Royal College of Art graduate Hannah Rozenberg has developed a digital tool that calculates the underlying gender bias in English architectural terms, to help create more gender-neutral environments. More about Hannah Rozenberg develops online tool for designing architecture without gender bias
The Ace Hotel chain has opened a location in New Orleans, where moody interiors fill a historic building and extra rooms are housed in a contemporary addition. More about Ace Hotel New Orleans occupies art-deco building extended by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
MSDS Studio has matched pale chairs and tables with woodwork and plaster inside this Toronto cafe, to create a serene atmosphere for customers to enjoy their coffee. More about Early Bird cafe in Toronto by MSDS eschews "grab-and-go" coffee culture
Cantilevered metal roofs shade the glazed walls of this library designed by MLA+, which is connected by a treetop walkway to Shenzhen's Xiangmi Park. More about Xiangmi Science Library connected to park by glazed walkway through treetops
Tech entrepreneur Lapo Ceccherelli has developed a six-millimetre-wide tracking device that can help you find a lost smartphone or set of keys. More about Filo Tag is a tiny device that helps you keep track of your valuables
This week, BIG revealed plans for the Miami Produce Center in Allapattah, and IKEA asked Scholten & Baijings to hack two of its most popular furniture designs. More about This week, BIG designed buildings on stilts and IKEA hacked its own furniture
Architecture studio Alma-nac has built a round-the-clock emergency hospital for pets, which is designed to keep cats and dogs away from each other. More about London animal hospital respects the age-old rivalry between cats and dogs
Coworking company Beauty Shoppe has created a space for collaborative work with a public cafe in Cleveland, Ohio, as part of its growing number of co-working projects. More about Beauty Shoppe furnishes Cleveland co-working space with local products
The American Institute of Architects has denounced a US government proposal that could allow the manufacture of new asbestos products, following a significant backlash from the architecture community at-large. More about AIA demands "blanket ban" on asbestos following new EPA regulation
Mexican design studio All Arquitectura has created a vibrant football and basketball court for one of the poorest and most violent areas of Mexico City. More about Chequered blue sports venue reinvigorates impoverished Mexico City neighbourhood
Nike's four-panel Merlin match ball is designed to give more control to footballers playing in this season's Premier League, La Liga and Serie A. More about Nike unveils official Merlin football for new Premier League season
Swedish home furnishing giant IKEA has opened its first Indian store in Hyderabad, complete with a fleet of electric rickshaws for deliveries. More about IKEA makes deliveries with electric rickshaws from first Indian store
Los Angeles firm Bestor Architecture has built a white complex for a winery in Napa, Calfornia, complete with porthole windows and a zig-zag pavilion roof. More about Napa winery by Bestor Architecture echoes mid-century modernism
Finnish designer Robin Falck has created an A-frame mirrored holiday home on Vallisaari, an island near Helsinki. More about The Nolla cabin by Robin Falck is a zero-emissions escape in Finland
Es Devlin will add a fifth lion to Trafalgar Square for this year's London Design Festival, featuring a fluorescent coat and a mouth that continuously spouts out poetry. More about Es Devlin to install poetry-spouting lion in London's Trafalgar Square
Vast underground neighbourhoods are built to house an influx of migrants into Seoul, following the reunification of North and South Korea, in this conceptual proposal by Bartlett graduate Natasha Marks. More about Natasha Marks envisions neighbourhoods built under Seoul following reunification of Korea
The cities shown in these images by Austrian photographer Gregor Sailer may look real, but they are actually a mix of fakes and copies. More about Gregor Sailer depicts fake cities in The Potemkin Village photography series
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design graduate Hadar Neeman has created personalised ballet shoes using 3D-printing technology to reduce dancer's pain. More about P-rouette is a 3D-printed ballet shoe designed to reduce pain felt by the dancer
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the factory-built Futuro House, it's time for a radical rethinking of architectural manufacturing, says Phineas Harper. More about "What if houses were designed like bikes?"
Architecture firm Cadaval & Solà-Morales has used fallen and dead trees found around this house in Mexico to imprint its concrete exterior, which is painted black to help disguise it amongst the forest. More about Cadaval & Solà-Morales' Y-shaped Casa de la Roca hides in Mexican woodland