Anish Kapoor dominates this week's comments update, after calling for artists to engage with issues such as nationalism, Brexit and Donald Trump, and unveiling a giant whirlpool in Brooklyn. More about "How is a giant rock or shiny sphere supposed to confront fascism?"
Dezeen promotion: a perforated, cylindrical cultural centre in Miami and bespoke Danish-designed guestrooms in a New York hotel are among the shortlisted projects for this year's Awards for Hospitality Experience and Design Americas. More about Shortlist revealed for inaugural AHEAD Americas hospitality awards
Awards should not be bestowed on buildings that boast sustainable credentials but lack other design merits, says Aaron Betsky in this Opinion column. More about "There should be no top 10 prizes for sustainable architecture"
Faced with the difficult task of delivering a family house for less than €100,000, Portuguese architect José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira designed this cuboidal concrete property. More about Mami House is a "mini bunker" built for a couple on a very tight budget
A mural by street artist Banksy has appeared in the English town of Dover, showing a worker chipping a star away from the European Union flag. More about Banksy takes aim at Brexit with latest mural
Bjarke Ingels reveals the demands of being one of the world's most successful architects, and its impact on his personal life and health, in the new documentary BIG Time. More about BIG Time film documents Bjarke Ingels' gruelling rise to stardom
Idee Architects has modernised a traditional Vietnamese farmhouse for a large family, adding a glass and steel structure that overlooks orchards and the Ba Vì mountain range beyond. More about Idee Architects updates house on Vietnamese citrus farm with pavilion-like living space
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architect in London to join Hopkins Architects, the firm behind the Velodrome for the London 2012 Olympic Games. More›
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Seoul-based studio PESI has designed a side table using planks of cardboard that have the appearance of wood. More about Flat-pack Lumber table is made entirely from cardboard
Costa Rica studio Carazo Arquitectura has completed a concrete residence that sprawls across the summit of a hill and steps down the slope into a canopy of vegetation. More about Grove of trees shades hillside Costa Rican house by Carazo Arquitectura
UK architect Simon Astridge has used shipping containers, exposed plasterwork and clay lighting to create the offices and showroom for a London tile manufacturer. More about Simon Astridge stacks shipping containers to create backyard London office
The massing for this residential development by US architecture firm ISA was driven by its varied types of living units, from apartments and duplexes to three-storey townhouses. More about ISA creates hybrid housing complex for gentrifying neighbourhood in Philadelphia
Lines of conductive ink thread between the protruding speakers and light boxes that form this interactive wall display, designed by UM Project and Flavor Paper. More about Electric wallpaper connects speakers, lights and fans in installaton by UM Project and Flavor Paper
A+Awards: California firm FOG Studio worked with the residents of East Palo Alto to design this bayside community centre and exhibition space, another winner at the 2016 Architizer A+Awards. More about FOG Studio's Cooley Landing centre provides facilities for Bay Area wetland reserve
Products by Brooklyn-based Ladies & Gentlemen Studio are on display alongside furniture by new Australian design brand SP01 at a pastel-coloured installation in New York. More about Soft-toned installation combines designs by Ladies & Gentlemen and SP01
London studio Seymourpowell's virtual-reality tool for automotive design allows people in various locations around the world to work together in real time. More about Seymourpowell demos VR software for collaboratively designing cars
This modest extension to a cottage in the Scottish countryside was designed by architecture studio Sutherland & Co so the owners could invite their family to stay. More about Gabled guesthouse by Sutherland & Co extends countryside cottage in Scotland
Young Architects Competitions is inviting designers to submit proposals for a complex of observatory houses, located in the grounds of Italy's Roccascalegna castle. More about Call for entries to YAC's Observatory Houses competition
Large windows are slotted in between concrete and timber-clad floorplates to form this polygonal house in the Swiss town of Möhlin, designed by Basel-based architect Jan Skuratowski. More about Jan Skuratowski's "pavilion-like" House M features large window walls
Stockholm studio Snask's North Korea rebrand features a heart motif designed to create a "common feeling of belonging". More about Snask rebrands North Korea as Love Korea with heart-focused identity