Plans have been approved to create a downtown art museum designed by Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré in Las Vegas, USA. More about Diébédo Francis Kéré set to design Las Vegas Museum of Art
From Studio Gang's triple-tower St Regis skyscraper to one of the last projects designed by iconic architect Helmut Jahn, we've rounded up nine skyscrapers completed in Chicago in the last decade. More about Nine recently completed skyscrapers in Chicago
British-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori has unveiled a clothing collection for American outdoor brand The North Face, covered in his signature bold-coloured patterns. More about Yinka Ilori unveils colourful The North Face jackets "to smile in the face of a storm"
Japanese architect Keiji Ashizawa referenced louvres on townhouses in Kyoto when designing the concrete House in Aoyama, which is intended to foster a sense of privacy. More about Wooden louvres create "subtle seclusion" at Tokyo house by Keiji Ashizawa Design
The London Design Festival has announced designers Natsai Audrey Chieza, Pat McGrath, Harry Blakiston Houston and Rei Kawakubo as the winners of this year's London Design Medals. More about Natsai Audrey Chieza and Pat McGrath win London Design Medals
Dutch designer Rik van Veen has created a bench made from leftover plastic pipes that are fused together and carved to create a textural pattern reminiscent of a leopard's fur. More about Rik van Veen transforms old gas pipes into spotted Leopard bench
Chicago-based studio Wheeler Kearns Architects has created a wood-wrapped lake house with three separate structures whose design was informed "by the natural beauty and tranquillity" of Lake Michigan. More about Wheeler Kearns wraps Michigan lake house with two tones of wood
British studio David Chipperfield Architects has completed the Hertogensite residential complex in Leuven, Belgium, with a series of interconnected brick-clad forms. More about David Chipperfield combines three housing typologies at Hertogensite in Belgium
French architecture studios Pratique and Fanum took cues from Roman architecture when creating the Forum des Vestiges plywood pavilion, which is located in the gardens of Rome's historic Villa Medici. More about Pratique and Fanum add "imposing" plywood pavilion to Villa Medici gardens in Rome
Japanese studio Nikken Sekkei's skyscraper in Dubai with a 230-metre-long skybridge has pipped BIG's first supertall to be named Dezeen readers' favourite new skyscraper. More about One Za'abeel voted best skyscraper of the past year by Dezeen readers
Spanish architect Joan J Fortuny and studio Alventosa Morell Arquitectes have created 54 social housing units in Inca, Mallorca, wrapped in larch shutters and perforated bricks. More about "Common sense and local culture" inform social housing block in Mallorca
South Korean design studio SWNA has created a set of rubbish bins for use in Seoul's public spaces, featuring friendly rounded forms and animal ears on the lids. More about SWNA designs "cute" rubbish bins for Seoul Metropolitan Government
Architecture studio Goettsch Partners has unveiled the design of the Paramount skyscraper , which is set to be the tallest skyscraper in Nashville, Tennessee. More about Goettsch Partners designs Nashville's tallest skyscraper with "subtle" facets
South Korean designer Jeonghwa Seo has used purpose-cast aluminium tubes to create a collection of tables and benches, with their structure obscured behind frosted acrylic. More about Metal tubes poke through slabs of acrylic in furniture by Jeonghwa Seo
Bright yellow accents stand out against concrete and metal surfaces within this "creative laboratory" that architect Jean Verville has created for himself inside a residential tower in Quebec City. More about Studio Jean Verville Architectes adds "graphic dimension" to brutalist apartment
Local architecture studio Cubeinside has completed a red-brick mosque in Bangladesh, eschewing traditional ornamentation in favour of "timeless" geometric forms. More about Cubeinside creates red-brick Bait Ur Raiyan Mosque in Bangladesh
Swedish studio White Arkitekter has completed Observation Tower Kärven, which is constructed from a network of timber beams resembling "a bundle of twisted straws". More about White Arkitekter adds hyperboloid observation tower to Swedish nature reserve
A revamped ruin in rural Girona and a 12-storey block on a compact plot in Mumbai are among the top five houses to turn Dezeen readers' heads this month. More about Dezeen's top five houses of August 2024
Swedish furniture brand IKEA has recreated its recognisable Frakta carrier bag as a "huggable" padded shopper called Resten, which can be used as a pillow while on the go. More about IKEA turns classic blue shopping bag into portable pillow
Metals "mined" by plants feature in a first-of-its-kind ring, made by materials researcher and designer Karoline Healy under her jewellery brand H2ERǴ. More about H2ERǴ ring made with metals "mined" by plants