Germany is to make public transport cost-free in five cities, as the government attempts to meet pollution targets set by the EU. More about Germany to trial free public transport in bid to cut pollution
Today is Chinese New Year, and to celebrate it being the year of the dog we've curated a selection of architecture and design projects created with man's best friend in mind. More about 10 designs for dogs, from miniature IKEA furniture to a canine-friendly staircase
Flexible concrete cloth has made possible the swooping shapes of this console designed by Portland-based Neal Aronowitz. More about Neal Aronowitz folds Concrete Cloth into sculptural table
More images have been released to show the luxury amenities that will available to residents of Zaha Hadid's One Thousand Museum tower in Miami, which has reached its full height. More about Zaha Hadid's One Thousand Museum tower tops out in Miami
This week's edition of our newsletter Dezeen Mail includes an installation made from 17,700 acrylic rods and the football kits that Nike designed for the England and Nigeria teams. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
More about Latest Dezeen Mail features World Cup football kits and a cloud-like sculpture
London's Architectural Association has announced three candidates in the running to become its new leader: Robert Mull, Eva Franch i Gilabert and Pippo Ciorra. More about Architectural Association announces shortlist for new director
British architect David Chipperfield has designed a commemorative coin to mark 250 years since the opening of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. More about David Chipperfield designs £5 coin to mark Royal Academy of Arts' 250th anniversary
Palm Springs Modernism Week kicks off today, and we're taking a closer look at some of the city's best mid-century buildings to coincide with the event. First up is the Tramway Gas Station, designed by architects Albert Frey and Robson Chambers to mark the entrance into the modernist mecca. More about Tramway Gas Station by Frey and Chambers is a modernist gatehouse for Palm Springs
British visualisation studio The Boundary has created a series of renderings depicting a "super luxury" hotel planned for a secret site in Arizona's Sonoran desert. More about The Boundary releases visuals of "pi-in-the-sky" luxury hotel in the Sonoran Desert
Korean designer Koo Hyeonjeong has created a conceptual tool for women, which could allow them to impregnate themselves through the use of a hand-shaped pump. More about Seeding Finger is a hand-shaped tool for artificial insemination
The next instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores an experimental apartment by Swedish firm White Arkitekter, which can be reconfigured according to the needs of its residents. More about Reconfigurable apartment allows residents to transform their living spaces
The developer of a luxury urban quarter in Hamburg has agreed to remove a sign designed "as a tribute to the 20s" after critics compared it to concentration-camp signage. More about Developer to remove signage from site of Nazi torture cellars following backlash
Warsaw-based art collective Pangenerator has created an installation that invites observers to take a selfie, which is then projected onto a screen before vanishing into nothingness. More about Digital installation seemingly turns selfies into gravel
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira has completed a church in the Brittany region of France, featuring a sculptural composition of intersecting concrete forms. More about Álvaro Siza combines geometric forms for white-concrete church in Brittany
Design collective EWE Studio has used fire to treat the many different materials in this limited-edition collection of jet-black furniture and lava-like lighting. More about EWE Studio's handcrafted Alquimia furniture and lighting is born of fire
Canadian studio DesignAgency has transformed a 19th-century building in Toronto, once home to a strip club, into a boutique hotel featuring patchwork flooring, patterned wallpaper and brass lighting. More about DesignAgency turns former strip club into boutique Toronto hotel
Nendo has designed a wireless speaker for Japanese brand Bunaco, using a thin strip of coiled beech wood trapped inside a transparent casing. More about Nendo exploits acoustic properties of beech wood for transparent Bunaco speaker
Nick Deaver Architects has added a corrugated metal extension to the rear of a bungalow in Texas, along with a new dining area with floor-to-ceiling windows. More about Nick Deaver enlarges 1930s cottage in Austin with glass and metal additions
Danish architect Dorte Mandrup has planned a building on top of a second-world-war naval bunker, in a UNESCO World Heritage area on the German coast. More about Dorte Mandrup to wrap heritage centre around second-world-war bunker
Stadium specialist Populous is planning to build spherical music and entertainment venues for the Madison Square Garden Company, in Las Vegas and London. More about Populous to design spherical music venues in Las Vegas and London