Architecture studio Mitsubishi Jisho Design has completed an 11-storey hybrid timber hotel in Sapporo, Japan, that was designed to use as much local timber and as little concrete as possible. More about Mitsubishi Jisho Design completes "Japan's first hybrid timber high-rise hotel"
UK studio Panter Hudspith Architects has created a city block of housing in London's Elephant and Castle, which is shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More about Panter Hudspith Architects creates "contemporary vernacular" for Orchard Gardens housing
A group of architectural workers has launched an anonymous salary survey to highlight the UK studios that pay the highest wages for different roles in the architecture profession. More about The Pay 100 aims to encourage "full wage transparency" at UK architecture studios
In this week's comments update, readers have had lots to say about Saudi Arabia's plan to host the Asian Winter Games "in the heart of the desert". More about "Not as stupid as an air-conditioned stadium in Qatar" says commenter
A school in Jedburgh by Stallan-Brand that is vying for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award is the focus of this video produced by Stephenson&. More about Jedburgh Grammar Campus avoids traditional school layout "where you trudge round a corridor"
Designer Vibeke Fonnesberg Schmidt has created a range of wall-mounted lights made of plexiglass, which are highlighted as part of our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2022 collaboration. More about Vibeke Fonnesberg Schmidt plays with light and transparency with plexiglass wall light
An exhibition in Copenhagen showcases work by students who were instructed to develop projects for extreme environments in order to come up with original design solutions not influenced by "castle in the sky" builds and architecture blogs. More about Copenhagen Architecture Festival exhibition responds to "ridiculous" big-budget building projects
Zane Cerpina and Stahl Stenslie's have collected experimental food designs, including whisky made from urine and cows that harness energy, for their Anthropocene Cookbook. The authors chose 10 of their favourites for Dezeen. More about Ten experimental designs that tackle the food challenges of the Anthropocene era
Two vacant ground-floor rooms and an adjoining greenhouse were knocked together and lined with bookshelves to form this private library, designed by Atelier Tao+C for a venture capital firm in Shanghai. More about Atelier Tao+C creates serene timber and travertine reading room
American architecture studio Morphosis has completed a terracotta-clad art museum in Costa Mesa, California, that features expansive gallery space and a multi-storey atrium. More about Morphosis completes terracotta-clad Orange County Museum of Art
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Saudi Arabia's plan to host the Asian Winter Games at its Neom development in the desert. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Saudi Arabia's plan to host Asian Winter Games at Neom
Mexican architecture firm Estudio IPA has completed a house on an abandoned lot in San Miguel de Allende with calming interiors that make the most of a "narrow and uneven" property. More about Estudio IPA places tree at the centre of San Miguel de Allende home
Dezeen School Shows: a futuristic city where the street is devoid of vehicles and a university building in Mexico City that references local brutalist architecture are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at SCI-Arc. More about SCI-Arc spotlights eight graduate architecture projects
A large steel-clad cube encloses the Dance House in Helsinki, which local architecture studios JKMM and ILO architects have created by converting and extending part of a former cable factory. More about JKMM and ILO architects extend Helsinki's Cable Factory with metal-clad dance centre
As ditching demolition in favour of reusing existing buildings becomes crucial in the face of climate change, Building for Change author Ruth Lang selects six buildings that show that renovations don't need to be dull. More about Six buildings that show reuse "isn't a constraint on creativity"
Ukraine's postal service Ukrposhta has issued a stamp to mark last week's explosion on the bridge connecting Crimea and Russia, which features inside jokes and Titanic movie references. More about Ukraine celebrates armed forces' "titanic efforts" with Crimean bridge attack stamp
Lene Bødker combined the classical motif of a human torso with nature in her sculptures, which are featured in the Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2022 collaboration. More about Lene Bødker's glass sculptures reference the human torso
Weathered-steel planters feature in the linear park that London studio Twelve Architects and the National Trust conservation charity have created on the disused Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester. More about Victorian viaduct repurposed as public park in Manchester
Used books are displayed in supermarket-style crates at the Deja Vu Recycle Store in Shanghai, which local studio Offhand Practice has designed to counter the "shabby" image associated with second-hand shops. More about Offhand Practice designs second-hand bookshop in Shanghai to mimic greengrocer
Colourful cones of Murano glass give a graphic feel to this series of limited-edition lights created by British designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby for Galerie Kreo. More about Barber and Osgerby designs Signals lights using big cones of blown glass