Design studio Tomorrow Machine has created a biodegradable juice bottle made from a potato starch-based material that can be peeled away like fruit skin and then eaten, composted or dissolved. More about GoneShells is an edible juice bottle peeled like fruit
Our latest lookbook features cross-laminated timber interiors, including a colourful German vacation home and a tenement-style housing development in Edinburgh, and is part of Dezeen's Timber Revolution series. More about Fourteen homes where exposed cross-laminated timber creates cosy interiors
Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly, who designed hundreds of projects including skyscrapers 432 Park Avenue and the Walkie Talkie, has passed away aged 78. More about Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly dies aged 78
A spiralling facade of stainless steel panels wraps this cultural centre in Fukuoka, Japan, which has been designed by Clouds AO in collaboration with NKS2 Architects and Takumi Nakahara Architects. More about Clouds AO wraps Japanese cultural hub in sweeping steel panels
UK studio Charles Holland Architects has created an unconventional, colourful extension to a Victorian terraced house in east London. More about Charles Holland Architects creates "playful and exuberant" terraced house extension
Sloppiness and misinformation are threatening to prevent large-scale wood construction from reaching its full potential, argues Hermann Kaufmann – the "grandfather of mass timber" – in this interview as part of our Timber Revolution series. More about "Timber is being abused" says architect Hermann Kaufmann
Toy brand Lego has added five diverse characters including a girl with the skin condition vitiligo, one with limb difference and another with anxiety to its collection of Lego Friends figures. More about Lego releases toy figures that "celebrate diverse friendships in the modern world"
A team of architects and designers has mixed retail with a skateboard facility for clothing brand Supreme's Los Angeles flagship store, sited in the building that was once home to the iconic record store Tower Records. More about Supreme's Los Angeles flagship features its first fully floating skate bowl
British designer Thomas Randall-Page has installed a footbridge in east London that is made from weathering steel and oak and rotates via manual levers to let boats pass. More about Thomas Randall-Page completes Cody Dock Rolling Bridge in London
The Ukrainian postal service Ukrposhta has released a stamp featuring an image by British artist Banksy and the words FCK PTN! to mark one year since the start of the war in Ukraine. More about Ukraine issues postage stamp featuring "prophetic" Banksy artwork
Architects must stop using the vacuous buzzwords that dominate the profession if they are to make a positive difference in the world, writes Reinier de Graaf. More about "Listening to any contemporary conversation on architecture is like being indulged in a form of Orwellian Newspeak"
A mirrored villa in Belgium, a demountable house in the UK and a "truly ordinary" home in Vietnam feature in Dezeen's top five houses of the month for February. More about Dezeen's top five houses of February 2023
Kolman Boye Architects has completed a weekend retreat in Lillesand, Norway, with a facade made from offcuts of wooden flooring material. More about Kolman Boye builds "house of offcuts" on Norway's south coast
Design agency Morrama has developed a concept for a menopausal treatment service that would use artificial intelligence to tailor pills to help alleviate users' symptoms. More about Luma is a "magic compound" pill subscription service for the menopause
Our latest lookbook collects eight homes that feature split-level living areas, from a humble apartment in Mexico to a vast brutalist-style house in Bali. More about Eight residential interiors with sociable split-level living areas
Timber slats that mimic the surrounding treeline wrap around a shed in Akaroa, New Zealand, which was designed by architecture studio Fabric to transform into a light sculpture at night. More about Fabric creates timber and polycarbonate shed to double as light sculpture
Local architecture studio Erre Q Erre has created the Environmental Culture Center, a stone-clad pavilion and garden that replaces a parking lot in Bosque de Chapultepec, a large park in the centre of Mexico City. More about Erre Q Erre replaces parking lot with stone pavilion in Mexico City
The Abrahamic Family House, an interfaith complex designed by architect David Adjaye that contains a church, a synagogue and a mosque, has opened in Abu Dhabi. More about Adjaye Associates unveils Abrahamic Family House interfaith complex in Abu Dhabi
Photographer Iwan Baan has released images of Anish Kapoor's long-awaited reflective sculpture in New York, which sits at the base of Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard Street skyscraper in Tribeca. More about Iwan Baan photographs Anish Kapoor sculpture squashed under New York skyscraper
The demolition of the Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium in Japan by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Kenzo Tange has been announced, sparking a petition to save it. More about Kenzo Tange's modernist gymnasium set to be demolished