US food company Kraft Heinz has created an adjustable cap for its ketchup bottles that allows users to snap it into different positions to control the rate of flow. More about Heinz adjustable ketchup lid allows for "perfect squeeze"
Dezeen School Shows: a proposal for a storehouse in Brent, UK, that keeps cultural artefacts is among the student projects from the London School of Architecture. More about Colourful cultural artefact storehouse among projects from London School of Architecture
Toronto architecture studio UUfie has expanded and renovated a 1970s chalet in Ontario to conform to its steep, wooded site with a net that serves as an internal barrier and a hammock. More about UUfie organises renovated Ontario chalet "like a hike"
A crisp white cube has been nested within the old brick shell of an existing building to create Casa Nido, a Spanish house designed by local studio Iterare Arquitectos. More about Iterare Arquitectos inserts stark white home into shell of old Spanish building
A team including Studio Barnes and Ch_studio has revealed designs to transform the 1920s building once used by the white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan in Fort Worth, Texas, into a "catalyst for community and restoration". More about Studio Barnes and Ch_studio to convert former KKK building in Texas into arts centre
Photographer Ahmad Alnaji has captured the Ciel Dubai Marina, a supertall skyscraper by architecture studio NORR that was recently completed as the tallest hotel in the world. More about Photos reveal world's tallest hotel in Dubai
Architecture studio ZHA has unveiled its masterplan for Baku Expo City in Azerbaijan, where overlapping stacked homes with green roofs will flank an extension to the city's exhibition centre. More about ZHA proposes interconnected forest neighbourhoods for Baku Expo City masterplan
Los Angeles studio Waka Waka has designed Ribbon, an undulating furniture collection made from steel and aluminium decorated with saturated colours, for Japanese manufacturer Benex's Eetal project. More about Waka Waka curls colourful metal into curved shapes for Ribbon furniture collection
Promotion: according to software company Chaos, AI-assisted tools, advances in rendering technologies, and shifting client expectations are transforming the architecture industry's visualisation workflows into a flexible communication tool. More about Visualisation has become more than creating "a single visual output" says Chaos
With a renewed focus on contemporary art, Groninger Museum artistic director Roos Gortzak is seeking closer connection between the extraordinary postmodern building, she says in this interview. More about Groninger Museum "deserves to be more famous" says artistic director Roos Gortzak
Dezeen School Shows: a vending machine distributing fresh, hot chapatis in corporate canteens in India is among the projects from the University of Nottingham. More about Chapati vending machine among projects from University of Nottingham
Researchers at MIT have found a way to grow bacteria to function as signal-senders that might allow plants to "sense and respond to environmental conditions such as drought or attack by pests". More about MIT researchers engineer bacteria that could program plants for self-defence
Portuguese studio António Costa Lima Arquitectos has extended the historic Colégio de Santa Maria school in Lisbon, adding a stack of cubic concrete volumes that cascade down to a terrace and playground. More about António Costa Lima Arquitectos adds concrete extension to historic Lisbon school
American actor Brad Pitt has joined German filmmaker Wim Wenders on the production of a documentary exploring the works of Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. More about Brad Pitt brought on as executive producer for Peter Zumthor documentary
Danish amusement park Tivoli has unveiled Hikari, a new area informed by Japanese cities that features art by Takashi Murakami and was designed to be "genuinely respectful of its origin". More about Tivoli creates theme park Japanese neighbourhood in central Copenhagen
AIM Architecture has designed Zara Huaihai Road, a flagship store for the Spanish fashion brand in Shanghai, with an amphitheatre-like brick podium that connects the building with the street. More about Zara flagship store in Shanghai reflects "the future of physical retail"
Architecture studio Xiang Architects has unveiled a multi-stair observation tower within the Chenhu Wetland bird sanctuary near Wuhan City, China. More about Xiang Architects creates steel double-helix viewpoint for bird watching in China
The American Institute of Architecture has announced the longest ever slump in architecture revenues in the US measured by the ABI index, citing "macroeconomic uncertainty" associated with rising oil prices. More about AIA announces longest "ongoing slump" for architecture revenues
Texas studio Schaum Architects has joined a team of restorers to work on the two massive Artillery Sheds at the Chinati Foundation, the museum artist Donald Judd set up in Marfa to act as permanent storehouses and exhibition spaces for his work. More about Schaum Architects to lead restoration of Donald Judd's Artillery Sheds in Texas
The Architects Registration Board has announced changes to its professional practice experience approach, which will see its two-year requirement of industry experience scrapped. More about ARB scraps two-year practice requirement for architectural registration in the UK
Dezeen School Shows: a restorative infrastructure designed to support eel habitats among projects from the University of Nottingham. More about Proposal tackling European eel decline among projects from University of Nottingham
Stepped, pastel-pink seating spills out from inside the OBA Next Lab library and community space in Amsterdam, designed by Dutch architecture practices Matter Makers, AWR and BAZ Studio as a public living room. More about Demountable timber library in Amsterdam is "a living room for the neighbourhood"
Furniture company IKEA has launched the limited-edition Konstrunda collection, an assortment of furniture and homeware objects that reimagine collectible design from the likes of Andu Masebo at an affordable price point. More about IKEA launches collectible design objects "at a price that people can afford"
International studio Open Architecture drew on Lina Bo Bardi's own designs when creating The Poetics of Survival, the first major exhibition of the architect's work in China. More about SESC Pompéia indoor pond replicated for Lina Bo Bardi exhibition in Shanghai
The Barbican Centre shop has launched a homeware collection with online retailer Made.com, which includes furniture and lighting modelled on details of the brutalist housing complex in central London. More about Barbican and Made.com launch homeware collection celebrating iconic London estate