Estudio Carroll has completed a boutique hotel coated in pink chukum and set in an artificial wetland in Puerto Escondido, Mexico with a shape informed by "the female form". More about Estudio Carroll clads rounded Mexican hotel in pink chukum
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features MVRDV's designs for a series of bayside residential towers in China. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features MVRDV's plans for stepped high-rises in Shenzhen
Local architecture studio Hewitt has unveiled the 33-storey-high Skyglass residential block in downtown Seattle, which was informed by an offset stack of magazines. More about Hewitt creates residential tower in Seattle informed by stack of magazines
Providing homes for people with disabilities and formerly houseless LGBTQ+ youth, our next Social Housing Revival case study set out to prove that low-cost housing in the US can look as good as upscale apartments. More about La Brea Affordable Housing in West Hollywood is a contemporary take on art deco
Sportswear brand Camper has released the Roku modular trainer, which is formed of six parts that can be easily assembled and disassembled. More about Camper unveils modular trainer "simple enough to assemble and disassemble by customers"
Construction is progressing on a mass-timber academic building with a stone facade designed by architecture firm Studio Gang for the University of Chicago campus in Paris. More about Images reveal construction of Studio Gang university in Paris built with 50 per cent natural materials
Designer Samuel Ross set out to subvert any idea of how a lavatory should look when creating his first toilet for bathroom brand Kohler, set to debut at Milan design week next month. More about Samuel Ross designs textured toilet that is "closer to a sculpture"
A bedroom incorporating a bathtub and a window bench is one of several versatile spaces architect Ulli Heckmann created when renovating this compact apartment in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. More about Multipurpose rooms optimise space at Ulli Heckmann's Rotterdam apartment
New York-based studio Apparatus has redesigned its Hollywood showroom with multiple material schemas and a range of its lighting and furniture products to evoke a feeling of "discovery" for visitors. More about Apparatus updates Los Angeles showroom to include a "modernist grotto"
Spanish architecture studios SelgasCano and Diego Cano used multi-coloured tubes made from recycled aluminium to clad a house on a steep site in Los Angeles. More about SelgasCano and Diego Cano wrap LA hillside house in colourful aluminium tubes
Dezeen School Shows: a project that proposes a combined beachfront cinema and theatre in Dubai is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Heriot-Watt University. More about Ten architecture projects by students at Heriot-Watt University
An inverted-pitch roof and angular brick cladding characterise the Butterfly House extension, which architecture studio The DHaus Company has added to a terraced home in north London. More about The DHaus Company revamps London house with butterfly-roof extension
Architect Kate Macintosh is known for designing council housing, but in this Social Housing Revival interview she argues that a better way to address the UK's housing-affordability crisis would be a tax on land values. More about "I struggle to keep my flame of hope alive" says Kate Macintosh
Architecture studios BIG and A+ Architecture have revealed the design for the mass-timber Marengo Multimodal Transport Hub in Toulouse, France, which will be topped with a rose-coloured "foraine" brick roof. More about BIG and A+ Architecture set to design mass-timber transport hub in Toulouse
Belgian architect Bernard Dubois designed bespoke 1970s-style wooden furniture and interiors for the revamped Bouchardon hotel in Paris, which references mountain hotels. More about Bernard Dubois designs Canal Saint-Martin hotel to feel "far from Paris"
Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed a series of residential high-rises arranged around courtyards in Shenzhen's Qianhai bay, which will form part of a smart city development by technology company Tencent. More about MVRDV unveils residential high-rises for Tencent smart city in Shenzhen
Users speak softly into their hand to give AI voice commands using the Wizpr smart ring, a wearable designed by Korean technology company VTouch. More about Wizpr smart ring provides discreet way to talk to AI
The built environment is the fastest-growing consumer of materials in the world – but it also offers the most potential for improvement according to Julia Okatz, advisor on the UN's landmark Global Resource Outlook. More about Buildings "biggest lever" for improving global resource efficiency says UN report
Fashion designer Ozwald Boateng, Wellcome Collection director Melanie Keen, architect Dong Danshen and Design, Bitches founders Rebecca Rudolph and Catherine Johnson are the latest Dezeen Awards 2024 judges. More about Ozwald Boateng and Melanie Keen announced as judges for Dezeen Awards 2024
Dezeen Showroom: a collection of carpets made from recycled materials that mimic traditional textile weaving techniques is among 11 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Graphic flooring by Bolon among 11 new products on Dezeen Showroom