Textile designer Chrissa Amuah has put her own spin on a pair of Allbirds trainers by embellishing them with geometric shapes informed by the Adinkra symbols used in Ghana. More about Chrissa Amuah animates Allbirds shoes with Ghanaian Adinkra symbols
BiodiverCity is a masterplan by BIG that will see three artificial islands built off the shore of Penang Island, Malaysia, connected by an autonomous transport network. More about BIG reveals masterplan for "urban lilypads" off coast of Penang Island
A church extension and a residential building for women based on Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own feature in this school show of work by architecture students from Technical University Munich. More about Technical University Munich presents award-winning projects from architecture students
Graduate collective Soup International has designed eight community kitchens that would allow refugees and asylum seekers to enjoy "the normalcy of domestic activities". More about Soup International designs portable community kitchens for asylum seekers and refugees
British fashion brand Burberry has designed a face mask for the coronavirus pandemic made from fabric treated with "antimicrobial technology". More about Burberry releases face mask with signature check pattern on antimicrobial fabric
Dezeen promotion: research conducted by Europe's largest roofing and waterproofing company, BMI Group, reveals the opportunities presented by cool roof systems. More about BMI Group's "cool roofs" reduce interior temperatures while benefitting the environment
Furniture Pavilion S is a modular structure that Rooi created for a Chinese trade show, before recycling its plywood body into chairs and tables. More about Trade show pavilion transformed into furniture for rural Chinese community
Pale woodwork wrapping white-painted walls forms storage to make more space in this 14-foot-wide house in Toronto, which has been overhauled by local firm StudioAC. More about Long wooden cabinet runs through slender Borden house by StudioAC
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features Chinese electronics company Xiaomi's see-through television. More about A see-through television features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
With Burning Man 2020 taking place in virtual format, architect John Marx and artist Absinthia Vermut have created a digital tour of the museum-like pavilion they had designed for the event. More about John Marx and Absinthia Vermut create virtual experience of Burning Man pavilion
Two weeks after a giant explosion destroyed large parts of Beirut, architects and designers are pondering how to rebuild their lives and businesses, with some considering leaving the city for good. More about Beiruti architects and designers assess damage to their "shattered" businesses after devastating explosion
Spanish artist SiiGii has designed a wearable, inflatable lilo from latex that enables users to lounge on a pool float in the summer without aggravating their allergy to the sun. More about SiiGii designs wearable inflatable latex float for people with sun allergy
The president and CEO of Autodesk has responded to criticisms of its Revit software, admitting improvements "didn't progress as quickly" as they should have but rejecting claims it is too expensive. More about Revit software costs "reasonable" says Autodesk president and CEO Andrew Anagnost
Dutch company GreenPee has installed eight hemp-filled sustainable urinals in Amsterdam to combat an increase in people urinating in the streets after the coronavirus lockdown ended. More about GreenPee installs hemp urinals in Amsterdam to stop "wild peeing"
Dorte Mandrup has revealed visuals of a museum in Berlin that will create a backdrop to the ruins of Anhalter Bahnhof station and tell stories of the people who fled the Nazi regime. More about Dorte Mandrup's Exilmuseum Berlin will facilitate "understanding of exile"
Craggy rock walls and a hot-spring style bathtub would feature in this imaginary Odesa hotel room that interior design studio Sivak & Partners has envisioned in a series of renderings. More about Sivak & Partners imagines contemporary beachside guest suite in Odesa
Italian lighting brand Artemide has developed a way of turning lamps into room sanitisers that emit antiviral ultraviolet light when people are not around. More about Artemide unveils Integralis ultraviolet technology that transforms lights into sanitisers
Slender grey brick walls protrude from the front of fine arts museum Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne, which Barcelona studio Barozzi Veiga created in the Lausanne city centre. More about Barozzi Veiga designs Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne with ridged brick facade
Architecture studio OA+ has threaded a path through this adobe brick and wood house in Envigado, Colombia that leads from its entrance to woodland at the rear. More about Casa Carmen's green roofs merge with hill and forest in Colombian neighbourhood
Latin American architecture firm Gómez Platero has unveiled a design for a circular monument in Uruguay to remember coronavirus victims. More about Gómez Platero designs World Memorial to the Pandemic for Uruguayan coast