Italian furniture brand Arper has appointed Armin Broger as CEO, following his departure from rival brand B&B Italia in April, after just a year in the job. More about Armin Broger becomes CEO of Arper following departure from B&B Italia
Henning Larsen designed the white angular volumes of Hangzhou Yuhang Opera to look like ice floes on a lake. More about Henning Larsen completes iceberg-like opera house in Hangzhou
This week on Dezeen, we published the longlists for the 2019 Dezeen Awards, revealing the best architecture and interior projects, studios, and products. More about This week, we revealed our awards longlists
Design collective Disarming Design from Palestine has set up a design school in the West Bank offering courses for Palestinian designers, and residencies for international students to learn about craft from the region. More about Disarming Design from Palestine is first design school for the West Bank
Italian fashion brand Prada has launched six bags made from regenerated nylon, as the first stage in its plan to phase out virgin nylon in the next two years called the ReNylon project. More about Prada to phase out virgin nylon in its "emblematic" bags by 2021
American firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has been selected to design a pair of concourse terminals as part of the major Chicago O'Hare Airport expansion. More about SOM designs concourse terminals for Studio ORD's Chicago O'Hare airport
Kanye West's prefabricated affordable Yeezy Home units take inspiration from the Star Wars films and might be used as underground homeless housing. More about Kanye West is building Star Wars-themed housing for the homeless
Established studios Rockwell Group, Studio Gang and Barber & Osgerby and emerging talents such as Mamou-Mani, Peter Pichler and Biasol are among 116 practices on the 2019 longlist for Dezeen Awards studio of the year and emerging studio categories. More about Dezeen Awards 2019 studio longlist announced
Philip Freelon, the architect behind major cultural projects across the US, including Washington DC's National Museum of African American History and San Francisco's Museum of the African Diaspora, has passed away. More about Philip Freelon, "the most significant African American architect in recent history", dies aged 66
Lamps decorated with bacteria cultures, a swarm of drones programmed to mimic a flock of birds and the world's first modular hearing aid are among 261 design projects that made the 2019 longlist for Dezeen Awards. More about Dezeen Awards 2019 design longlist announced
Patrik Schumacher has hit out at architecture education, accusing schools of being disconnected from the real world and claiming that many teachers use their positions to promote their own agendas. More about Architecture education is in crisis and detached from the profession, says Schumacher
There are 259 interior design projects on the longlist for Dezeen Awards 2019, including a pink vegan pizza place, a bunker-like apartment and a library in an old locomotive shed. More about Dezeen Awards 2019 interiors longlist announced
The Building Better Building Beautiful Commission has urged UK councils to reject "ugly" housing schemes and prioritise low car developments in its latest report. More about UK housing commission urges planners to "say no to ugliness”
Eight buildings by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, including his iconic Fallingwater house and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. More about Eight Frank Lloyd Wright buildings added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Designers and students have paid tribute to Pierre Keller, the graphic artist and former director of Swiss design school Ecal, who died of liver cancer on 7 July. More about Pierre Keller, former director of Ecal and an "extraordinary force of nature", dies aged 74
An art gallery built into a sand dune, a pastel-pink church hall and Europe's first underwater restaurant are among 267 architecture projects that made the 2019 longlist for Dezeen Awards. More about Dezeen Awards 2019 architecture longlist announced
This week on Dezeen, the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England, hit the headlines as Stormzy wore a stab-proof vest designed by Bansky and Dezeen covered some of the event's best sets and installations. More about This week, Glastonbury festival took centre stage
The Vessel by Heatherwick Studio and Safdie Architects' Jewel Changi Airport are among the buildings in the running to be named World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival. More about WAF World Building of the Year 2019 shortlist revealed
A top Apple pundit has sparked rumours that the tech company will stop manufacturing its unreliable butterfly keyboard for its upcoming MacBook laptop. More about Apple to scrap controversial butterfly keyboard, according to rumours
Pavilion Le Corbusier has reopened to the public in Zurich after architects Silvio Schmed and Arthur Rüegg restored the art museum to its original state. More about Le Corbusier's colourful final pavilion re-opens in Zurich