The best way to land exciting design commissions is to be proactive about pitching ideas to brands, according to Norwegian designer Daniel Rybakken. More about "Most of my projects are self-initiated" says Daniel Rybakken
The sofa is reimagined as a reconfigurable hammock in this concept presented at Stockholm Design Week by electronics brand Samsung and design studio Form Us With Love. More about Form Us With Love and Samsung replace the sofa with textile "watching platform"
Spanish fashion brand Loewe collaborated with French metal artist Elie Hirsch to create a series of pewter and copper jackets in bulbous silhouettes for its Autumn Winter 2023 collection. More about Loewe and Elie Hirsch create "reductionist" copper and pewter jackets
Scottish studio Fraser/Livingstone has completed a mass-timber tenement-style housing development in Edinburgh named Simon Square. More about Fraser/Livingstone adds angular tenement to historical Edinburgh site
A pyramidal staircase and delicate washi accents feature in the Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams exhibition created by Shohei Shigematsu to explore connections between the fashion house and Japan. More about OMA creates "stage for storytelling" for Dior exhibition in Tokyo
The Peter Eisenman and Populous-designed State Farm Stadium, which is set to host Super Bowl 57, had the USA's first retractable field and presented an innovative change from previous stadiums, say its designers. More about "Important to have architecture be part of the NFL" says Peter Eisenman
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a home in Portugal designed by architecture practice Pema Studio. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features a "magnificent" fortress home in Portugal
Brooklyn studio Worrell Yeung designed a timber-clad lake house with cantilevered roof planes that cascade down a sloped site near Connecticut's Candlewood Lake. More about Worrell Yeung balances cascading cantilevers for Connecticut lake house
A flowing landscape of grass-topped, terracotta-coloured concrete animates the Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre designed by Chinese studio Change Architects to reference mountains in Anhui province. More about Undulating concrete landscape conceals Chinese cultural centre by Change Architects
Ab Rogers Design has completed an artist's studio and residence in Kanazawa, Japan, featuring a series of fluorescent partition walls that can be rotated to transform how the space is used. More about Rotating fluorescent panels define zones in "co-being space" by Ab Rogers Design
Although the year has just begun, 2023 has seen sideways-driving, colour-changing and pepper-spray-emitting cars unveiled. Here are five of the most unusual cars of 2023 so far. More about Five unusual cars unveiled in 2023
An anthropologist and an architect from University College London have collaborated on a unique way to preserve endangered languages – by capturing their character in the form of 3D-printed objects. More about UCL researchers translate endangered languages into 3D-printed objects
The Supreme Court's ruling in the Tate Modern privacy case is part of a depressing trend towards London's views becoming increasingly controlled and commoditised, writes Helen Barrett. More about "Tate Modern court ruling could mark the beginning of the end for one of London's greatest joys"
The UK's Architects Registration Board has announced plans to reform architectural education and training that will scrap the current three-part structure in place of two accredited qualifications. More about ARB proposes scrapping UK architecture education's three-part structure
Architecture studio Studio Prineas has added a three-storey concrete extension to a 19th-century fisherman's cottage to create a home overlooking the harbour in Sydney, Australia. More about Studio Prineas adds concrete tower to fisherman’s cottage in Sydney
American designer Rick Owens combined architectural shapes with Victorian silhouettes at its Autumn Winter 2023 show, which was presented on a runway built from industrial materials inside a smoke-filled Palais de Tokyo. More about Rick Owens references architectural silhouettes on industrial runway at Palais de Tokyo
Interior architect Jonas Bohlin has designed a bar featuring a wall made from dress shirts and a ceiling decorated with emergency blankets at Stockholm Furniture Fair. More about Jonas Bohlin and Christine Ingridsdotter create reusable Underbar as a "landscape of dreams"
Sieger Suarez Architects and Dezer Development have released details of a 61-storey skyscraper in Miami Beach, which features a lift that allows residents to drive vehicles directly into apartments on all levels. More about Car lift allows residents to drive into all apartments in Bentley's Miami Beach skyscraper
Local studio Office of Charles F. Bloszies has completed an extension and renovation of the Cathedral School for Boys in San Francisco. More about Charles F. Bloszies inserts glass addition into San Francisco cathedral complex
Promotion: Chinese architecture practice Studio8 has renovated the interior of a 1930s villa in Hangzhou, China, transforming it into a hotpot restaurant and cocktail bar that celebrates the building's history. More about Studio8 transforms 1930s Hangzhou villa into hotpot restaurant