Long, narrow shotgun homes influenced the design of this backyard structure in Boulder by Studio B, which features a concrete base and an upper level wrapped in grey metal and glass. More about Studio B creates skinny backyard dwelling for landscape architect in Colorado
Dezeen promotion: the winners of this year's AHEAD Awards for the Middle East and Africa include a safari retreat in Botswana and a five-star cliffside resort and spa in Oman. More about AHEAD Middle East and Africa announces 2017 winners of hotel design awards
Architects Rossana Hu and Jaime Oliver discussed designing religious, arts and civic facilities for the collective experience at the World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. More about Watch Rossana Hu and Jaime Oliver discuss designing for collective experience at World Architecture Festival
Just three of the world's 100 biggest architecture firms are headed by women and only two have management teams that are more than 50 per cent female, a survey by Dezeen has revealed. More about Survey of top architecture firms reveals "quite shocking" lack of gender diversity at senior levels
Robots could be released into the countryside to help restore damaged ecosystems, according to the curator of an exhibition held at Dutch Design Week last month. More about Wild robots could replace vanishing species, says Robotanica curator
Daan Roosegaarde has called on designers to shift focus away from designing luxury items and instead to tackle the problems facing the world such as pollution. More about Good design is about clean air and water, not a Louis Vuitton bag, says Daan Roosegaarde
Discarded glass is transformed into terrazzo to create this range of furniture and objects, which Dutch studio Super Local designed in collaboration with Zanzibari craftspeople. More about Super Local uses waste glass to produce sustainable terrazzo homeware collection
British architect Will Alsop joined American architect John Marx in conversation on day two of World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. More about Watch Will Alsop and John Marx talk about performative architecture at World Architecture Festival 2017
To help this cluster of houses blend into their setting in a Mexican forest, architecture studio Taller Hector Barroso chose to cover the walls in a render made using local soil. More about Soil-based render creates terracotta-coloured walls for Mexican forest houses by Taller Hector Barroso
Houston has launched a 20-year plan to overhaul its Downtown business district, after the Texas city's urban design was heavily criticised following catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. More about Masterplan unveiled for Downtown Houston in wake of Hurricane Harvey
Portland-based firm William Kaven Architecture has put forward a scheme to redevelop the soon-to-be demolished US postal building in the Oregon city, including a pair of towers built alongside a high-speed rail system. More about William Kaven proposes Portland's tallest skyscrapers at US Postal Office site
New York architect Peter Zuspan explains how his studio Bureau V's colourful additions to the MINI Living Urban Cabin in New York reflect the city's large immigrant population in our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video. More about Bureau V's MINI Living Urban Cabin aims to "start a conversation about immigration"
A huge smile-shaped structure in London and a study centre in the Philippines are among today's category winners at the World Architecture Festival 2017 awards. More about Best architecture of 2017 revealed at day one of World Architecture Festival
Designers from Mexico and Colombia have collaborated on a set of objects, created to facilitate coffee-drinking customs from the two countries. More about Coffee-drinking customs influence Samaná furniture and homeware range
Airbnb's Dublin headquarters in a former warehouse and a high-rise hospital in Montreal are among the first category winners from this year's Inside festival awards. More about Top interiors of the year revealed at day one of Inside festival 2017
Matthias Kohler of Gramazio Kohler wraps up the first day of talks at World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin with his talk about the effect of robotics on the architecture and construction industries. More about Watch Matthias Kohler speak about robotic construction live from World Architecture Festival 2017
An exhibition has opened at London's Design Museum celebrating 70 years of Ferrari design, from the brand's first vehicle, to the Formula One race car that Michael Schumacher drove to victory in 2000. More about Design Museum showcases 14 rare sports cars in Ferrari retrospective
British architect David Adjaye's plans to create a "micro village" of red cultural buildings in Florida's Winter Park have been granted planning permission. More about David Adjaye's red library and events complex in Florida wins approval
Utopia Arkitekter has designed a tent-like shelter that could provide a cosy retreat for trekkers in the mountains. More about Skýli mountain shelter is designed to withstand extreme weather conditions
Dezeen promotion: Astro Lighting has revealed its new collection of architectural LEDs, which are simple and subtle, so that they never overpower a setting. More about Astro's architectural lighting collection lets a building take centre stage