Toronto-based studio B+H Architects has created an archival storage facility in Gatineau, Quebec, with a massive double-layer concrete envelope and automated retrieval systems. More about B+H Architects creates archival facility with double-concrete skin in Quebec
New manufacturing processes are pushing the boundaries of trainer design, says vice president of footwear design at Nike's Catalyst team in this interview. More about "We're recontextualising what a shoe is" says Nike VP Darryl Matthews
HW Studio Arquitectos has completed a cruciform house with open-air corridors and courtyards tucked between locally quarried stone walls in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. More about HW Studio divides a rural Mexican house with large stone walls
Geometric concrete forms and a reflective pool will define the 10th MPavilion in Australia, which is being designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. More about Tadao Ando unveils design for 2023 MPavilion
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has unveiled a public toilet that incorporates a communal hand-washing basin, as the final instalment of the Tokyo Toilet project. More about Sou Fujimoto's Tokyo toilet incorporates elongated communal sink
University of Hong Kong professors John Lin and Lidia Ratoi have combined an abandoned traditional wooden house in China with a 3D-printed structure. More about 3D-printed walls added to abandoned wooden home to create Traditional House of the Future
Australian firm Studio Snoop has unveiled Tilly Talbot, a designer powered by artificial intelligence, at Milan design week. More about Studio Snoop presents "world's first AI designer" at Milan design week
American architect Eric Owen Moss has completed the (W)rapper office tower in Los Angeles, which was named for a structural support system that covers the facade. More about (W)rapper Tower in Los Angeles has "eternal" lifecycle says Eric Owen Moss
Stockholm tech company Luvly is set to launch Luvly O, a flat-pack mini electric car that it claims could be the future of urban transport. More about Luvly develops flat-pack mini EV to be "significantly more energy-efficient"
Spanish studio Agora Arquitectura has converted a derelict brick building into a base for a raised timber house on the outskirts of Barcelona. More about Agora Arquitectura elevates prefabricated timber home on brick base
Fog X, a jacket that can make drinking water from fog, has won the first public vote in the Lexus Design Awards, which recognises prototypes that aim to build a better future. - about Fog-collecting jacket by Pavels Hedström wins Lexus Design Award
Mirrored panels and Siberian larch cladding characterise Harwell Hide, a cluster of workspace pavilions designed by London studio Bell Phillips to blend into its surroundings in Oxfordshire. More about Bell Phillips adds mirrored pavilions to science campus in Oxfordshire
Planning approval has been granted for a housing development in London that will provide 102 affordable homes to women, designed by Grid Architects for the Women's Pioneer Housing association. More about Grid Architects designs women's-only social housing tower for London
The United Nations Human Rights Council has issued a statement denouncing the planned executions of three people for reportedly opposing the Neom mega project in Saudi Arabia. More about UN Human Rights Council experts "express alarm" over imminent executions connected to Neom
Modernist City of London landmarks have been given a traditionalist makeover in honour of King Charles III ahead of his coronation this weekend. More about Featherbottom & Partners redesigns London skyscrapers to mark King Charles III's coronation
London studio Coffey Architects has created Fetch, an architectural kennel for its office dog Lucky that is made from a green gabion basket and filled with hundreds of tennis balls. More about Coffey Architects uses "serious architectural element" to create playful dog kennel
The European Space Agency is investigating the possibility of setting up solar arrays in space in the hope that access to 24-hour sunlight will help to overcome issues of energy intermittency on Earth. More about Europe explores solar farms in space with Solaris programme
A vengeful doll from an Alpine folk tale was the imagined occupant of this colourful cabin-style home created by German designer Markus Benesch at Milan design week. More about Markus Benesch designs Alpine home for fabled "tuntschi" doll
Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled visuals of Qondesa, a skyscraper for Ecuador's capital Quito that will feature a planted facade and become the city's tallest building. More about MAD's first South American building will resemble "twisting vines"
Japanese design studio Nendo and New York-based artist Daniel Arsham have collaborated on an exhibition for Milan design week 2023 that sees objects purposefully broken to create new functions. More about Nendo and Daniel Arsham create "functionality out of what is broken"