Lisbon-based studio SIA Arquitectura has completed Casa da Encosta in Grândola, Portugal, which has a series of lime-rendered volumes wrapped around a central courtyard. More about SIA Arquitectura uses lime render to "echo the sandy landscape" surrounding coastal home
British studio RSHP has received planning consent to build cylindrical housing blocks within Victorian gas holders at the Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks in London. More about RSHP to transform world's largest cluster of Victorian gas holders into housing
Chinese architects Li Hu and Huang Wenjing, founders of Beijing-based Open Architecture, have joined Dezeen Awards China 2024 as judges. Here they select five projects that best reflect their work. More about Five "radical" projects by Dezeen Awards China judge Open Architecture
Sheffield's Park Hill Estate, London's Battersea Power Station and a timber-framed dining hall at the University of Cambridge have been named among the winners of the Royal Institute of British Architects' National Awards for 2024. More about RIBA names UK's best buildings of 2024
Local architecture studio Modu has used a metal-clad volume to increase the area of a Brooklyn apartment building by 30 per cent to prioritise outdoor living for residents and to combat "rapid gentrification". More about Modu uses metal tower structure to expand Brooklyn townhouse
Local entrepreneur Varun Kataria has unveiled a venue with a mix of colourful, retro details that contains the only permanent roller rink in New York City. More about Xanadu is a "fun and maximum" roller disco in Brooklyn
Dezeen School Shows: a community centre for creatives to encourage sustainable practice is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Bahrain. More about University of Bahrain presents ten architecture student projects
Perforated screens of white marble filter light and air into the Third Space learning and cultural centre in Udaipur, India, which has been completed by architecture practice Studio Saar. More about Studio Saar wraps cultural centre with perforated marble screens
Ghanaian studio Limbo Accra has created the Duho Pavilion within the grounds of a ruined hotel on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. More about Limbo Accra opens up abandoned Cayman Islands hotel with aluminium-pole sculpture garden
Rammed earth is often celebrated as a low-carbon method of constructing buildings, but some experts are beginning to cast doubt on its sustainability credentials. Amy Peacock reports. More about Cement-based rammed earth "not much better than concrete"
Swedish maker Love Hultén has collaborated with the country's Way Out West music festival to create the Future Fan Stage for an audience of sperm and eggs awaiting IVF. More about Love Hultén creates tiny music stage for crowd of sperm and eggs
Dezeen and Bentley have partnered for the second year running to launch a global competition calling for pioneering proposals that could have a powerful impact on how people live over the next 100 years. More about Bentley and Dezeen launch Start Something Powerful Competition
A display unit wrapped in burgundy-coloured leather forms the centrepiece of this apartment-style showroom in Milan, designed by local firm Eligo Studio for Italian winemaker Masciarelli Tenute Agricole. More about Eligo Studio creates homely Milan showroom for winemaker Masciarelli
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a wooden house in Estonia. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features a "deliciously sophisticated" house in Estonia
Streaming service Netflix has announced Netflix House, an immersive retail, food, and entertainment experience based on popular series to be located in malls in Texas and Pennsylvania. More about Netflix to create "immersive experiences" in US malls
Dezeen School Shows: a project exploring the impact of climate change on coral and the biodiversity of marine life is included in Dezeen's latest school show by New Designers. More about Ten design projects by students taking part in New Designers
Global furniture brand Haworth showcased furniture designs by Bill Carroll, Common Object and Sam Klemick at their Chicago showroom during NeoCon 2024 as revealed in this reel created for the brand by Dezeen. More about Haworth debuts furniture designed for a circular economy at NeoCon 2024
Finnish studio AOR Architects has completed the Monio School and Cultural Centre in Hyrylä, using over 5,000 industrial timber logs to create a structure that references the area's traditional wooden villas. More about AOR Architects creates Finnish school from timber logs
Designer Harry Nuriev of Crosby Studios has transformed India Mahdavi's Paris gallery into a silver-coloured space where visitors can play table tennis in the lead-up to the 2024 Olympic Games. More about India Mahdavi and Crosby Studios create reflective ping pong parlour in Paris
Women sick of feeling unsafe in their cities may need to consider disruption as a means of effecting change, writes Helen Parton. More about "Design can do more to reduce the built environment's capacity for enabling misogyny"