Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati is among four winners of the global Helsinki Energy Challenge, with a proposal to create island-like, floating seawater reservoirs that would store heat to help decarbonise the city's heating network. More about Carlo Ratti Associati proposes floating reservoirs to create carbon-free heating for Helsinki
Tigg Coll Architects has revamped the common spaces of a student housing block in east London, to create areas where students can feel comfortable being around others. More about Tigg Coll Architects creates space for socialising in Chapter Old Street student housing
Drivers of BMW's upcoming iX electric sports activity vehicle will experience an interactive soundscape by movie composer Hans Zimmer instead of traditional engine sounds. More about BMW's new electric iX car will feature "a completely new symphony" composed by Hans Zimmer
Dezeen promotion: bathroom manufacturer Ideal Standard has unveiled its latest product range, which includes colourful design-led appliances and fixtures. More about Ideal Standard launches Atelier Collections for the bathroom
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has designed a layered home encased in a perforated ceramic wall with a series of elevated gardens that function as a natural cooling system. More about Vo Trong Nghia Architects wraps Bat Trang House in perforated ceramic brick facade
Artist and designer Duyi Han has produced a series of renderings featuring objects by 41 seminal Italian designers such as Ettore Sottsass and Enzo Mari displayed in 3D environments borrowed from popular culture. More about Duyi Han creates retro renderings of Italian design objects for virtual exhibition
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes a library in Norway designed by Kengo Kuma and Associates in collaboration with Mad Arkitekter. More about A library in Norway designed by Kengo Kuma features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Casa Covida is a hut in Colorado made from 3D-printed adobe by American studio Emerging Objects for two people to live together in isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Emerging Objects builds 3D-printed mud hut for a cohabiting couple during Covid-19
Kaleidoscopic expressionist architecture has taken over from the efficiency of modernism in the glass objects of Danish artist Stine Bidstrup, showcased in our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration. More about Stine Bidstrup imagines alternate anti-modernist world with Architectural Glass Fantasies
Architecture studio Azab has revamped a farmhouse on the edge of the town of Loiu in Spain and divided it into homes for a woman and her parents. More about Azab splits Spanish farmhouse into two interconnected modern homes
Japanese studio Jun Aoki & Associates has created a distinctive flagship store for Louis Vuitton in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district with an undulating facade and interiors by architect Peter Marino. More about Jun Aoki & Associates wraps Louis Vuitton's Tokyo store in "poetic yet playful" pearlescent facade
Designer Adi Goodrich has created the interiors for Wine and Eggs, a neighbourhood grocery in Los Angeles' Atwater Village, with custom-made furniture and details that nod to Parisian cafes and Italian tobacconists. More about Wine and Eggs is a colourful Los Angeles grocery with a European feel
Filmmaker and visual designer Gary Hustwit will head up the judging panel for the new Dezeen Awards media categories. More about Filmmaker Gary Hustwit to be head judge for Dezeen Awards media categories
The shortlist has been revealed for the inaugural Davidson Prize, showcasing 18 ideas for how people will live and work in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. More about Davidson Prize shortlist features 18 ideas for the future of home working
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel's studio has unveiled its proposal for a giant opera house on the waterfront in Shenzhen, China, which will be covered by a curving roofscape. More about Jean Nouvel designs sinuous Shenzhen Opera House for China
Dezeen promotion: Italian brand Roda has released its catalogue for 2021, which features furniture and accessories for the home and garden from a number of international designers. More about Roda unveils outdoor furniture collections from Piero Lissoni and Michael Anastassiades
American designer Marc Thorpe has unveiled a concept for a concrete house with vaulted archways and tree-filled gardens for a riverbank in Georgia. More about Marc Thorpe designs virtual house with vaulted concrete arches
Canadian interiors office Studio Roslyn has created a Vancouver hair salon designed to invoke the mood of 1980s Miami, complete with candy-coloured furniture and nostalgic art deco features. More about Qali hair salon by Studio Roslyn is "the lovechild of art deco and Cyndi Lauper"
Toronto designer Paolo Ferrari has created the interiors for Alchemy, a marijuana dispensary that "rejects staid cannabis clichés" with mirrored ceilings and custom-made sniff jars connected to digital display screens. More about Alchemy is a Toronto cannabis dispensary designed by Paolo Ferrari
Undersea creatures influenced the diversely textured forms of design studio Ninetyoneninetytwo's object series, highlighted as part of our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration. More about Ninetyoneninetytwo crafts marine-inspired objects to explore sustainability and 3D printing