Architects could have more influence if they applied their skills to video games instead of designing "rich houses for rich people", according architect and film director Liam Young, who spoke at today's Dezeen Day conference. More about "Why aren't architects designing the environments for video games?" asks Liam Young
Bi-national studio 1100 Architect has renovated a cottage in the Hamptons to create spaces where "old and new are impossible to distinguish from each other". More about 1100 Architect refurbishes 1970s cottage tucked into Long Island's sand dunes
Humans need to design a better future for the planet, and anger can be a good engine for that change, MoMA curator Paola Antonelli told the Dezeen Day audience. More about "The future isn't terrifying. It just needs to be better" says Paola Antonelli
The Soviet Metro Stations photography series by Christopher Herwig documents the most unusual details of the Soviet-era metro network built between the 1930s and 1980s. More about Christopher Herwig photographs opulent details of Soviet-era metro stations
Students from Cambridge University have built an ultra-efficient electric car that drives using only as much power as it takes to boil a kettle. More about Cambridge University team build UK's most efficient electric car
Although few overtly Bauhaus buildings were built in the UK, the movement's ideals had a huge impact on British architecture. Beyond Bauhaus curator, Pete Collard, picks four buildings that demonstrate the school's influence. More about RIBA's Beyond Bauhaus explores the school's long-lasting impact on the UK
Hospitality entrepreneur Oliver Peyton has teamed up with Transit Studio to create a design-focused funeral parlour in west London, which aims to make clients more comfortable with the concept of death. More about Exit Here funeral parlour is designed to have "the eclectic feel of home"
Central Saint Martins graduate Chiara Tommencioni Pisapia has proposed a method for improving the textile recycling process by using moths to break down the natural fibres in discarded clothing. More about Chiara Tommencioni Pisapia uses moths to transform unwanted clothing into "precious" bio-waste material
Fem Architects has completed a cross-laminated timber house clad in sheets of Corten steel in a twist on the traditional row house in Amsterdam. More about Weathering steel facade covers CLT-framed Dutch row house
British-Israeli designer and architect Ron Arad has completed an office tower in Tel Aviv "inspired by an iceberg" with an angular glass exterior that widens in the middle. More about Ron Arad completes ToHA office tower in Tel Aviv
Interior designer Tina Rich has turned a "white box" in New York City's Soho neighbourhood into a showroom and office for a women's sports brand. More about Patchwork leather and textured concrete feature in Alala's New York showroom
In the first major exhibition dedicated to 24/7 culture, Somerset House presents "creative responses to this modern malaise" by more than 50 artists and designers, including Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg. More about 50 artists respond to society's struggle to switch off at Somerset House's 24/7 exhibition
In this week's comments update, readers think Sebastian Errazuriz's claims that architects will be replaced by AI are unfounded. More about "The only architects that are doomed are the ones that won't adapt"
Glazed walls, a large metal roof and a vast central atrium feature in an academic building designed by architecture firm Foster + Partners for an emerging medical campus in Ohio. More about Natural light fills courtyard of Foster + Partners' Samson Pavilion in Cleveland
The Growing Pavilion is a temporary events space at Dutch Design Week constructed with panels grown from mushroom mycelium supported on a timber frame. More about Pavilion grown from mycelium acts as pop-up performance space at Dutch Design Week
Zaha Hadid Architects and Cox Architecture have unveiled the design of an airport in Sydney that is modelled on traditional Australian architecture and natural landscapes.
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Dezeen Day, our international architecture and design conference, is tomorrow! Didn't manage to get a ticket? Follow along on our Twitter page as we tweet from the event starting at 9am UK time, and join the discussion using #dezeenday. More about Follow the Dezeen Day discussion on Twitter tomorrow!
Oliver Heilmer, vice president of MINI Design, explains how the brand updated the MINI Cooper design to create its first entirely electric car in this video produced by Dezeen for MINI. More about MINI Cooper SE is the brand's first all-electric car
Dutch non-profit The Ocean Cleanup has launched the Interceptor, an autonomous system for collecting plastic pollution from rivers before it reaches the sea. More about The Ocean Cleanup launches system to catch plastic waste in rivers
Carmody Groarke, RE-ST and TRANS Architectuur Stedenbouw have designed an extension to the design museum in Ghent, Belgium, which will form a link between its existing galleries. More about Carmody Groarke to create extension to Design Museum Gent