A study has found that children living in Star Homes, a housing initiative in Tanzania, have lower rates of malaria, diarrhoea and respiratory infections compared to those living in mud-and-thatch houses. More about Research finds Star Homes housing reduces malaria in children by 44 per cent
Interior design practice Busta Studio has filled the Kimpton Ashbel hotel on Park Avenue with art and objects intended to make it feel like "a warm, elegantly curated home". More about Busta Studio evokes the elegance of New York townhouses for Kimpton Ashbel hotel
Promotion: atmospherically dark glass and seamless surfaces take centre stage in appliance brand Fisher & Paykel's Minimal Style kitchen products, designed to help build spaces with visual calm and formal rigour. More about Fisher & Paykel offers elevated simplicity with Minimal Style kitchen appliances
German studio Sauerbruch Hutton and US practice Studio Gang have been selected to redesign German House to reflect the nation's values and create a "civic landmark" just north of the United Nations complex in Manhattan. More about Sauerbruch Hutton and Studio Gang to revamp German House skyscraper in New York
New York architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has spliced an 1894 brick warehouse building with several glazed volumes to create a home for MIT's School of Architecture and Planning. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro renovates Boston storage warehouse for MIT architecture school
Indian studio AKSH Architects has completed The Earthen Retreat, a cluster of guesthouses in Pune created by repurposing several small abandoned buildings and coating them with mud and lime plaster. More about AKSH Architects transforms disused buildings in India into "timeless and earthy" retreat
British carmaker Jaguar has revealed a glimpse of its upcoming Type 01 electric car, which has a central divider and "on-demand" screens. More about Jaguar reveals first look at Type 01's four-seat interior
British eyewear brand Cubitts has unveiled its first shop in Manchester, designed by locally based studio Youth to reflect the city's industrial and musical history without resorting to the obvious. More about Youth avoids Manchester cliches for city's first Cubitts eyewear store
Architecture studio Kii has designed an ice cream shop on Miyakojima Island, Japan, featuring a pink ceiling, a limestone counter and perforated concrete tiles. More about Kii uses local limestone and colourful "melting" stools for SR Ice Cream Miyakojima
Texas architecture studio Clayton Korte has completed a Corten steel-clad structure for storing vineyard equipment at a winery on the Central Coast of California. More about Clayton Korte creates weathering-steel barn for California winery
Dezeen School Shows: modular housing designed for communities affected by the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires is among projects from UCLA. More about Modular housing in Los Angeles among projects from UCLA
Architecture studio HNTB has unveiled the design of an 18,000-seat arena in Plano, Texas, for the Dallas Stars NHL team. More about HNTB designs Dallas Stars arena to "capture the passion and intensity of hockey"
US-based studio Pelli Clarke & Partners has created a museum, with a futuristic bridge and tower embedded with wind turbines, dedicated to artist Lola Mora in Argentina. More about Museum for Lola Mora is César Pelli's final building
Belgium studio OYO Architects has built a steel-framed office above a warehouse in Ostend, Belgium, to create an operations centre for energy company Elia. More about OYO Architects perches steel-framed office on harbourside warehouse
A campaign has been launched to turn the V&A Dundee by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma into Lego's first Scottish building set. More about Kengo Kuma backs campaign to turn V&A Dundee into Lego set
Antwerp-based gallery Uppercut is presenting the works of six contemporary designers in the ornate halls and salons of a neo-gothic villa near Bruges. More about Uppercut unveils summer exhibition in the stately rooms of Chateau de Spycker
Interior architecture studio A-nrd has transformed a 19th-century Glasgow townhouse into a hotel with a raw, honest material palette that celebrates the Scottish city's industrial heritage. More about A-nrd designs Arthouse Glasgow hotel to "feel like it belongs to the city"
UK practice Heatherwick Studio has unveiled updated designs for a park along the waterfront in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, with aspects set to be built on top of a large highway overpass. More about Heatherwick Studio adjusts design of Louisville waterfront park to "restore buzz"
Artist Gregory Orekhov has created the Shadow of Light artwork by installing a black-fabric square at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA, to show the immensity of the geology. More about Gregory Orekhov places black fabric in "endless white surface" of Utah salt flats
The Canadian government's plan to restore the prime minister's residence in Ottawa highlights the chronic under-appreciation of Canadian design and its potential as a source of national pride, writes Thom Fougere. More about "In Canada, design still receives remarkably little recognition"