UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a mountaintop viewpoint as part of the Trojena ski resort at Neom in Saudi Arabia. More about Zaha Hadid Architects designing sinuous lookout at Neom ski resort
A series of playful concrete arches overlook a public square at the base of these office and social housing blocks in Pau, France, which have been designed by architecture studio CoBe with design agency WEEK. More about Concrete arches overlook public square at Pôle Laherrère apartment blocks in France
French design and interiors studio Dion & Arles drew on the work of 20th-century Italian designers Carlo Mollino and Gio Ponti for the interior of Italian restaurant Il Gattopardo in London's Mayfair. More about Dion & Arles creates "salon in which you can dine" for Il Gattopardo restaurant
The diversity of nature informed the latest exhibition at London's Kew Gardens, which features a garden designed to "break the binary" and a "deeply queer" textile pattern by designer Adam Nathaniel Furman. More about Kew Gardens exhibition showcases Queer Nature in Victorian glasshouse
Dezeen Courses: a course that enhances digital design skills through creating computer-generated videos is featured in this roundup of short courses in architecture and design. More about Five architecture and design short courses listed on Dezeen Courses
Mexican architecture studio Productora has restored a concrete industrial complex in Mexico City into a series of studios including its own office. More about Productora converts Mexico City textile factory into green-trimmed artist studios
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features UK prime minister Rishi Sunak's plans to prevent councils from implementing 15-minute cities. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features Rishi Sunak's "regressive" plans to stop 15-minute cities
Samsung's flagship experience store in New York City, which has been captured in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen, has been designed to enable visitors to envision living in a smart home. More about Samsung's flagship New York store offers an immersive smart home experience
Rapidly growing Austin is set to see its skyline transformed by the emergence of several supertall skyscrapers in the coming years, but is this a cause for celebration or concern? More about Austin supertalls "not really dealing with the problems" of the city
Promotion: paint brand Dulux has announced its Colour of the Year for 2024 – a delicate, soft pink colour named Sweet Embrace. More about Soft pink Sweet Embrace named Dulux Colour of the Year 2024
An "urban farm" rooftop garden, planted terraces and a fish-pond atrium characterise this renovated house in Melbourne, designed by Austin Maynard Architects. More about Austin Maynard Architects adds five gardens to Melbourne terrace house
Japanese studio Kurosawa Kawara-Ten has used local and recycled materials to transform a vacant house into a workspace named Ichihara Life and Work Commission Office. More about Kurosawa Kawara-Ten turns disused Japanese house into wood-clad office
Renders have been revealed of a supertall skyscraper designed by UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects for the Trojena ski resort at Neom in Saudi Arabia. More about Neom releases renders of Zaha Hadid Architects' crystalline skyscraper
A group of students from the University of Applied Arts has won Vienna Design Week's Social Design Award with a project aimed at involving citizens in the design of their urban spaces using the city's own waste materials. More about Membran recruits pedestrians to turn waste tarps into public seating for Vienna
A Star Wars-like cemetery extension and a cheese-shaped temple feature in this roundup, where photographers Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego spotlight the best brutalist buildings from their book Brutalist Italy. More about Brutalist Italy book showcases "sometimes surprising" concrete architecture
New York-based studio Schiller Projects has converted a former Brooklyn carriage house into a single-family residence using mass-timber construction and re-purposed materials. More about Schiller Projects turns former carriage house into mass-timber residence
Woven spinning chairs by Héctor Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena, and a hidden stage with entrances made from portable toilets were some of the highlights of FORMAT Festival in Arkansas. More about Esrawe + Cadena installs spinning chairs at FORMAT Festival in Arkansas
Local studio Heryco has completed a renovation of a pink apartment building with arches influenced by the form of aqueducts in the city of Querétaro, México. More about Heryco blends "history and modernity" in renovation of pink apartment block
Promotion: designer Tom Dixon took to the stage at C-Next Designers Europe, one of the continent's largest design conferences, to talk about his latest installation that challenges bathroom conventions. More about "My early designs were so ugly, so unfunctional and so dangerous" says Tom Dixon
Rich hues and curving geometries feature throughout Somers House, an L-shaped coastal home that Australian studio Kennedy Nolan has added to a coastal site in Victoria. More about Kennedy Nolan covers L-shaped coastal home in charred timber