Photographs showing the drawing tools of architects and designers feature in this week's Dezeen Mail, alongside an eye-shaped library by MVRDV and therapy tools for sexual abuse. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
More about Latest Dezeen Mail features MVRDV's cavernous library and architects' pencils
A crematorium, a sports field and a multi-storey charging station for driverless cars are among six shortlisted proposals to repurpose decommissioned gas holder sites across the UK. More about Six ideas to transform Britain's decommissioned gas holders make shortlist in RIBA competition
Dezeen promotion: this year's Sleep – an annual gathering for hotel architects and designers – will focus on the role of design in creating loyal, returning hotel guests. More about Hotel design event Sleep announces 2017 programme
Architects Anna and Eugeni Bach are making the Barcelona Pavilion more minimal than ever before – by covering all of its walls with white panels. More about Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion loses its marble walls
There are numerous architectural firms looking to add visualisation artists to their teams. Our pick of the best positions available via Dezeen Jobs include roles with London-based David Chipperfield Architects, Rotterdam-based MVRDV and Visualhouse in New York. More about Six appealing opportunities for architectural visualisers on Dezeen Jobs this week
Lamborghini has collaborated with a group of researchers from MIT to create a conceptual electric sports car, which has a carbon fibre shell that is able to repair any cracks or damages by itself. More about Lamborghini teams up with MIT researchers to create "self-healing" sports car
Filmmaker Nathan Eddy has released a movie showcasing architect Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago, in a bid to protect the postmodern government building from demolition. More about Movie protests demolition of Helmut Jahn's Thompson Center in Chicago
Twelve rose-tinged clay arches fan out over a huge stainless-steel sink in this Snøhetta-designed Aesop store in west London, designed in tribute to Brazilian modernist Oscar Niemeyer. More about Snøhetta channels Oscar Niemeyer for "futuristic" Aesop store in London's Chelsea
A subterranean Roman temple where a mysterious cult worshipped has been restored within an immersive museum below Bloomberg's headquarters in London by 9/11 memorial museum exhibition designers Local Projects. More about Underground Roman temple reopens as immersive museum using light, haze and sound
Uber has partnered with NASA to develop an on-demand electric aircraft taxi service, which is scheduled to begin flights in Los Angeles in three years time. More about Uber and NASA to launch flying taxi service by 2020
Adidas has created football kits inspired by memorable designs of the past for teams competing in the FIFA World Cup 2018, including Germany, Spain and Argentina. More about Adidas unveils eight World Cup 2018 kits that pay homage to classic football shirts
The V&A museum has salvaged a three-storey section of Robin Hood Gardens, the much-debated brutalist social housing estate by Alison and Peter Smithson that is currently being demolished in east London. More about V&A acquires entire one-bedroom flat from Robin Hood Gardens
A group of Canadian engineering students have been named the winners of this year's James Dyson Award, for their device that detects skin cancer without the need for a biopsy. More about Device that detects skin cancer wins James Dyson Award 2017
Architecture studio Penda has created a modular, flexible and reusable building system for MINI Living, featuring a range of living spaces that can be plugged together to form customised micro homes. More about Penda proposes "radical future-living concept" with recyclable modular dwellings
A glazed stairwell brings light from a roof window down through this narrow townhouse in Brooklyn, renovated by New York studio GRT Architects with splashes of colour. More about GRT Architects creates fluted glass stairwell for skinny Brooklyn townhouse
Architect Delfino Lozano has completed this house in Zapopan, Mexico, featuring decorative concrete screens, a pair of brick-paved courtyards and cool-blue walls. More about Concrete latticework and two courtyards filter light into Mexican house by Delfino Lozano
This flat-pack floor lamp by Vancouver studio Knauf and Brown is weighed down using a bag of water, which comes empty to make the product easier and lighter to ship. More about Knauf and Brown weights standing lamp with fillable water bag
Indigo walls and furniture form dining areas for this Japanese restaurant in Midtown Manhattan, while geometric-patterned wall surfaces match the menus and tableware. More about "Tokyo meets New York" in dark-coloured ramen restaurant by Carpenter + Mason
Dezeen promotion: designer studio Formafantasma worked with colours previously used by prolific architect Ettore Sottsass to create this range of tiles, which can be used to give ombre effects to surfaces. More about Formafantasma delves into Ettore Sottsass' archive to find colours for CEDIT tile collection
Norm Architects has made its first foray into the cycling industry, collaborating with Danish Network Association and MediaGroup Worldwide to release a range of electric and manual bicycles. More about Norm Architects launches its own cycling company with range of minimal bicycles