A simple house features on the cover of Reinier de Graaf's new book, Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession. In this extract, the OMA partner reveals the building's secret, politically fuelled past. More about "Can a house be beautiful simply because of what we know, not because of what we see?"
The smooth surface and soft-pink hue of a newly plastered wall provided the starting point for the design of communal workspaces at this new creative hub in east London by local studio Sella Concept. More about Sella Concept applies "cocoon of rich materials and colour" to interiors of east London office
The spherical, weighted base of this floor lamp by Australian designer Nick Rennie stops it from falling over if pushed or knocked. More about Nick Rennie designs cordless floor lamp that sways side-to-side
Snaking wooden walkways traverse a terraced garden planted with 700 trees at the heart of this tower development in Singapore's Marina Bay by Ingenhoven Architects and landscape firm Gustafson Porter + Bowman. More about Terraced gardens echoing paddy fields fill centre of Singapore's Marina One
This captioned movie created for our Dezeen x MINI Living series features the duct-shaped pavilion PUP Architects designed for the roof of an east London warehouse to challenge the local planning authority's stance on rooftop dwellings. More about Rooftop dwelling by PUP Architects emulates a service duct
The Calvin Klein flagship on New York's Madison Avenue has gone from "minimal to maximal", with a bright yellow makeover forming the backdrop for artworks celebrating Americana. More about Raf Simons and Sterling Ruby transform Calvin Klein store with yellow scaffolding
WeWork is continuing its expansion beyond coworking with a kindergarten called WeGrow, which will be designed by Danish architecture firm BIG in New York City. More about BIG designs kindergarten in New York City for WeWork
Photographs showing the drawing tools of architects and designers feature in this week's Dezeen Mail, alongside an eye-shaped library by MVRDV and therapy tools for sexual abuse. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
More about Latest Dezeen Mail features MVRDV's cavernous library and architects' pencils
A crematorium, a sports field and a multi-storey charging station for driverless cars are among six shortlisted proposals to repurpose decommissioned gas holder sites across the UK. More about Six ideas to transform Britain's decommissioned gas holders make shortlist in RIBA competition
Dezeen promotion: this year's Sleep – an annual gathering for hotel architects and designers – will focus on the role of design in creating loyal, returning hotel guests. More about Hotel design event Sleep announces 2017 programme
Architects Anna and Eugeni Bach are making the Barcelona Pavilion more minimal than ever before – by covering all of its walls with white panels. More about Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion loses its marble walls
There are numerous architectural firms looking to add visualisation artists to their teams. Our pick of the best positions available via Dezeen Jobs include roles with London-based David Chipperfield Architects, Rotterdam-based MVRDV and Visualhouse in New York. More about Six appealing opportunities for architectural visualisers on Dezeen Jobs this week
Lamborghini has collaborated with a group of researchers from MIT to create a conceptual electric sports car, which has a carbon fibre shell that is able to repair any cracks or damages by itself. More about Lamborghini teams up with MIT researchers to create "self-healing" sports car
Filmmaker Nathan Eddy has released a movie showcasing architect Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago, in a bid to protect the postmodern government building from demolition. More about Movie protests demolition of Helmut Jahn's Thompson Center in Chicago
Twelve rose-tinged clay arches fan out over a huge stainless-steel sink in this Snøhetta-designed Aesop store in west London, designed in tribute to Brazilian modernist Oscar Niemeyer. More about Snøhetta channels Oscar Niemeyer for "futuristic" Aesop store in London's Chelsea
A subterranean Roman temple where a mysterious cult worshipped has been restored within an immersive museum below Bloomberg's headquarters in London by 9/11 memorial museum exhibition designers Local Projects. More about Underground Roman temple reopens as immersive museum using light, haze and sound
Uber has partnered with NASA to develop an on-demand electric aircraft taxi service, which is scheduled to begin flights in Los Angeles in three years time. More about Uber and NASA to launch flying taxi service by 2020
Adidas has created football kits inspired by memorable designs of the past for teams competing in the FIFA World Cup 2018, including Germany, Spain and Argentina. More about Adidas unveils eight World Cup 2018 kits that pay homage to classic football shirts
The V&A museum has salvaged a three-storey section of Robin Hood Gardens, the much-debated brutalist social housing estate by Alison and Peter Smithson that is currently being demolished in east London. More about V&A acquires entire one-bedroom flat from Robin Hood Gardens
A group of Canadian engineering students have been named the winners of this year's James Dyson Award, for their device that detects skin cancer without the need for a biopsy. More about Device that detects skin cancer wins James Dyson Award 2017