Co, which local interior studio Flooat has designed to be "as stress-free as possible". More about Japanese garden design informs Tokyo real estate office by Flooat
Architecture studio Taller Capital has created a linear park in Mexico City that incorporates a walkway and made with materials optimised for water retention and dust mitigation. More about Taller Capital practises "retroactive infrastructure" for linear park in Mexico
US architecture studio Dash Marshall has completed an adaptive reuse project, transforming a historic garage into a performing arts theatre in Detroit, Michigan. More about Dash Marshall converts historic Detroit garage into black box theatre
Dezeen School Shows: a bathing pavilion informed by plants is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Waterloo. More about Ten architecture projects by students at the University of Waterloo
Promotion: Austrian facade specialist Rieder worked with architecture studio Faerber to preserve the original structure of a townhouse through the installation of a three-dimensional concrete facade. More about German townhouse preserved with precast Rieder concrete facade
Dezeen Showroom: American materials brand 3form has recently launched its highest-rated acoustic product, Hush Blocks – a chunky and fun extension to its Elements series. More about Elements Hush Blocks by 3form
A cantilevered form with thatched surfaces defines Summer House, a holiday home designed by architecture studio RAPA on the shores of Lake Balaton in Hungary. More about RAPA combines thatch and stone at lakeside holiday home in Hungary
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has recently launched a book, radio series and campaign calling for more "humanised" architecture. Here he picks 10 buildings that are "givers rather than takers". More about Thomas Heatherwick selects 10 "humanised" buildings for Dezeen
Increasingly prevalent disasters mean collaboration and humility in architecture are more important than ever says Mehmet Kalyoncu, the architect coordinating efforts to rebuild following the Turkey-Syria earthquake. More about Turkey-Syria earthquake rebuild "most sophisticated urban problem in the world" says Mehmet Kalyoncu
Dezeen Showroom: designed in-house by British brand Morgan, Valencia seating is intended as a lighter and more visually interesting alternative to typical modular sofas. More about Valencia modular seating by Morgan
Wildfires can be detected before they spread or even before they start using a new satellite-enabled sensor system created by a group of Turkish recent design graduates and spotlighted by Dezeen as part of our Designing for Disaster series. More about "The trees themselves" raise wildfire alarm in ForestGuard detection system
Dezeen has announced the 34-strong architecture shortlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards China, which includes buildings by Trace Architecture Office, AIM Architecture and Thomas Heatherwick. More about Dezeen Awards China 2023 architecture shortlist revealed