American company Heliogen has managed to concentrate solar energy to temperatures of more than 1000 degrees Celsius – hot enough to provide a fossil-fuel-free way to make concrete. More about Heliogen's 1000C solar-heating technology could be key to low-emission cement
American studio Faulkner Architects has transformed a rustic building in northern California into a simple dwelling sheathed in salvaged redwood and weathering steel. More about Faulkner Architects converts barn in California's wine country into minimal bunkhouse
Snøhetta celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. In the first part of an exclusive interview with Dezeen, co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen explains that the firm's ultimate aim has always been to make buildings for the betterment of society. More about Merging architecture and landscape "came very naturally" to Snøhetta says co-founder
We continue our high-tech architecture series with a profile of Michael and Patty Hopkins, who designed one of the movement's most pragmatic buildings – Hopkins House – and went on to develop historicist high-tech architecture. More about Michael and Patty Hopkins took high-tech architecture to historical settings
From a snow-covered gabled home to clifftop residences, Canada's residential architecture continued to boom this year. Bridget Cogley selects 10 highlights to continue our review of 2019. More about Dezeen's top 10 Canadian houses of 2019
JKMM Architects has designed an extension to Finland's national museum in Helsinki topped with a white, disc-shaped concrete roof. More about JKMM Architects designs disc-shaped extension to National Museum of Finland
Clay bricks, onyx and plush velvet are just some of the materials that creative duo Giada Forte and Robert Vattilana have used for the interior of this fashion boutique, which has opened in west London. More about Material palette of London's Forte Forte boutique is a "visual and chromatic melody"
Polish designer Kamila Rudnicka has created an artificial insemination tool that doubles up as a sex toy, in the hopes of restoring pleasure to an often clinical process. More about Kamila Rudnicka designs at-home insemination kit for use as part of sex
Dezeen promotion: in our latest competition, Dezeen has partnered with glassware brand Nude to give away three whiskey bottles from its Malt collection. More about Competition: win a Malt Whisky Tall bottle by Mikko Laakkonen for Nude
Architecture studio Rombout Frieling Lab and Research Institutes of Sweden have created the Station of Being as a prototype bus stop for use in the Arctic region, which uses sound and light to alert passengers to approaching buses. More about Station of Being is an interactive Arctic bus stop
New York interior designer Sasha Bikoff has designed furniture that takes cues from looks in Versace's old fashion campaigns for an exhibition in Miami. More about Sasha Bikoff references 1990s Versace campaigns for Design Miami exhibit
Architecture studio Partisans has unveiled plans to transform a Canadian town into a smart community, combining fibre optics, autonomous vehicles and drone ports within a rural setting. More about Partisans to turn Canadian town into "city of the future" The Orbit
In this week's comments update, readers are disgusted by a marketing campaign for a gold flip phone launched by Pablo Escobar's brother. More about "Do we still need girls showing boobs to sell a smartphone?"
American arts administrator Bettina Korek has been appointed CEO of London's Serpentine Galleries following Yana Peel's resignation earlier this year. More about Serpentine Galleries appoints Frieze Los Angeles's Bettina Korek as CEO
Long windows are embedded into the board-formed concrete walls of this residential building in Mexico City's upscale Polanco area, designed by American architecture firm Studio Rick Joy. More about Studio Rick Joy designs concrete apartment complex in Mexico City's Polanco neighbourhood
We continue or high-tech architecture series by looking at Foster Associates' Willis Faber & Dumas building, a revolutionary office block in Ipswich, which was completed in 1975. More about The Willis Faber & Dumas building is a revolutionary high-tech office
This year designers created a huge variety of conceptual architecture from a straw bale school to a bamboo colony on Mars. Semi Han continues our review of 2019 with 10 of the most intriguing concepts. More about Dezeen's top 10 conceptual architecture projects of 2019
Pantone played it safe and still missed the mark by picking Classic Blue as its colour of the year for 2020, says Michelle Ogundehin. More about "In choosing blue, Pantone has missed the mark once more"
A client's strong ties to Japan informed the interiors of this Barbican apartment, which has been overhauled by Takero Shimazaki Architects. More about Takero Shimazaki Architects infuses Barbican flat with Japanese details
Royal College of Art graduate Tessa Silva has turned a clay-like material made from waste milk into bulbous vases, candelabras and door handles called Chalk & Cheese. More about Tessa Silva creates compostable homeware from surplus milk and chalk