In this talk filmed by Dezeen at V&A Dundee for The Dalmore, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma explains how creating a whisky with the Scottish distillery led him to find an affinity between architecture and whisky. More about Kengo Kuma's whisky for The Dalmore is "a kind of cultural exchange"
Austrian design studio March Gut has created a modular storage system as a "simple and stylish" solution for stowing bicycles in the workplace. More about Urban Wood Systems Base is a "space-saving wardrobe" for bicycles in the workplace
The French Senate has approved a bill requiring all large parking lots across France to be topped with solar canopies in the next six years, which are predicted to generate as much energy as 10 nuclear reactors. More about Solar panels to cover all large car parks in France under new mandate
Jihee Moon of South Korean design studio Newtab-22 has developed an open-source IKEA-style manual with instructions on how to build the Air-It-Yourself air purifier in under an hour using everyday items. More about "Everyone from children to the elderly" can build DIY air purifier
Dezeen Showroom: office furniture brand Narbutas has released a variety of workplace furniture on Dezeen Showroom, including a collection designed for impromptu meetings. More about Workplace furniture by Narbutas features on Dezeen Showroom
British architecture practice Squire and Partners and office design firm Modus Workspace have retained the ornate cast-iron columns and glazed tiles of a 19th-century warehouse in London while turning it into a contemporary workspace. More about Victorian warehouse in London transformed into Greencoat Place office
Materials company Aruliden has worked with Google Workspace to develop a touchscreen that combines Google's meeting software with interactive hardware and noise-cancellation capabilities. More about Desk 27 by Aruliden integrates Google conference call technology within single device
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Debate newsletter features a pair of Dubai skyscrapers designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features Stefano Boeri's designs for "tortured" Vertical Forest towers in Dubai
Dezeen Showroom: London-based Tim Rundle has designed a modular bed with Danish brand ReFramed using recycled aluminium that can be assembled with "no loose screws and just one tool". More about Tim Rundle designs modular "bed for life" motivated by circular economy principles
Dezeen Showroom: design studio Baldanzi & Novelli designers has created the Worklab mobile office divider for Narbutas to give workplaces a multi-use furniture option. More about Worklab by Baldanzi & Novelli designers for Narbutas
The stone walls of a 16th-century clergy house have been restored and contrasted with new, white concrete elements to create El Priorato, a holiday home in Burgos, Spain, designed by local practice Atienza Maure Arquitectos. More about Stone ruins turned into Spanish holiday home by Atienza Maure Arquitectos
Belgian studio Bovenbouw Architectuur has completed a police station in Antwerp with a robust grey-brick form designed to convey "approachability and security". More about Bovenbouw Architectuur creates grey-brick police station in Antwerp
Following Norman Foster's unveiling of the Foster Retreat holiday home, here are 12 houses featured on Dezeen that were designed by the world's most famous architects, including Zaha Hadid, Mies van der Rohe and David Adjaye. More about Twelve houses designed by world-famous architects
Only "hardcore sustainable" customers are currently willing to pay extra for eco-conscious hotels, according to Marco Lemmers, CEO of hospitality company Conscious Hotels. More about Hotel guests not ready to pay more for sustainability says Conscious Hotels CEO
Cornstarch-foam shelves meet mycelium display plinths in this London store that Nina+Co has designed for bioplastic eyewear brand MONC. More about Nina+Co brings biomaterials into MONC eyewear store in London
Architects and designers are finding ways to support the ongoing protests against the oppression of women in Iran despite a violent crackdown by security forces. More about Iranian architects and designers "not working" in protest at government oppression
Architectural lighting design firm Brandston Partnership used concealed facade lighting to showcase the undulating structure of the MAD-designed Yabuli China Entrepreneurs Forum. More about Brandston Partnerships' lighting design highlights sinuous shape of Yabuli conference centre
ETH Zurich postgraduate student Reto Togni has developed a prototype wheelchair shown at Dutch Design Week, which is steered by leaning from side to side. More about Backrest functions as steering wheel in The Reagiro wheelchair
Conceptual art collective MSCHF has modelled an exhibition at Perrotin gallery in New York City on a shopping mall that contains works such as the Wavy Shoes and a fridge full of cans of an LSD-like substance. More about MSCHF creates exhibition that includes a fridge full of "a functional analogue of LSD"
Swedish architecture studio Konstantin Arkitekter has created a pavilion in Greenland named Qaammat, which is made up of two glass block walls perched on the rocky terrain of a UNESCO World Heritage site. More about Qaammat glass-block pavilion illustrates "distinctiveness of the Greenlandic culture"