To help this cluster of houses blend into their setting in a Mexican forest, architecture studio Taller Hector Barroso chose to cover the walls in a render made using local soil. More about Soil-based render creates terracotta-coloured walls for Mexican forest houses by Taller Hector Barroso
Houston has launched a 20-year plan to overhaul its Downtown business district, after the Texas city's urban design was heavily criticised following catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. More about Masterplan unveiled for Downtown Houston in wake of Hurricane Harvey
Portland-based firm William Kaven Architecture has put forward a scheme to redevelop the soon-to-be demolished US postal building in the Oregon city, including a pair of towers built alongside a high-speed rail system. More about William Kaven proposes Portland's tallest skyscrapers at US Postal Office site
New York architect Peter Zuspan explains how his studio Bureau V's colourful additions to the MINI Living Urban Cabin in New York reflect the city's large immigrant population in our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video. More about Bureau V's MINI Living Urban Cabin aims to "start a conversation about immigration"
A huge smile-shaped structure in London and a study centre in the Philippines are among today's category winners at the World Architecture Festival 2017 awards. More about Best architecture of 2017 revealed at day one of World Architecture Festival
Designers from Mexico and Colombia have collaborated on a set of objects, created to facilitate coffee-drinking customs from the two countries. More about Coffee-drinking customs influence Samaná furniture and homeware range
Airbnb's Dublin headquarters in a former warehouse and a high-rise hospital in Montreal are among the first category winners from this year's Inside festival awards. More about Top interiors of the year revealed at day one of Inside festival 2017
Matthias Kohler of Gramazio Kohler wraps up the first day of talks at World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin with his talk about the effect of robotics on the architecture and construction industries. More about Watch Matthias Kohler speak about robotic construction live from World Architecture Festival 2017
An exhibition has opened at London's Design Museum celebrating 70 years of Ferrari design, from the brand's first vehicle, to the Formula One race car that Michael Schumacher drove to victory in 2000. More about Design Museum showcases 14 rare sports cars in Ferrari retrospective
British architect David Adjaye's plans to create a "micro village" of red cultural buildings in Florida's Winter Park have been granted planning permission. More about David Adjaye's red library and events complex in Florida wins approval
Utopia Arkitekter has designed a tent-like shelter that could provide a cosy retreat for trekkers in the mountains. More about Skýli mountain shelter is designed to withstand extreme weather conditions
Dezeen promotion: Astro Lighting has revealed its new collection of architectural LEDs, which are simple and subtle, so that they never overpower a setting. More about Astro's architectural lighting collection lets a building take centre stage
Diébédo Francis Kéré, designer of this year's Serpentine Pavilion, took to the main stage at World Architecture Festival 2017. More about Watch Diébédo Francis Kéré's lecture at World Architecture Festival 2017
More than 150 architects are calling for an independent review into the governance of Scottish architecture's professional body, the RIAS, which is being accused of covering up details of its internal finances. More about Scottish architects call for reform of "increasingly secretive and autocratic" RIAS
Architects Alison Brooks and Jacob Kurek spoke on the theme of performance spaces in the second talk Dezeen streamed from World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. More about Watch Alison Brooks and Jacob Kurek discuss performance spaces at World Architecture Festival 2017
Architect Rafael Viñoly discussed the concept of performance in architecture in the opening keynote seminar at World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. More about Watch Rafael Viñoly's keynote presentation at World Architecture Festival 2017
Architect Ole Scheeren has unveiled plans to build a 333-metre-high skyscraper in Vietnam's largest city, which will mimic the topography of the country's natural landscape. More about Ole Scheeren references mountain landscapes in design for Vietnam skyscraper
Dutch designer Ermi van Oers has created a lamp that uses a living plant to generate its own electricity – and plans to scale up the technology to power entire smart cities. More about Living Light is an off-grid lamp powered by photosynthesis
This music studio in the garden of a home in Newcastle, New South Wales, is entered via a house-shaped porch that doubles as an outdoor recital space. More about M3 Architecture adds music studio with its own stage to garden of Australian residence
Serbian artist Marina Abramovic has abandoned plans for OMA to turn a former theatre in Upstate New York into an arts institute in her name, after failing to raise enough funding. More about Marina Abramovic cancels OMA's theatre conversion in Upstate New York