Concrete sound mirrors, used in the UK to intercept coastal attacks in the aftermath of the first world war, are captured in this photography series by Piercarlo Quecchia. More about Piercarlo Quecchia reveals England's acoustic defences of the 1920s in Sound Mirrors photos
This week on Dezeen, Foster + Partners' giant stone Bloomberg HQ won the Stirling Prize 2018, and a concrete university building by Barclay & Crousse took home the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize. More about This week, Foster + Partners and Barclay & Crousse won architecture prizes
American designer Anna Meddaugh has created a personal urinal that women in refugee camps can use in shelters at night to avoid the threat of sexual violence outside. More about Night Loo is a safe portable toilet for women in refugee camps
Architecture firm BIG has released renderings of its first project in South America: a curved tower covered with planted balconies that would become the tallest building in Quito. More about BIG releases plans for IQON skyscraper in Ecuador
Smokey black walls, old chimneys and machinery surround this exhibition of design collective EWE Studio's works inside a 17th-century mint in Mexico City. More about Blackened Mexico City coin factory provides moody setting for EWE exhibit
Zaha Hadid's design for a skeletal building overlooking Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro has been shelved, according to local reports. More about Zaha Hadid's first Brazilian building scrapped after long delays
London newspaper the Evening Standard has named Dezeen founder Marcus Fairs as one of the city's 1,000 most influential figures. More about Dezeen founder Marcus Fairs named one of London's most influential people
Awarding the Stirling Prize to Foster + Partners for its Bloomberg building sends the wrong message and risks runaway global warming. We need a new approach to sustainability says Phineas Harper. More about "The world's most sustainable office building isn't enough to save the planet"
Architecture firm Taller Hector Barroso has designed a housing complex in Mexico City, with warm-hued concrete walls inside and out. More about Taller Hector Barroso completes caramel-coloured apartment complex in Mexico City
Lighting brand Plumen has launched an LED light bulb that offers a more sustainable alternative to its 001 bulb, which was named the Design of the Year by London's Design Museum in 2011. More about Plumen creates LED version of Design of the Year-winning 001 light bulb
British artist David Shrigley has filled a gallery in Stockholm's Spritmuseum with giant inflatable swans, which inflate and deflate in cycles of 12 minutes. More about David Shrigley's inflatable Swan-things collapse and spring to life in 12-minute cycles
Triangle-shaped towers fitted with smart technology form the centre of Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects competition-winning masterplan for Helsinki. More about Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects plans cluster of triangular smart skyscrapers for Helsinki
Architectural historian Beatriz Colomina wants to know what people get up to in bed – it will affect the way we design cities in the future, she says. More about "We should think very seriously about what a bed is today" says Beatriz Colomina
Swedish studio Urban Nouveau is offering an alternative to the demolition of a 1920s bridge in Stockholm – transform it by adding apartments and a linear park. More about Urban Nouveau wants to save Stockholm's Gamla Lidingöbron bridge by building homes in it
Elevation, Dezeen's documentary about how drones will transform cities, has received two accolades at the Lovie Awards 2018, which celebrates the best content on the internet. More about Dezeen's drone documentary Elevation wins two Lovie Awards
Designer Seetal Solanki has released a book exploring natural and manmade materials that could be used to reduce human impact on the planet. In a Dezeen exclusive, she picks out five of the most innovative examples. More about Five materials that could help us design a more sustainable future
One for Hundred is a furniture brand based in Austria that produces more wood than it uses. More about One For Hundred plants 100 trees for every piece of wooden furniture sold
Microsoft Ireland's new campus in Dublin is designed around the concept of an island, complete with a digital waterfall cascading through the atrium. More about Gensler and RKD Architects create digital waterfall for Microsoft Ireland's HQ
The Open House New York event is spotlighting architecture and landscape projects across the city that are designed by women, and will be available to tour this weekend. More about Eight works by women to visit during Open House New York
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