A digital platform designed to support victims of abuse and an app that aims to help older people socialise online more easily are included in Dezeen's latest school show from students at the University of Sydney. More about University of Sydney presents 10 architecture and design projects
Dezeen Showroom: Italian tile brand Ceramiche Keope has presented a selection of tiles on Dezeen Showroom, including a tile with a "slate-effect" and another informed by art deco design. More about Tiles informed by natural stone from Ceramiche Keope feature on Dezeen Showroom
In this captioned video produced by Dezeen for Shaw Contract, the winners of the flooring brand's 2021 Design Awards are revealed, including a music school in Chile and a live-work office space in Tokyo. More about Shaw Contract announces the winners of its 2021 Design Awards
Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi has been awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal for 2022. More about Balkrishna Doshi wins 2022 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Two wood-clad buildings with jagged facades are connected by a corridor hidden beneath an artificial hill at this hotel and wellness centre in South Tyrol by Network of Architecture. More about NOA designs timber-clad hotel on an Alpine meadow
Thinking of using natural materials in your project? Our latest Dezeen guide includes 12 types of biomaterials commonly used in architecture, design and interiors. More about The Dezeen guide to bio-based materials in architecture, design and interiors
We continue our review of 2021 with a look at the 10 most interesting office interiors this year, including a workspace that doubles as a wine bar and an office in a former 1960s medical laboratory. More about Dezeen's top 10 office interiors of 2021
An exhibition highlighting a new generation of Chinese architects who prioritise social, cultural and environmental sustainability in their work is currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. More about Eight projects by young Chinese architects that "challenge Western understanding of sustainability"
Huge boilers, chimney-style columns and chainmail-fringed doorframes feature inside the central London showroom of bathroom brand Coalbrook, which has been designed by local studio Holloway Li. More about Holloway Li creates industrial interiors for Coalbrook's London showroom
Very Peri, described by colour company Pantone as "a periwinkle shade of blue," has been named colour of the year for 2022. The purple hue was informed by the rise of the metaverse, as well as the impact of coronavirus lockdowns. More about Pantone names Very Peri as its colour of the year 2022
House on the Hill in Gloucestershire by Alison Brooks Architects has won this year's RIBA House of the Year award. More about Alison Brooks' "intriguing and distinguished" farmhouse extension named UK's best new home
Only one of the 20 projects longlisted for the RIBA House of the Year 2021 achieved an A-rated energy performance certificate according to research by British studio Hawkes Architecture. More about Only one of 20 RIBA House of the Year longlisted projects achieved top sustainability grade
Oxford-based practice Gresford Architects has used a stepped stack of charred-timber-clad forms to extend a Victorian terrace in Walthamstow, London. More about Gresford Architects adds charred-timber extension to London terrace
As part of our ongoing review of 2021, Dezeen rounds up the top 10 most remarkable and intriguing shop interiors of the year – from a cannabis dispensary made to look like an old-fashioned grocery store to a makeup boutique arranged around a large, mossy mound. More about Dezeen's top 10 shop interiors of 2021
Wood-lined meeting areas that imitate the living room of a house are intended to create a sense of "hyggeligt" or coziness in this office building in Copenhagen, designed by Danish practice Henning Larsen. More about Henning Larsen draws on domestic interiors for office in Copenhagen
The Twentieth Century Society has launched a petition calling on Marks & Spencer to abandon the controversial demolition of its store on London's Oxford Street or risk "betraying its own carbon targets". More about M&S Oxford Street demolition "simply incompatible" with net-zero commitment says C20 Society
Oriol Bohigas, the Catalan architect behind the modernisation of Barcelona, has died at the age of 95. More about "The great transformer of Barcelona" architect Oriol Bohigas dies aged 95
Catalonian studio RCR Arquitectes has completed the first of eight luxury red concrete villas it has designed for the Palmares Ocean Living & Golf resort in the Algarve. More about RCR Arquitectes unveils luxury villa at Portugal's Palmares resort
Argentinian architects Nanzer + Vitas modelled this home in the mountains of Córdoba province on a medieval village, clustering together distinct stone volumes with varying heights and roof profiles. More about Nanzer + Vitas conceive mountain house in Argentina as a ruined village
In this week's comments update, readers are debating a proposal to give Notre-Dame a tourist-friendly makeover and discussing other top stories. More about Commenter suggests Notre-Dame cathedral is "turned into a discotheque"