British designer Faye Toogood and Italian brand Poltrona Frau have created the A Squashed Space installation at London Design Festival to showcase the duo's soft and squishy furniture. More about Faye Toogood's Squash collection brings "human element to furniture"
Local design studio Heleo and Tijuana artist Daniel Ruanova have created a pavilion in San Diego meant to symbolise a twisting together of the walls on the US-Mexico border to form a space for gathering. More about Heleo and Daniel Ruanova create "low-tech cathedral" for San Diego pavilion
Architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has completed the Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian extension in Lisbon, which is defined by a wood-clad canopy that draws on Japanese architecture. More about Kengo Kuma & Associates adds sweeping canopy to Lisbon art centre
Rio Kobayashi has collaborated with engineering firm Webb Yates on the designer's first-ever pavilion, an abstraction of his childhood home in Japan, as part of the London Design Festival. More about Off The Shelf pavilion is made from standardised components that can go back on the shelf
Paris-based Palestinian designer Samer Selbak has created a collection of lighting made from the luffa plant dyed with vegetables. More about Samer Selbak creates lights from "almost forgotten" luffa
British studio Foster + Partners has showcased large-scale models of 14 built, or in-progress, skyscrapers at an exhibition in the lobby of the recently renovated Transamerica Pyramid. More about Foster + Partners showcases models of 14 skyscrapers that "challenge convention"
Local studio Mary Arnold-Forster Architects has updated an old schoolhouse in Scotland, adding two slate-clad extensions designed to contrast its original sandstone structure. More about Mary Arnold-Forster Architects extends Applecross Schoolhouse in Scotland
Local studio Max Núñez Arquitectos designed this concrete care home in Chile with open interiors to reduce maintenance, create a dialogue with a park and build a sense of community for the elderly inhabitants. More about Max Núñez Arquitectos creates concrete care home in Chile
Chinese tech giant Huawei has launched its Mate XT Ultimate Design smartphone, a folding phone that can transform into a 10.2-inch tablet. More about Huawei releases "first-ever" triple-foldable phone
Brazilian artist Lalalli Senna has designed the concept for Senna Tower, a 500-metre-tall supertall skyscraper in Brazil set to be the nation's tallest and "tallest residential tower in the world", according to its developer. More about Lalalli Senna designs Brazil's tallest skyscraper to be "celestial"
Agricultural architecture informed this timber house, which architect Roman Morschett has nestled into a grass-filled orchard site in rural southwest Germany. More about Bliesgau House in German orchard takes cues from agricultural architecture
Architecture studio Benjamin Wilkes has extended a home in Leytonstone, London, named Vinyl House after its music room containing 40 linear metres of records. More about Benjamin Wilkes updates London home with vinyl-filled music room
Designer Nina Tolstrup has positioned three immersive pavilions informed by Barbie Dreamhouses and Palm Springs' mid-century modern architecture on the Strand as part of London Design Festival. More about Nina Tolstrup channels Barbie Dreamhouses for Pavilions of Wonder
Design studio Diez Office and urban greening specialists OMCC have collaborated with the American Hardwood Export Council to create a "greening machine" exhibited during London Design Festival. More about Vert pavilion at London Design Festival serves as "garden for insects and people"
Somerset-based designer William Floyd Maclean has created Somer, a collection of freestanding demountable wooden cabinets designed for disassembly, which will launch at London Design Festival. More about William Floyd Maclean designs modular timber furniture that "considers a wider picture"
A large circular opening offers a glimpse through the white wall in front of this California accessory dwelling unit, designed by architect Yan M Wang of Cover Architecture for his mother. More about Moongate ADU by Cover Architecture offers intergenerational living near LA
A greenhouse framed by a wooden pergola tops this home in Muiden, the Netherlands, designed by local studio Moke Architecten with landscape practice LA4Sale. More about Moke Architecten crowns wooden home in Muiden with greenhouse
For our latest lookbook, we've put together a roundup of contemporary takes on the classic conversation pit, installed into projects ranging from houses to retail spaces to create places for gathering. More about Seven conversation pits that bring people and rooms together
Madrid architecture studio Ecosistema Urbano has created a modular tower with inflatable awnings and stacks of native plants to mitigate the effects of climate change in urban areas. More about Ecosistema Urbano creates modular plant tower to "mitigate urban climate change"
Local studio Trahan Architects has finished an interior renovation of the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, completing a series of renovations launched after Hurricane Katrina that it claims will extend the stadium's life by 25 years. More about Trahan Architects restores Superdome to be "microcosm" of New Orleans