A tactile Amsterdam apartment and a birch plywood-lined extension feature in our latest lookbook, which collects eight loft conversions created for maximum space. More about Eight airy and pared-back loft conversions
Iranian architecture studio Olgoo has completed a subterranean holiday home near Tehran, topped by a green roof that merges with the surrounding landscape. More about Olgoo critiques overdevelopment in Iran with The Inside Home
Central Saint Martins graduate Luke Talbot has created a portable charger that can be hooked up to rental bikes to allow people experiencing homelessness to charge their phones for free. More about MyPowerbank hacks London's Santander bikes so homeless people can charge their phones
Handmade blocks made of grey and red cement define the facades of Small Houses, a collection of homes that Cambodian studio Bloom Architecture created as a "haven" from the bustling streets of Phnom Penh. More about Bloom Architecture uses handmade cement blocks to decorate Cambodian houses
Rental website Airbnb has designed Shrek's Swamp, a grass-and-mud-covered hut underneath a tree in the Scottish Highlands. More about Shrek and Donkey invite guests to stay in mud-laden Shrek's Swamp
Social enterprise Goldfinger has launched its bespoke Tate Modern furniture collection made from fallen trees at London Design Festival. More about Goldfinger launches ash furniture that lets people "own a piece of Tate Modern"
Local architecture office Superlimão Studio has created a lifted building with a tree-like structure constructed using mass timber for a McDonald's restaurant in São Paulo. More about Superlimão uses mass timber for the "most sustainable McDonald's in Brazil"
A sculptural facade defines the Allan & Geraldine Rosenberg Residences, a housing block with affordable senior apartments in Freeport, New York, designed by architecture firm Studio Libeskind. More about Studio Libeskind creates social housing block for first New York project
Amsterdam-based Studio Lentala has designed the Rom & Lupa chairs to improve children's physical and mental health. More about Studio Lentala designs playful children's chairs to "enable active sitting"
A 1960s Italian hotel and the historic coastal bulwarks below have been restored by architect Bonaventura Gambardella and interior designer Nikita Bettoni. More about Cliffside hotel on Italy's Amalfi Coast incorporates medieval stone defences
L'Arc de Triomphe Wrapped, artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude's last work, is being recycled by Parley for the Oceans, which will turn it into tents and sun shades for use during the 2024 Olympics and other events in Paris. More about Parley for the Oceans to recycle Christo and Jeanne-Claude's L'Arc de Triomphe Wrapped
Architecture practice Studio Bright used patterned breeze blocks to wrap Garden Tower House, an extension in Australia, which peeks out from behind the restored frontage of a workers' cottage. More about Studio Bright wraps extension in Australia with pale pink breeze blocks
For our latest lookbook, we have gathered eight examples of serene living rooms where well-curated artworks add a touch of creativity. More about Eight living rooms enhanced by decorative and striking art pieces
Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has teamed up with Canadian playground design company Earthscape to create a playground structure made of interconnected logs. More about Kengo Kuma and Earthscape create "wooden mountain" playground structure
After a year-long delay the 19th Asian Games begins in Hangzhou on Saturday. Here, Dezeen rounds up eight new stadiums built specifically to host the sporting tournament. More about Eight stadiums built for the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games
Construction work has resumed on Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, a skyscraper designed by Chicago-based studio Adrian Smith + Gill Gordon Architecture, which is expected to become the world's tallest building. More about World's tallest skyscraper restarts construction in Saudi Arabia
Architect Daisuke Motogi is presenting his Hackability of the Stool exhibition featuring one hundred alternative ideas for Finnish designer Alvar Aalto's Stool 60 as part of London Design Festival. More about Daisuke Motogi reimagines Alvar Aalto's iconic Stool 60 a hundred times over
Architecture studio Tatiana Bilbao Estudio has completed an aquarium in Mazatlán, Mexico, with a labyrinthine structure that "merges marine and terrestrial elements in its architectural design". More about Tatiana Bilbao Estudio completes ruin-like aquarium in Mexico
Featuring houses that reach daringly out over steep bluffs and a T-shaped home in Sweden, this roundup collects 10 of the most dramatic cantilevered buildings recently published on Dezeen. More about Ten residential buildings with cantilevered hovering volumes
Bacteria were used to grow this one-off edition of the Bou Bag by Danish fashion brand Ganni, made from a leather alternative by London biotech company Modern Synthesis that contains no plastic or petrochemicals. More about Ganni unveils handbag made from bacterial leather at LDF