Architecture studio Brooks + Scarpa has completed an all-electric, affordable housing complex in Santa Monica called 1819 Pico, which departs from the area's typical "defensive apartment buildings" with their solid walls and fences. More about Brooks + Scarpa envisions California housing block as "carved-out cube"
Shelburne Museum in Vermont, USA, has unveiled a design by architecture studios Annum Architects, Reed Hilderbrand and Two Row Architect for its Native American Art Center after cancelling a scheme by Adjaye Associates last year. More about Shelburne Museum unveils replacement for dropped Adjaye Associates scheme
Dezeen School Shows: a biodegradable packaging design for tampon products is featured in this Dezeen school show by Design Institute of Australia. More about Nine award-winning student design projects from Design Institute of Australia
Dezeen Showroom: a material made from repurposed clear CD cases and colourful waste plastic is among recently-released tiles and surfaces featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Eight tiles and surfaces that enhance walls and floors
Architecture studio Pensaer referred to its clients' love for gardening when designing this cottage extension in Herne Hill, London, which is finished with a palette of wood and reclaimed materials. More about Pensaer revamps Allotment Cottage in London with timber-framed extension
Chairs informed by Nigerian mythology and modernist-style floor lamps were among the objects displayed at an exhibition organised by social enterprise POOR Collective to raise the profile of young designers at this year's London Design Festival. More about POOR Collective exhibition showcases work by emerging London designers
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a residential skyscraper in Downtown Manhattan created by Rafael Viñoly Architects using an "unconventional approach". More about "Nothing out of the ordinary here" says commenter
Architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has unveiled plans for a timber and rammed-earth preschool that will feature an outdoor classroom sheltered by fabric canopies in Mulbekh, India. More about Chybik + Kristof reveals plans for "culturally sensitive" preschool in northern India
Spanish studios Beades Architects and Cuarto Interior have revived a 1970s hotel property overlooking a bay in Ibiza, using local materials and mid-century furniture to transform its interiors. More about White-washed Mondrian Ibiza hotel perches above Cala Llonga bay
French architect Arthur Mamou-Mani has completed the 30-metre-high, rattan and ironwood Tri Hita Karana Tower on a beach in Bali, Indonesia. More about Arthur Mamou-Mani creates rattan viewing tower for AI light show in Bali
Designer Philippe Starck has released an "innovative" trio of whisky blends with alcohol brand Mortlach, which are covered in metallic, 3D-printed cases. More about Philippe Starck covers Mortlach whisky bottles in metallic "brain" cases
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features BIG's expansion of the Museum for Paper Art in Denmark. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features BIG's plans to expand Museum for Paper Art
Student and professor teams from US universities created seven pavilions that explore "digital and analogue methods of construction" for an architecture "live-work festival" in upstate New York. More about Woodstock pavilions showcase intersection of "digital and analog construction"
Dezeen School Shows: a proposal for social housing which references the work of Le Corbusier is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at University of Brighton. More about University of Brighton spotlights ten architecture student projects
Architecture studio Morphosis has balanced long galleries on massive beams and clad in patterned, precast concrete at the Crow Museum of Asian Art museum in Dallas, Texas. More about Morphosis raises concrete galleries around Dallas art museum
Dezeen Courses: for our latest Dezeen Courses roundup, we've got a mix of six interior design programmes ranging from short courses, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for students with varying levels of experience. More about Six interior design programmes featured on Dezeen Courses
An external concrete stair with terraces connects the floors of the Student Pavilion at the University of Melbourne, designed by US studio KoningEizenberg. More about University of Melbourne Student Pavilion by KoningEizenberg is "like a big treehouse"
With UK architecture failing to make progress on closing its gender pay gap, what more can be done? Nat Barker reports. More about Why UK architecture's gender pay gap isn't improving
Eighteen leading architects and designers met this week to decide the winners of Dezeen Awards 2024, in partnership with Bentley, which will be revealed at the Dezeen Awards 2024 party in November. More about Patricia Urquiola and Keiji Ashizawa among judges to decide Dezeen Awards 2024 winners
Designers Andu Masebo and Mikey Krzyzanowski have staged a London Design Festival exhibition where visitors made the furniture and objects on show. More about Making Room exhibition turns London shop into experimental maker space