This week on Dezeen, an airport designed by Foster + Partners for Mexico City was scrapped midway through construction and a pair of skyscrapers envisioned by SOM were put on hold. More about This week, plans were abandoned for Foster's Mexico City airport and SOM's Chicago towers
Swiss textiles brand ZigZagZurich produces a range of artist-designed blankets, including several influenced by Bauhaus design principles. More about ZigZagZurich use twisted yarns to create Bauhaus-inspired blankets
Canadian designer Alykhan Velji used his first trip to India to inform this furniture and home collection for Mobilia, which includes green marble stools, brass frames and arch motifs. More about Alykhan Velji's heritage and travels influence his Modern India furniture for Mobilia
Pale pink shades and red accents are found throughout the Manhattan offices of beauty brand Glossier, which New York architect Rafael de Cárdenas designed to evoke the company's rosy branding. More about Rafael de Cárdenas plays with pink at Glossier HQ in New York
Robots sliced the interlocking, curved wooden slats that form this sculptural bench, which is currently installed on the campus of the Vancouver's University of British Columbia. More about Students erect robotically fabricated wooden bench on Vancouver university campus
Russell Sage Studio looked to the crops of Bangladesh to form the rich-hued interiors of this tea shop and bar in central London, which serves hot drinks by day and alcohol-infused tipples at night. More about Tea shop meets cocktail bar in London's Teatulia
American architecture firm Johnston Marklee has completed a cultural building in Texas, with a white linear form punctured by courtyards. More about Johnston Marklee's Menil Drawing Institute opens in Houston
New York design studio Breakfast has combined elements of the brick with the pixel to make Brixels, a building block for moving architectural art. More about Brixels are modular blocks that can be combined to create moving walls
Japanese brand Muji has revealed designs for an autonomous shuttle bus built for all weather conditions, set to hit the roads in three Finnish cities by 2020. More about Muji designs "friendly" autonomous shuttle bus for Finland
Japanese designers presented lights that showcased traditional craft, were created from delicate materials, and are made for small homes, at Designart Tokyo. Dezeen's design editor Augusta Pownall picks five of the most interesting. More about Five lights created by Japanese designers revealed at Designart Tokyo
London's V&A has released details of its plans for V&A East, a new outpost at the Olympic Park featuring a five-storey museum designed by O'Donnell + Tuomey and a research centre created by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. More about Designs revealed for V&A East buildings by O'Donnell + Tuomey and Diller Scofidio + Renfro
German architect Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus in 1919. As we continue our Bauhaus 100 series exploring the school's centenary, we profile the man who had a vision to make art accessible to the masses, not just a luxury of the few. More about Walter Gropius: the ideas man who founded the Bauhaus
Architecture firm WilkinsonEyre has revealed visuals showing its plan to install a glass lift inside one of the chimneys of Battersea Power Station in London. More about Glass elevator for Battersea Power Station revealed in new visuals
Dezeen's Gunseli Yalcinkaya became the first overseas design journalist to attend Saudi Design Week in Riyadh earlier this month – a visit that coincided with the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. With world attention focused on the Saudi regime, she writes about her experience of visiting the desert kingdom. More about "Things aren't what they seem" at Saudi Design Week says first overseas journalist to visit
Pratt Institute graduate Jae-Hyun An has created a prosthetic leg that allows amputees to perform ballet like never before. More about Prosthetic leg for amputees designed by Jae-Hyun An to encourage new genre of ballet
A double-curved concrete shelled pavilion, constructed using a 3D-knitted formwork developed by Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich, has gone on display in Mexico City. More about Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich debut concrete pavilion with 3D-knitted formwork
Designer Yves Behar has launched a range of prefabricated accessory dwelling units that aim to tackle rising house costs and increase urban density in California. More about Yves Behar debuts fully customisable tiny homes
The result of the public vote to scrap Foster + Partners' partially built airport for Mexico City has not gone down well among local architects, who have described the referendum as an example of the country's "political issues and corruption". More about Mexico City architects protest "fake, unlawful" referendum on Foster-designed airport
Workers in open-plan offices have less face-to-face interaction with colleagues than those who work separately, according to research by Harvard students. More about Open-plan offices discourage face-to-face communication, says research
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