In this week's comments update, some readers are upset to learn that discarded cow intestines are being used by designer Kathrine Barbro Bendixen for her lighting installations. More about "As a vegan, this saddens and repulses me"
American architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien have been named architecture laureates for the Japan Art Association's 2019 Praemium Imperiale awards. More about Tod Williams and Billie Tsien win 2019 Praemium Imperiale for architecture
Dezeen promotion: Japanese material and product manufacturer Lixil has announced the evolution of its Ecocarat tiles by Inax to celebrate the collection's 20th anniversary. More about Lixil expands "breathable" Ecocarat tile collection for 20th anniversary
A wooden settle with a spindly backrest and a metal coffee table depicting an abstracted orgy are among the pieces featured in a Manhattan show residence that was curated by furniture retailers The Future Perfect and De La Espada. More about De La Espada and The Future Perfect team up to dress model apartment in Tribeca
Iconic Italian homeware brand Alessi has sold a 40 per cent stake to private equity fund Oakley Capital. More about Alberto Alessi sells 40 per cent stake in family business to private equity fund
Mono Architekten has restored and extended a 1970s concrete school block in Germany with a cluster of curving larch-clad volumes topped with sloping green roofs. More about Curving larch wood buildings with green roofs form school extension in Germany
Dezeen Day is our international architecture and design conference taking place in London on 30 October. Scroll down for information about speakers, sessions, networking events and the venue. More about Dezeen Day schedule: see details of all the talks and speakers
The Non-Pavilion is a London Design Festival installation that barely exists, to make a statement that the world needs to produce less. More about V&A promotes degrowth with a pavilion that's nothing but empty space
Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani will speak at Dezeen Day on 30 October about future materials and designing without plastic. More about Arthur Mamou-Mani to speak about post-plastic materials at Dezeen Day
Cantilevering living spaces laden with "cinematic qualities" and giant windows will define Studio Viktor Sørless' Dune House in Denmark. More about Studio Viktor Sørless models "cinematic" Dune House on Roman Polanski movie
Viewport Studio has completed the interior fit-out of the Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space building in New Mexico, USA, which has been designed with natural-tone spaces that "deliberately avoid the clichés of the space age". More about Viewport Studio completes desert-inspired interiors of Virgin Galactic's Gateway to Space
The light and mirror installation at British designer Lee Broom's London showroom for London Design Festival appears to transport visitors into the interior of a kaleidoscope. More about Lee Broom creates kaleidoscopic light installation in London showroom
Cortex Shelter by Cutwork is a concept for a shelter for refugee camps than could be built by adding water to a concrete textile in just 24 hours. More about Refugee shelters could be built from concrete fabric in 24 hours
Brothers Mike and Matt French worked with friends and local designers to update an historic inn in Washington with contemporary touches. More about Two brothers revitalise rustic Captain Whidbey Inn in coastal Washington
Kanye West's domed low-cost housing prototypes have been demolished on his property in Calabasas, California, following reports that the musician failed to secure a building permit. More about Kanye West's dome-shaped housing prototypes are demolished
The family of mid-century architect Eliot Noyes, who was a member of the Harvard Five, has agreed to place his Connecticut home into an easement to ensure its longterm survival. More about Preservation easement will protect architect Eliot Noyes' family home in New Caanan
Designer Neri Oxman has apologised to her students at MIT Media Lab for accepting funds from the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. More about Neri Oxman apologises to students over 5,000 donation from Jeffrey Epstein
A solid gold toilet artwork has been stolen from an exhibition at Blenheim Palace, forcing the artist Maurizio Cattelan to deny that the theft was a Banksy-style hoax. More about million solid gold toilet stolen in "surreal" Blenheim Palace heist
The reported drone strike that set fire to two oil production facilities in Saudi Arabia on the weekend highlights the rising threat of "massive disruption" posed by swarms of cheap, unmanned flying devices, according to designer Clemens Weisshaar. More about "Massive swarm" drone strike on Saudi oil facility demonstrates destructive potential of autonomous weapons
Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across Asia can now submit their hotel projects to the 2020 edition of the AHEAD awards. More about Call for entries to AHEAD Asia awards 2020