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
Promotion: global furniture company Steelcase has created an office chair with an ergonomic and ultra-lightweight frame designed to react to the body's movements and encourage healthy posture. More about Steelcase Karman office chair has "reactive" frame designed to move with the body
Architecture studio Spacemen has designed the Bar Kar restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to resemble the earth ovens historically used to cook and smoke food in the ground. More about Cavernous restaurant by Spacemen feels like "stepping into a giant pot"
New York interior designer Timothy Godbold has renovated an apartment in a historic Tribeca building, adding various relief treatments across its neutral walls including panels influenced by a 1970s sci-fi series. More about Timothy Godbold adorns Tribeca loft with modernist relief panels
Architecture studio Buzz has transformed three sunken courtyards created for an underground car park into gallery, event and activity spaces for Beijing MAHA Arts Centre in China. More about Buzz creates subterranean Hermit Space galleries in Beijing park
For our latest lookbook, we have collected eight minimalist bathrooms that combine tactile materials and organic details to create a relaxing and tranquil environment. More about Eight minimalist bathrooms with peaceful pared-back interiors
London department store Selfridges has opened The Joke Shop, a "shoppable comedy store" that sells products including sneezing powder and has windows filled with whoopee cushions and slipping bananas. More about Selfridges launches The Joke Shop with playful Slapstick Generator artwork
New York-based Crosby Studios has piled office equipment around a long metallic table as part of a pop-up installation for fashion brand The Frankie Shop in Los Angeles. More about Crosby Studios creates office-themed installation in LA for The Frankie Shop
An angular roof wrapped in translucent red-mesh panels crowns this Y-shaped pavilion in Sydney, designed by local studio Sam Crawford Architects. More about Sam Crawford Architects creates red-roofed community pavilion in Sydney