The curators of the Lebanese pavilion have explained why they fought to be at the Venice Architecture Biennale despite the challenges of life under conflict, including the killing of one of their colleagues just two weeks ago. More about "We are not going to be silenced" say Lebanese Pavilion curators
Dezeen, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard have partnered to host a series of talks exploring water, wellbeing and design during Clerkenwell Design Week, where the winning Shaping Water Competition installation will also be unveiled. More about Dezeen, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard to explore water, wellness and wellbeing at Clerkenwell Design Week
Ethereal curtains crafted from surplus textile samples create distinctive shadows across the original pinewood floors of OntheSq, a neo-Jacobean London home transformed by Irenie Studio. More about Irenie Studio restores 1840s townhouse in De Beauvoir Square
Texas studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has adapted a 130-year-old building in Austin into an all-day restaurant, bar and gathering space where "old world meets new world". More about Michael Hsu "breathes new life" into 1890s Austin building for Uptown Sports Club
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features proposals for the Queen Elizabeth II memorial, which readers described as "mediocre". Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "mediocre bunch of designs" for Queen Elizabeth II memorial
American studio TenBerke has released designs for a proposed residential skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn, which will integrate an "outdated" office structure and be the second-tallest building in the borough if completed. More about TenBerke designs 395 Flatbush Avenue skyscraper to integrate existing building
Australian practice Equity Office has completed the Wangun Amphitheatre in southeastern Victoria, a performance space for the First Nation community that is sheltered by steel-framed fabric canopies. More about Boomerang-shaped amphitheatre celebrates First Nation Gunaikurnai culture
Humanoid robots and robotic arms were very present in Carlo Ratti's main exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale, here we round them up. More about Five robots putting the tech in Carlo Ratti's architecture biennale
Rather than focusing simply on how design can make spaces safer for women, architecture should turn the mirror on itself, writes Kate Fleming. More about "Violence against women and girls isn't just a design problem"
London practice Studio Hagen Hall has completed the refurbishment of Pine Heath, a 1960s townhouse in Hampstead, restoring and complementing its mid-century design with a rich palette of cherry wood and stainless steel. More about Studio Hagen Hall blends "craftsmanship and tactility" for mid-century renovation in London
Dutch design studio Blade-Made has converted a section of a decommissioned wind turbine into a micro home featuring a simple, wood-lined interior and renewable solar-powered electricity. More about Blade-Made transforms former wind turbine into tiny house
The proliferation of touchscreens in cars is "dangerous" and designers will shift back to analogue switches, British architect Norman Foster tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "The touchscreen has been mindlessly applied to the automobile" says Norman Foster
The Bahrain Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which won the Golden Lion award for best pavilion, aimed to address rising global temperatures by suspending a cooling ceiling over seating. More about Bahrain's Golden Lion-winning pavilion features ceiling designed to cool construction workers
The first render of Lina Ghotmeh's design for the permanent Qatar pavilion in the Giardini della Biennale in Venice, Italy, has been revealed at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about First image of Lina Ghotmeh's permanent Qatar pavilion for Venice biennale revealed
After disasters like the Los Angeles wildfires one of the best ways for architects to help is by designing prototypes, write Dana Cuff, Emmanuel Proussaloglou and Ryan Conroy. More about "In post-disaster cities like Los Angeles, we need new model homes and we need them now"
Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani has won the Shaping Water Competition with Harmonic Tides, an installation informed by the movement of water, which will be built at Clerkenwell Design Week later this month. More about Arthur Mamou-Mani wins Shaping Water Competition with wave-like 3D-printed installation
Visitors to the Venice Architecture Biennale can drink coffee made from the city's canal water in a Golden Lion-winning intervention by US practice Diller Scofidio + Renfro. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro serves up canal water coffee at Venice Architecture Biennale
A series of models, installations and photographs addressing the decarbonisation of architecture fill the Spain Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Spanish pavilion demonstrates "another way of building" at Venice Architecture Biennale
A spiralling structure of cross-laminated timber and glass surrounds a circular events space at the Czech Pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka, which was designed by European studio Apropos Architects. More about Spiralling ramp of timber and glass wraps Czech pavilion at Osaka Expo
An oversized, corrugated metal roof punctured by a large circular skylight crowns this home in rural New Zealand, by architecture studio Keshaw McArthur. More about Agricultural sheds inform "unfussy and honest" home in New Zealand