The coordinator of the mammoth Great Green Wall project to heal land in Africa's Sahel region, Elvis Paul Tangem, calls for help from landscape architects in this interview conducted as part of Dezeen's Designing for Disaster series. More about Landscape architects "could be very important" to Africa's Great Green Wall says Elvis Paul Tangem
An empty site can be transformed into a basketball court using this mobile kit designed by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Eric Treillard. More about Eric Treillard designs mobile kit for turning unused plots into playgrounds
Diamond-shaped windows puncture the cylindrical brick form of The Hoxton Mule, a playschool and apartment designed by London practice Sam Jacob Studio. More about Sam Jacob Studio blends architectural references at The Hoxton Mule in London
Dezeen has announced the Designers of the Year shortlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards China, which includes Mario Tsai, OPEN Architecture and Ziin Life. More about Dezeen Awards China 2023 Designers of the Year shortlist revealed
Promotion: French design brand Petite Friture will showcase its furniture, lighting and accessories collections at US interiors trade fair BDNY this month. More about Petite Friture to showcase "unconventional" designs at BDNY
Canadian architecture studio Dialog has renovated and expanded a gymnasium with an indoor park in Calgary, Alberta. More about Dialog uses "gradient of architectural intensity" for Calgary recreation centre expansion
Local design studio Tian & Teague has created a series of furniture and homeware based on the everyday struggles of living in New York City, including a tufted rug made to resemble a run-over rat. More about Tian & Teague creates home decor informed by the "discomforts" of New York
Looking back on the 2022/2023 academic year, we present some of the most intriguing fashion student design projects recently pinned on Dezeen's School Shows Pinterest board. More about Seven student-designed garments from Dezeen's Pinterest
US studio CookFox Architects has designed a museum dedicated to American musician Bruce Springsteen, which will be located in New Jersey. More about CookFox Architects designs mass-timber Bruce Springsteen museum
British studio Greenaway Architecture has added a minimalist glass extension to a 15th-century thatched cottage alongside Farleigh Hungerford Castle near Bath, UK. More about Greenaway Architecture adds glazed extension to thatched cottage in shadow of castle
Tashkent's modernist architecture was the focus of the recent Where in the World is Tashkent conference. Here the organisers pick 10 significant buildings in Uzbekistan's capital from the 1960s, '70s and '80s. More about Ten key examples of Tashkent's Soviet modernist architecture
Dutch studio VenhoevenCS Architecture + Urbanism has completed IJboulevard, an underwater bicycle park for Amsterdam Central Station in the Netherlands. More about IJboulevard is an underwater bike park in Amsterdam
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a large concrete home in California designed as a "modern ruin", with architecture by Masastudio and interiors by Kelly Wearstler. More about "Lacking any personality" says commenter
Cities should plant more trees to help prevent tens of thousands of annual deaths from extreme heat, Arup specialist Dima Zogheib tells Dezeen as part of our Designing for Disaster series. More about Plant trees in cities to curb deadly heatwaves says Arup's Dima Zogheib
Dezeen has announced the 17-strong design shortlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards China, which includes products by Sunon, Yann Design Studio and LEAPX Design. More about Dezeen Awards China 2023 design shortlist revealed
Prince William has announced the five projects that are taking home this year's Earthshot Prize, including an AI-powered soil carbon marketplace and a more circular manufacturing process for lithium-ion batteries. More about Dissolvable binder for EV batteries wins 2023 Earthshot Prize
As part of our Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series, Kate Jarrett, senior designer at David Collins Studio, explains where the practice currently stands on recruitment. More about "Both recruitment practices and candidates have changed considerably over the past 10 years"
The largest solo exhibition from MAD Architects and the month-long Festival of Design in Shanghai are among the architecture and design events taking place in China featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. More about Seven architecture and design events in China in November
Promotion: French engineering school École des Ponts ParisTech offers a master's degree that gives students and practitioners a comprehensive knowledge of parametric architecture, robotics and digital manufacturing. More about Ecole des Ponts' Digital Building Design course prepares professionals for "high-level positions"
Milan-based designer Patricia Urquiola has converted a palazzo in Rome into a hotel and spa, filled with circular elements and traditional Italian materials. More about Patricia Urquiola converts historic palazzo into Six Senses Rome hotel