Architecture firm PPAA has designed a black house atop a sloped site in Mexico's Valle de Bravo region with a swimming pool that meets the tree canopy. More about Matte-black house Las Golondrinas is a sanctuary for retirement in Valle de Bravo
After rebranding with three-dimensional, chrome-effect logos in the 80s and 90s, carmakers from Nissan to BMW are reverting to flat designs to retain relevance in the digital world. We've rounded up seven examples. More about Seven car brands that have returned to flat logo designs
A ventilation shaft for the UK's new HS2 high-speed railway has been designed by British architecture practice Grimshaw to resemble a barn clad in zinc and bronze. More about Grimshaw unveils design for HS2 ventilation shaft disguised as barn
The Architectural Association's governing council should resign for its "inept and obviously prejudiced" sacking of director Eva Franch i Gilabert according to Elia Zenghelis, a former teacher at the London school who helped write its rulebook. More about AA council has put the school "in serious jeopardy" by dismissing director and should resign, says Elia Zenghelis
Photographer Cristobal Palma has captured late Chilean architect Cristián Boza's cliffside retreat, which was built in the 1990s and features a winding yellow wall and circular swimming pool. More about Photographs reveal curved yellow wall wrapping rooftop terrace of Los Vilos House by Cristián Boza
Design graduate Dmytro Nikiforchuk has created a range of sex toys for the elderly, including a tickling thimble and an ear trumpet for listening to a lover's heartbeat. More about Dotyk by Dmytro Nikiforchuk is a range of sensory sex toys for older people
The interiors of Studio Gang's Mira residential building have been revealed in these new photographs, as the project is finished in San Francisco. More about Studio Gang completes twisting Mira tower in San Francisco
Architects Luke and Joanne McClelland have overhauled their own apartment in Edinburgh, Scotland, to feature a sequence of contemporary light-filled living spaces. More about Architect couple turns Edinburgh apartment into modern living space
Toyota Motor Europe has joined numerous other car brands by opting for a flat redesign of its logo with a revised visual identity created by The&Partnership that includes removing its wordmark. More about Toyota rebrands with flat logo and abandons wordmark
US studio SHoP Architects and local studio Nutall Smith have released a set of photos showing their innovation hub and HIV research laboratory almost complete in Gaborone, Botswana. More about SHoP Architects reveals Botswana Innovation Hub nearing completion in Gaborone
A road tunnelling through mountains in South Tyrol has been given undulating concrete portals and sculptural chimneys of weathering steel by MoDus Architects. More about MoDus Architects builds curving concrete tunnel entrances in South Tyrol
Sameep Padora & Associates has designed a Hindu temple complex partially surrounded by a moat for the village of Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh, India. More about Sameep Padora & Associates creates stepped temple in Andhra Pradesh
Concrete surfaces and gold accents define Say No Mo, a salon-cum-cocktail bar in Kyiv that Balbek Bureau has designed to avoid gender stereotypes. More about Say No Mo is a gender-neutral beauty salon and cocktail bar in Kyiv
Three gabled volumes form this residence that perches on a cliff in the Hollywood Hills neighbourhood of Los Angeles, designed by local practice Standard Architecture. More about Swimming pool cantilevers from Los Angeles residence by Standard Architecture
Architecture studio APL Design Workshop has built a foyer on a raised platform ringed by trees for an open-air theatre in Kurobe, Japan. More about APL Design Workshop creates foyer disguised by trees for open-air theatre in Japan
Houses with garden studios are ideal places for working from home during the coronavirus pandemic. Here are 12 that support focused work and creativity in our latest Dezeen Lookbook. More about Twelve back-garden offices for working from home
Italian architect Angelo Renna has suggested planting 35,000 cypress trees in Milan's San Siro stadium to turn it into a public memorial for those that lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Angelo Renna proposes turning San Siro into tree-covered coronavirus memorial
Japanese car brand Nissan has joined BMW, MINI and Volkswagen in officially replacing its three-dimensional emblem with a flat, two-dimensional logo. More about Nissan latest car brand to roll out flat logo
US firm CallisonRTKL has designed a terminal building for the airport in Guadalajara topped with a perforated wooden ceiling to filter sunlight. More about CallisonRTKL unveils Guadalajara airport terminal informed by Mexico's canyons
Model maker and photographer Frank Kunert explores the "absurdity of life" through his meticulous architectural models with a twist. More about Frank Kunert creates and photographs absurd architectural situations