Icelandic artist Sruli Recht has created the Damage collection of 3D-printed shoes that are designed for extreme environments and to help with old age. More about Sruli Recht designs "futuristic" footwear for extreme environments
Brooklyn-based Home Studios has turned a former rail baggage handlers' building in Madison into dining spaces that evoke "the golden age of train travel". More about Wisconsin train station becomes The Harvey House restaurant by Home Studios
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features our guide to the architecture of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. More about Our guide to architecture of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
American firms NAC Architecture and Bernards have used shipping containers to form private apartments in a Los Angeles facility for people experiencing homelessness. More about Shipping containers used to build LA housing complex for the homeless
A ballet that responds to the Black Lives Matter movement and the lack of diversity in the ballet industry and a half-human half-robotic pop star is included in our latest school show by students at the Plymouth College of Art. More about Ten design and communication projects by students at Plymouth College of Art
Investigative research organisation Earthsight has released a report that claims the pine found in IKEA's Sundvik children's furniture range comes from trees illegally felled in protected Russian forests. More about IKEA Sundvik furniture allegedly made from illegal Russian wood
For our latest competition, we've teamed up with Crown Paints to offer readers the chance to win one of five professional packs containing an Interior Colour Book, Colourkey unit and Colour Collection Fandeck. More about Competition: win a professional pack from Crown Paints
Dutch studio MVRDV's £2 million fake hill in central London has been ridiculed by critics and forced to temporarily close, with refunds issued to disgruntled visitors. More about MVDRV's Marble Arch Mound "going down like a turd" as council suspends bookings
British architecture studio Gort Scott has installed a house on a rocky outcrop in the Canadian mountain resort of Whistler, offering impressive views over Alta Lake. More about Concrete house by Gort Scott hugs rocky crag in Whistler
Designing a kitchen? Our latest Dezeen guide explains eight of the most common kitchen layouts with links to lookbooks containing hundreds of examples to inspire you. More about The Dezeen guide to kitchen layouts including peninsula, island and galley styles
The shift to remote working from suburbs and the countryside due to the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to a huge rise in carbon emissions, according to Taylor Francis of decarbonisation platform Watershed. More about Urbanism "is one of the best tools we have" in the fight against climate change
Interior architecture studio Emmanuelle Simon used arched shelving coves, sandy tones and rounded furniture in the Liberté bakery in Paris. More about Emmanuelle Simon designs "welcoming" Parisian bakery
Dezeen Showroom: architect Manuel Aires Mateus has designed De La Espada's Bed One, aiming to capture the beauty of Douglas Fir in a bed that can last generations. More about Bed One by Manuel Aires Mateus for De La Espada
Architecture firm Barrault Pressacco used biomaterials including wood and hempcrete to construct this mixed-use building that references traditional Parisian apartment blocks. More about Barrault Pressacco uses hempcrete to create social housing in Paris
Brooklyn architecture firm Studio PHH has split this waterfront property in Princeton, New Jersey, into two halves connected by a dramatic atrium that offers woodland views through full-height glass walls. More about Studio PHH divides lakeside house with double-height glass atrium
Architect Marc Thorpe has revealed designs for a cabin hotel in Romania, featuring off-grid wooden lodges informed by rural vernacular architecture. More about Marc Thorpe designs off-grid cabin retreat in the Romanian mountains
Dezeen promotion: German bathroom company Bette has released the BetteAir range of shower tiles that "complete the evolution of the shower tray into a part of the bathroom floor". More about Bette releases shower tiles as latest evolution of the shower tray
A post-apocalyptic world where humankind has exhausted the planet's natural resources and an eco learning centre and biodiversity garden are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Huddersfield. More about University of Huddersfield presents 10 projects that respond to unfamiliar cultural contexts
Cedar panels clad the eaves of the 68,000-seat Japan National Stadium, which Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates designed for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. More about Kengo Kuma's Japan National Stadium is the centrepiece of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Environmental certification schemes for buildings overlook embodied carbon and encourage architects to add unnecessary "systems and gizmos" to achieve high ratings, according to architect Andrew Waugh. More about BREEAM and LEED green certification schemes are "meaningless" says Andrew Waugh