New York firm Barker Freeman Design Office has built a house clad in white cedar that sits directly on the beachin the south of the city. More about BFDO completes wooden Surfboard House near Rockaway Beach
Another mid-century modern building has become a boutique hotel, this time in New Orleans, where troweled concrete and colourful tiles were used to refresh a former motel. More about The Drifter Hotel occupies renovated 1950s New Orleans motel
Architecture studio Denizen Works references traditional fishing huts with this apartment building in the English seaside town of Whitstable, which features black brick walls and pointed ceramic details. More about Denizen Works pairs black bricks with pointy panels for Haddo Yard housing in Whitstable
Kiki van Eijk has created a collection of lights based on foxglove plants in her garden, which she presented during this year's Dutch Design Week. More about Kiki van Eijk creates plant-like lamps with 3D-printed flowers
Dutch firm MVRDV has built a public library that looks like a huge eye, as part of a new cultural district in Tianjin, China. More about MVRDV completes library shaped like a giant eye in Chinese city Tianjin
This week saw London studio dRMM crowned the winners of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2017, while Snøhetta's planned overhaul of Philip Johnson's postmodern AT&T Building in New York sparked protest campaigns. More about This week, dRMM won the Stirling Prize and Snøhetta's AT&T Building proposal caused outrage
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Nienke Helder has created a set of sensory objects that can be used to rehabilitate women affected by sexual abuse. More about Nienke Helder designs therapy tools for women recovering from sexual trauma
Deep walls with built-in storage are designed to accommodate an expansive collection of art objects at this renovated apartment by New York City-based MOS Architects. More about "Cabinets of curiosities" define rooms in art collector's apartment by MOS
Architects and preservationists including Robert AM Stern were among those protesting Snøhetta's plans for Philip Johnson's postmodern AT&T Building in New York today. More about Architects protest AT&T Building plans with "Hands off my Johnson" placards
Swiss designer Yves Behar has designed a backpack made from recycled sails for California-based environmental non-profit Sustainable Surf, to raise awareness about protecting the ocean. More about Yves Behar recycles boat sails and wetsuits to produce Deep Blue Bag
Arata Izosaki's Bass Museum project paved the way for future starchitects to work in Miami Beach, says the Japanese architect's contemporary David Gauld, who also credited the Art Basel fair with transforming the city's attitudes towards culture and architecture. More about Isozaki "was the first well-known architect to work in Miami Beach" says protégé David Gauld
This week's Pinterest roundup shines a light on interiors that feature unusual lamps or pendants to set the mood, from a chandelier made from tea bags to a sculptural light previously used for squid fishing. More about 10 interiors that use lighting as a centrepiece
Dezeen is giving away five sets of three prints by creative studio Tom Pigeon, which are based on the Victoria and Albert Museum's new Amanda Levete-designed entrance and underground gallery. More about Competition: win a Tom Pigeon print triptych celebrating V&A's Exhibition Road Quarter
The controversial memorial to former US president Dwight D Eisenhower, designed by Frank Gehry, has finally begun construction in Washington DC after years of opposition. More about Frank Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial breaks ground in Washington DC
Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working in Asia are invited to submit their hotel projects to the 2018 AHEAD Asia awards. More about Call for entries to AHEAD Asia awards 2018
Danish retailer Vipp has expanded into the hospitality industry – it is now offering guests the opportunity to stay in a prefabricated micro dwelling in a Swedish forest, or in a loft apartment on top of its Copenhagen headquarters. More about Vipp offers "out of the ordinary" hotel stays in a woodland cabin or an urban loft
Bands of aluminium and concrete divide up sections of this London residential skyscraper by UNStudio, to foster different communities within the building, while also framing panoramic views for residents. More about UNStudio hopes to create "neighbourhoods in the sky" with Canaletto Tower in London
Google has launched a digital library of user-created 3D objects that can be used to populate virtual- and augmented-reality worlds. More about Google releases library of 3D clip-art for use in virtual and augmented reality
The pencils used by architects, designers and artists including David Adjaye, Tracey Emin, and Thomas Heatherwick are revealed in this new series of photographs by Alex Hammond and Mike Tinney. More about Photographs reveal the drawing tools of David Adjaye, Thomas Heatherwick and more
Herzog & de Meuron has submitted a planning application for the new Royal College of Art campus in London's Battersea, revealing a design that features textured brickwork and a sawtooth roof profile. More about Herzog & de Meuron reveals design for new £108 million RCA campus