The tongue of Lacoste's reptilian mascot served as the unlikely inspiration for this one-off Alpine A290 Rally, with all-red interiors designed to feel like "stepping into the crocodile's mouth". More about Lacoste incorporates 290 crocodiles into special edition Alpine race car
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features news that construction has commenced on Dar al Funoon Abu Dhabi, which was designed by Frank Gehry before his death. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Frank Gehry-designed venue in Abu Dhabi
Architecture studio Snøhetta has laid a hill-like green roof over timber-and-earth volumes for a building dedicated to American president Theodore Roosevelt, connecting it to the rolling landscape of North Dakota, USA. More about Snøhetta uses mass timber and earthen walls for Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
Perforated steel screens filter light into this multi-generational house in Coimbatore, India, which architecture studio SpaceDNA completed with an oxide-coated staircase that steps around a triple-height void. More about SpaceDNA arranges split levels of Indian home around rust-orange staircase
Three interconnected curved volumes and two office towers comprise the Tengyun Center in Shenzhen, China, which has been completed by architecture studio MAD for technology company Tencent. More about MAD adds trio of "cloud buildings" to Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen
Multidisciplinary team RUA Studio has won this year's Davidson Prize with Playdeck, a concept design that envisions repurposing decommissioned buses into playscapes for people of all ages. More about Davidson Prize winner proposes reusing buses as mobile playgrounds
Local firm Open Studio has created a gigantic fibreglass dumpling to illuminate and beckon visitors into Dumpling Darlings, a small-plates restaurant in Singapore's New Bahru shopping centre. More about Open Studio designs izakaya-style restaurant with "half-dipped dumpling" lamp
Local studio Stylus Architects has completed Green Lodge, a partially submerged family home in Roehampton Village, southwest London, where a series of sunken lightwells brings daylight into rooms set below ground. More about Sunken lightwells illuminate partially submerged London home by Stylus Architects
Local studio Pliskin Architecture has updated a rowhouse with an interlocking brick entry programme to create a two-family home that fits into the context of a Brooklyn street. More about Pliskin Architecture creates "welcoming threshold" at brick-clad Brooklyn rowhouse
A team of architects has produced a multi-building complex called La Hacienda for tequila brand Clase Azul in Jalisco, Mexico, integrating artisanal building practices at an industrial scale for its red-hued structures. More about Clase Azul's La Hacienda complex in Jalisco features "ceramic horizon"
Dezeen's Design You Can Feel collaboration with ASUS has been named commercial partnership of the year for its "exceptional creativity" at the Professional Publishers Association's annual awards gala. More about Dezeen's Design You Can Feel exhibition with ASUS wins prestigious industry award
Dezeen Showroom: a chair made from leather and wood designed to reference hand sketches is among five new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Adinne chair by True Design among five new products on Dezeen Showroom
Greek studio Mold Architects has completed a hospitality retreat on the island of Serifos, using stone excavated from the rugged terrain to create five guest residences overlooking the Aegean Sea. More about Mold Architects carves stepped retreat into rocky hillside overlooking the Aegean Sea
Dutch firm UNS has completed the Korean Football Park, a sports venue and new home for the Korean Football Association in Cheonan, South Korea. More about UNS completes Korean Football Association headquarters with two dedicated stadiums
Swedish designer Gustaf Westman has designed specifically British homewares, including a tea strainer and a fish-and-chips holder, for his pop-up at department store Selfridges, where he created IKEA-style rooms for visitors to explore. More about Gustaf Westman creates colourful room settings for Selfridges pop-up store
A crescent-shaped courtyard creates a "domestic refuge" at the heart of this minimalist house in Galicia, Spain, designed by local architecture studio Sinaldaba. More about Sinaldaba organises Cecebre House in Spain around crescent-shaped courtyard
British studio Richard Parr Associates has created a timber boathouse for a family in Suffolk, England, topping its pitched roof with reed thatch. More about Richard Parr Associates crowns Suffolk boathouse with thatched roof
Ai Weiwei: Button Up! and Summer Assembly: Earth Station are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this July. More about Five architecture and design events in July from Dezeen Events Guide
Designer Keiji Ashizawa has turned a former hostel in Shintomicho, Tokyo, into Tomi Ginza, a boutique hotel with a single suite on each of its floors that was designed to fulfil a need for group accommodation in the city. More about Eight-room Tokyo hotel designed to feel like staying "at the home of a tasteful friend"
Watts Towers in Los Angeles, Dallas City Hall and the City of New Orleans are among at-risk places designated as "irreplaceable" cultural assets in the USA by heritage organisation World Monuments Fund for the country's 250th anniversary. More about World Monuments Fund selects 10 "irreplaceable" American places for USA 250