Dezeen Showroom: Swedish furniture company Skargaarden has collaborated with Studio Norrlandet to release a versatile sofa that can be placed indoors or outdoors. More about Saltholm sofa by Studio Norrlandet for Skargaarden
Local studio Atelier Data has built the Praia Grande house in Portugal's Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, which is made from five interconnected volumes and features a swimming pool designed to look like a pond. More about Atelier Data completes house between pine trees in Portuguese national park
Toymaker Mattel and architecture magazine Pin-Up have released a book celebrating Barbie's Dreamhouse to mark its 60th anniversary. Here, the editors pick six emblematic examples that show how the dollhouse has evolved. More about Six Barbie Dreamhouses that chart the evolution of the American home
Architecture studio Urb has proposed creating The Loop as a covered highway for cyclists and pedestrians that would wrap around Dubai. More about Urb proposes 93-kilometre cycling highway "to make Dubai the most connected city on earth"
Fashion brand Loewe has released a pair of grassy sneakers covered in shaggy green raffia, an updated version of the grass-covered shoes revealed at its Spring Summer 2023 collection at Paris Fashion Week last year. More about Loewe releases grass-covered canvas trainers for spring
Are you exhibiting at Salone del Mobile this year or hosting an event as part of Milan design week? If so, get your stand or event listed in one of our upcoming digital guides to the world's biggest celebration of design. More about Get listed in Dezeen's digital guides to Salone del Mobile and Milan design week 2023
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Saudi Arabia's plans for a giant cube-shaped supertall skyscraper in downtown Riyadh. More about "Will they run out of oil or ideas first?" says commenter
Dezeen Showroom: Swedish designer Thomas Bernstrand has created the Moon lamp for office brand Abstracta, combining direct light and acoustic properties in a generous suspended globe. More about Moon light by Thomas Bernstrand for Abstracta
Designer Keiji Ashizawa used muted tones to make the most of the sunlight in this apartment in central Tokyo, which features wooden art pieces and furniture that was specially designed for the space. More about Wooden furniture and artworks decorate Hiroo Residence in Tokyo
Dezeen Courses: for our latest Dezeen Courses roundup, we've selected five product design and industrial design programmes that equip students with creative skills and manufacturing knowledge. More about Five product and industrial design programmes on Dezeen Courses
A series of immersive installations have been designed in and around London's Selfridges department store to mark the most recent collaboration between fashion brand Loewe and Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli. More about Loewe and Studio Ghibli create Selfridges installations informed by Howl's Moving Castle
SinHei Kwok has designed and built a sculptural apartment complex that is meant to offer an alternative to the low-density housing found in Phoenix, Arizona's sprawling capital. More about SinHei Kwok completes M-shaped Bungalows in historic Phoenix district
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features plans to build a 400-metre-high cuboid skyscraper in Riyadh. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Saudi Arabia's plans for a cube-shaped supertall skyscraper
Organic architecture is less a style or school and more a set of principles, Mexican architect Javier Senosiain and Noguchi Museum curator Dakin Hart tell Dezeen in this interview. More about "Every work is very different" in organic architecture says Javier Senosiain
The UK Green Building Council has announced that architect and Dezeen columnist Smith Mordak will become the charity's chief executive officer. More about Smith Mordak named CEO of UK Green Building Council at "critical period" for sector
Dezeen Showroom: for Swedish furniture company Skargaarden designer Stefan Borselius created a lounge chair that is designed to weather over time. More about Böste lounge chair by Stefan Borselius for Skargaarden
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has unveiled the Tainan Xinhua Fruit and Vegetable Market in Taiwan with an undulating green roof that is accessed by a series of planted terraces. More about MVRDV tops Tainan food market with "rolling hills"
German architecture firm Henn and the Technical University of Dresden have completed the world's first building made of carbon concrete – a form of concrete reinforced with carbon fibre instead of steel. More about Henn and TU Dresden complete world's first carbon concrete building
UK housing secretary Michael Gove has issued an Article 31 holding directive for the MSG Sphere music and esports arena, which was set to be designed by architecture studio Populous and built in Stratford, east London. More about Michael Gove places Populous' spherical music venue on hold
The demolition of the Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium in Japan by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Kenzo Tange has been announced, sparking a petition to save it. More about Kenzo Tange's modernist gymnasium set to be demolished