In this week's comments update, readers are discussing an aluminium-disc-topped pavilion in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. More about "If you know anything about concrete, you know this is extraordinary" says commenter
In the latest instalment of our Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series, Omar Nobil, VP of product design and brand creative for Design Within Reach, explains what the company is looking for when hiring. More about "I'm looking for people who have a defiant optimism and a solution-oriented mindset"
Chinese interiors studio RooMoo has used nearly 6,000 pieces of oak from discarded distillery barrels to adorn this whiskey bar in Shanghai. More about RooMoo reuses distillery's old whiskey barrels to decorate its bar
Dezeen Events Guide has launched its guide to Miami art week 2023, highlighting the fairs, exhibitions and installations taking place in the city from 6 to 10 December 2023. More about Dezeen Events Guide launches digital guide to Miami art week 2023
A person can change the prescription of their eyewear with a quick swipe with the 32°N sunglasses by technology company DeepOptics. More about 32°N adaptive focus sunglasses can switch from distance to reading mode
Promotion: buying office pods instead of building meeting rooms could save companies in the US around $30 billion by 2030, according to research by soundproof booth manufacturer Framery and real-estate investor CBRE. More about Building meeting rooms costs 55 per cent more than buying office pods according to research
New Zealand design studio Formway Design has created Denn Chair, a "holistic" workplace chair made from recycled materials, in collaboration with Australian furniture brand Zenith. More about Formway Design creates customisable task chair from recycled plastic and ocean waste
Architecture firm Jones Studio has designed an educational centre in Arizona with the aim of raising awareness about water resources and infrastructure in the region. More about Jones Studio designs education centre to show "preciousness" of water in Arizona
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the renovation of Lever House by architecture studio SOM. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features SOM's restoration of New York's Lever House
Foster + Partners has completed the framing for JPMorgan Chase's headquarters at 270 Park Avenue, which the studio claims will be the largest all-electric tower in New York City. More about Foster + Partners tops out supertall skyscraper for JPMorgan HQ at 270 Park Avenue
Dezeen Courses: a programme that challenges students to create environmentally responsive design schemes is included in this roundup of courses on sustainability. More about Six courses on sustainability for designers
This exclusive video produced by Dezeen features The Perch, architect Nicole Blair's elevated house extension in Austin, which was designed to maximise living space. More about Video reveals Austin guesthouse perched above existing family bungalow
A 1930s telephone exchange in Cambridge, UK, has been retrofitted and converted into a "joyful and welcoming" office building by architecture studios Architype and Eve Waldron Design. More about Architype transforms old telephone exchange into Entopia workspace
Danish studio Cobe has completed The Opera Park, a "much-needed green oasis" in Copenhagen's inner harbour that features six gardens and a flower-shaped greenhouse. More about Cobe unveils The Opera Park on island in Copenhagen's harbour
A cluster of buildings and courtyards that act as "a natural extension" of a mountain will define this campus expansion, which Dutch studio OMA is creating for Hongik University in Seoul. More about OMA to expand Seoul university with cluster of buildings and courtyards
Architects from the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design used a cable membrane structure and bricks of river ice to create this installation in Qinhuangdao, China, which has been shortlisted for a 2023 Dezeen Award. More about Ice-block pavilion Falling Hours functions as a giant hourglass
Following its unveiling in Australia last week, photographer Rory Gardiner has captured this year's MPavilion, which was designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. More about Tadao Ando's MPavilion captured by Rory Gardiner in Melbourne
Gradated lava stone flooring and suspended planet-like orbs feature at the Cafe Nuances coffee shop in Paris, which was created by Dezeen Awards-nominated studio Uchronia. More about Colour-drenched coffee shop by Uchronia references "sunsets in the Tunisian desert"
Swedish design studio Addi has created an alternative to conventional waiting-area furniture – a minimalist log-like perch where users can rest for a moment in lieu of taking a proper seat. More about Lumber is a space-saving seat designed for perching
Promotion: German kitchen appliance brand Gaggenau has launched The Essential Induction cooktop, which is designed to be "seamlessly integrated into a kitchen's worktop". More about Gaggenau launches nearly invisible cooktop that "allows the architecture to breathe"