Textile artist Daisy May Collingridge has designed a family of fleshy, fabric bodysuits as "a joyful representation of the human form". More about Daisy May Collingridge's "squishy" flesh suits quash the idea of an ideal body type
A community of nuns have donated their convent in New Orleans to create the Mirabeau Water Garden wetlands and improve the city's system for flood prevention. More about Nuns offer up convent as wetlands to fight flooding in New Orleans
A sloping wall clad in slim white tiles hides the formerly problematic facade of this minimal patisserie in Hangzhou, China, which has been designed by Say Architects. More about Curved tiled wall guides customers inside Hangzhou's Angelot patisserie
Danish furniture brand Møbel has collaborated with Studio David Thulstrup to create a duo of odd-couple tables – one made entirely from ceramic and the other from contrasting, powder-coated steel. More about Studio David Thulstrup designs "co-dependent" Pair side tables for Møbel
An oversized roof supported by large wooden beams shades the interiors of this home that FujiwaraMuro Architects designed in the Japanese city of Nara to take cues from the form of a mountain hut. More about Large sloping roof shelters House in Gakuenmae by FujiwaraMuro Architects
Projects by HOK, Arquitectonica and Morphosis have been singled out for criticism in president Trump's draft executive order for federal buildings, which would outlaw brutalist and deconstructivist styles if it becomes law. More about Trump's Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again decries brutalist and deconstructivist architecture
Brooklyn creative agency An Aesthetic Pursuit has designed a bold rental house in Maine with furniture and products that guests can purchase. More about An Aesthetic Pursuit designs shoppable Airbnb in Maine
British architecture studio Asif Khan has revealed the Expo Entry Portals, gateways to the Dubai Expo 2020 woven from carbon fibre to create 21-metre-high mashrabiya-style lattices. More about Asif Khan unveils carbon-fibre latticed gates for Dubai Expo 2020
Caroline Baumann has stepped down from her position as director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, the New York Times has reported. More about Cooper Hewitt director Caroline Baumann resigns
Greece has been criticised for plans to erect a floating barrier of nets on the border with Turkey in the Aegean Sea to deter people crossing by boat. More about Greece plans floating sea barrier to keep out refugees
In this exclusive video interview filmed as part of our high-tech architecture series, British architect Norman Foster explains how the headquarters he designed for HSBC in Hong Kong in the 1980s transformed his architecture firm into a global brand. More about HSBC headquarters was "more than just a building" says Norman Foster
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has revealed new details of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 torch, as the country prepares for the games this summer. More about Tokujin Yoshioka reveals new photographs of Tokyo 2020 torch
South African architecture studio Counterspace will use cork and bricks made of recycled construction waste to build this year's Serpentine Pavilion, which refers to the experiences of London's migrant communities in its design. More about Counterspace designs Serpentine Pavilion 2020 to be built with recycled bricks
Yellow-tiled walls that recall grassy meadows and swampy purple ceilings appear inside this travel-themed restaurant at the centre of Amsterdam by Studio Modijefsky.
More about Amsterdam's Karavaan restaurant has colourful interiors by Studio Modijefsky
Our selection of the top architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week includes positions at Danish homeware brand Hay and British interior design studio BradyWilliams. More about The most promising roles on Dezeen Jobs this week include vacancies at Hay and BradyWilliams
White metal mesh filters daylight into the terrace of this extension of a 1950s detached home in Barcelona by Bonba Studio. More about Bonba Studio encases extension in Barcelona in white metal mesh
New York firm O'Neill McVoy Architects has used a lightwell and clerestory window to illuminate the interiors of this studio in Connecticut for artist Gelah Penn. More about O'Neill McVoy Architects creates black Double Square Studio in Connecticut for a sculptor
EWE Studio has opened its Mexico City showroom inside a former dance hall from the 1950s, filled with fixtures and furniture by the local design studio. More about EWE Studio turns dance hall into its showroom in Mexico City's Roma Norte
A courtyard with a concrete pool sits at the centre of a house on Phillip Island in Australia, designed by Branch Studio Architects and illuminated by large skylights. More about Branch Studio Architects uses skylights to bring light into Australian island house
Pastel-hued surfaces and colourful onyx feature in a hybrid office, store and cafe in Amsterdam, designed by Anne Claus Interiors. More about Anne Claus Interiors puts candy-striped onyx bar inside &C's Amsterdam office