Westminster City Council's deputy leader Melvyn Caplan has resigned with immediate effect after costs for the Marble Arch Mound by MVRDV spiralled from £3.3 million to £6 million. More about Council deputy leader resigns due to "unacceptable" rise in Marble Arch Mound costs
Danish architecture studio BIG has revealed new images by Rasmus Hjortshøj of Marsk Tower, its spiralling double-helix viewing tower that recently opened to the public in southwestern Denmark. More about New photos show BIG's twisting Marsk Tower
Product design student Cheuk Laam Wong has created Looop Can, a concept for a portable kit to clean menstruation pads that aims to reduce period poverty among refugees. More about Looop Can is a sanitary pad washing device for refugees
Architecture studio Squire and Partners has added a co-working facility to its own London office, in a new building framed by cross-laminated timber. More about Squire and Partners uses mass timber to add co-working facility to its London office
Architects Juan Alberto Andrade and María José Váscones have transformed a Chevy van into a house-on-wheels for a young couple that includes a kitchenette, a fold-up dining table and a full-sized mattress. More about Plywood furniture turns 1990s van into mobile home for Ecuadorian couple
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features the world's largest museum dedicated to astronomy, which Ennead Architects has completed in Shanghai. More about The world's largest astronomy museum features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
This week we've selected ten US-based jobs in architecture, interiors and design available on Dezeen Jobs right now, including positions at OMA and MVRDV. More about Ten architecture and design jobs in the US including roles at OMA and MVRDV
Dezeen promotion: Airbnb has teamed up with Japanese retailer Muji to produce an affordable kit of home essentials for the holiday rental platform's hosts, featuring key amenities for guests to use during their stay. More about Airbnb Host Essentials by Muji provides hosts with a kit of useful amenities for their guests
Japanese studio Unemori Architects has completed a house in the city of Takaoka that is raised 70 centimetres above the ground on concrete stilts to protect it from flooding and heavy snow. More about Concrete stilts protect House in Takaoka from extreme weather
The longlist for the Dezeen Awards 2021 studio categories has been revealed, with 121 studios selected across six categories. More about Dezeen Awards 2021 studio longlist announced
A panel of leading women in product design discussed their experiences of working in the field in this live talk produced by Dezeen for Philips TV & Sound. More about Watch our live talk on women in product design with Philips TV & Sound
Large courtyards will sit between the five high-rise blocks that define The Africa Institute campus, which Adjaye Associates is developing in downtown Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. More about Adjaye Associates designs monolithic campus for The Africa Institute in Sharjah
Climate activist group Architects Climate Action Network has launched Households Declare, a UK campaign that aims to reduce carbon emissions caused by homes. More about Households Declare campaign demands urgent action from UK government on housing emissions
White Arkitekter CEO Alexandra Hagen, structural engineer Hanif Kara and speculative architect Liam Young will judge Dezeen's Redesign the World competition in partnership with Epic Games, which calls for new ideas to rethink planet Earth. More about Alexandra Hagen, Hanif Kara and Liam Young announced as judges for Dezeen's Redesign the World competition
Studio Wok has completed Myrto, a pizzeria on Sardinia that is designed to reflect the island's earth tones and wind-swept granite rocks. More about Studio Wok designs cavernous pizza restaurant to recall rocky coves of Sardinia
Architecture studio Reddymade has collaborated with Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei to design a corrugated metal extension with hexagonal ends for a weekend home in Salt Point, New York. More about Reddymade and Ai Weiwei add hexagonal extension to Salt Point home
The dunes of the Chihuahuan Desert informed the undulating, pink concrete landscape of this new skatepark in Ciudad Juárez's Oriente Park. More about Mexican desert influences pink concrete La Duna skatepark in Ciudad Juárez
Architects and designers have reacted with dismay to the news that a 1960s landmark in central London will be demolished to make way for a new office development by architecture studio Make. More about Critics mourn modernist French Railways House as "dying loved one" ahead of planned demolition
A project that reintroduces endangered countryside animals into an orchard environment and a church ruin in Bristol transformed into an educational kitchen are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Reading. More about Ten end-of-year architecture projects from students at the University of Reading
Architecture offices BABELstudio and Bonadona Arquitectura have completed a timber-clad building in northern Spain containing a restaurant and an adjoining house for its chef. More about Caserío Azkarraga is a restaurant and residence wrapped in blackened timber