Designer Maria Vittoria Paggini has used colourful wallpaper and murals depicting nude bodies concealed behind peepholes to transform her home for Milan design week. More about Maria Vittoria Paggini gives her home "porno-chic" makeover for Milan design week
From guest rooms filled with fashion designer Christian Louboutin's personal antique collection to Ibiza's oldest hotel where handmade masks are mounted on the walls, our latest lookbook features eight eclectic hotel interiors. More about Eight hotel interiors characterised by eclectic designs
Creative agency Uncommon Creative Studio has made "boring" versions of UK landmarks including Buckingham Palace and Edinburgh Castle for Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign. More about Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign creates "boring alter-egos" of UK landmarks
This Dezeen video shows the restoration progress of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, including its reconstructed spire that is crowned by a golden rooster. More about Dezeen video captures reconstructed spire at Notre-Dame
Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama collaborated with hundreds of craftspeople to create Purple Hibiscus, a handsewn installation of bespoke pink cloth covering the brutalist lakeside terrace of London's Barbican Centre. More about Ibrahim Mahama wraps Barbican Centre in swathes of pink fabric "made by a lot of hands"
Italian jewellery company Bulgari has reclaimed the record for making the world's thinnest mechanical watch with the release of its Octo Finissimo Ultra Cosc, which has a thickness of just 1.7 millimetres. More about Bulgari unveils world's thinnest watch as skinny as a five-pence coin
Designer Joe Doucet has revealed his Airiva turbine – a modular wind power system that was conceived to have the necessary visual appeal to fit into urban settings. More about Joe Doucet's Airiva wind turbines are made for city streets and buildings
The gender pay gap at Foster + Partners is the widest it has been since the data was first compiled six years ago despite an overall improvement at the UK's largest architecture firms year-on-year, official figures show. More about Foster + Partners gender pay gap widest on record
Scalloped facades featuring tones of cream and red brick define a U-shaped housing block by Bell Phillips in Marylebone in central London. More about Bell Phillips creates Cosway Street housing block with fluted precast brick facades
The Line mega-city, which is the flagship development for Saudi Arabia's Neom project, will allegedly house fewer than 300,000 people by 2030, down from an original goal of 1.5 million. More about Saudi Arabia lowers predicted number of residents at The Line by 2030
Spanish architecture practice Kauh has completed the renovation of La Hoya Park in the historical centre of Almería, restoring a series of stepped, dry stone terraces on the site of a 13th-century town. More about Kauh restores historic Spanish park to be a "palimpsest of its evolution"
Indonesian non-profit Sungai Watch has unveiled the debut furniture launch from its design studio Sungai Design, aimed at creating useful products from the mountains of plastic waste that it fishes from Bali's rivers every day. More about Ombak chair consists of 2,000 plastic bags salvaged from Bali's rivers
Amsterdam studio Woonpioniers has used natural materials and prefabricated elements throughout the Sprout Ruben & Marjolein house, which includes an open, greenhouse-like volume. More about Timber structure defines compact bio-based home in the Netherlands
Architecture studio Wallmakers has repurposed approximately 6,200 discarded toys to construct the walls of Toy Storey, a circular home in Kerala, India. More about Wallmakers wraps Indian home with perforated walls made with discarded toys
To round off our Social Housing Revival series, we've put together a list of 50 architecture studios around the world that have made a name for themselves through their work on social housing. More about Fifty architecture studios leading the social housing revival
UK studio Fletcher Crane Architects has completed Kingston Villa in Richmond, London, offering a contemporary "evolution" of the area's typical suburban architecture in pale brick and metal. More about Fletcher Crane Architects completes pale brick home overlooking Richmond Park
Artificial intelligence and a "gorpcore" aesthetic combine in Terra – a "compass" created by design studios Modem Works and Panter & Tourron to enable people to go on walks without their phone. More about Terra AI "compass" enables users to take phone-free walks
London design practice EcoLogicStudio has created a collection of everyday objects using algae, including a desktop air purifier that outputs material used to create furniture and accessories, to be shown at Milan Design Week. More about EcoLogicStudio creates air purifier powered by algae
Wood has been used to construct the swooping form of this indoor swimming pool, created by Dutch studio VenhoevenCS and French studio Ateliers 2/3/4 for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. More about Timber Aquatics Centre completes in Paris for 2024 Olympic Games
Italian designer and architect Gaetano Pesce, a pioneer of the Radical Design movement who blurred the boundaries between art and design, has passed away at age 84. More about Design "provocateur and rule-breaker" Gaetano Pesce dies aged 84