In this week's comments update, readers are baffled by a shield that uses UV light to sterilise itself and protect against coronavirus. More about "Epidemics aren't an opportunity for you to do a quick napkin sketch"
Architecture studio Searl Lamaster Howe has used charred cedar and slate to create this holiday home for a Chicago couple. More about Searl Lamaster Howe tucks Lawless Retreat into Michigan woods
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, co-founders of Grafton Architects, have been named the 2020 laureates of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. More about Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara win Pritzker Architecture Prize 2020
A house with an asymmetrical roof on the Japanese island of Hokkaido has been renovated and extended by architecture studio Yoshichika Takagi + Associates. More about Yoshichika Takagi adds translucent facade to asymmetric house in Hokkaido
Luxury fashion house Balenciaga has presented its autumn/winter 2020 collection on a purposefully flooded catwalk to draw attention to the threat of climate change and rising sea levels. More about Balenciaga floods runway for apocalyptic Paris Fashion Week show
Dezeen's chief content officer Benedict Hobson spoke to Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin of Formafantasma about their new exhibition Cambio at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London in this exclusive talk. More about Watch our talk with Formafantasma from the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London
A new range of facade cladding tiles made of recycled PVC construction waste, designed by Dutch studios Overtreders W and Bureau SLA, has been used on a permanent building for the first time. More about Pretty Plastic shingles made from recycled PVC windows and gutters are "first 100 per cent recycled cladding material"
The Swedish Design Museum To Go exhibition can be taken away inside a backpack that visitors can borrow for a week to explore the country with. More about Swedish Design Museum squeezes latest exhibition into a backpack
Plaster walls, terracotta tiles and powder-blue details feature within 28 Posti, a restaurant in Milan that has been revamped by architect and designer Cristina Celestino. More about Cristina Celestino uses plaster and terracotta for 28 Posti restaurant interior
Renault has designed an all-electric concept car that can be physically expanded and have its range extended based on the needs of its user. More about Renault unveils shapeshifting Morphoz concept car
Australian architecture studio Wowowa built three cylindrical brick turrets with copper accents for a house in Melbourne. More about Brick and copper turrets define Melbourne house by Wowowa
Italian architect Renzo Piano has designed an oval-shaped condominium tower that is wrapped in terraces on the waterfront in Surfside, Florida. More about Renzo Piano completes Eighty Seven Park on Surfside beachfront
Nike has designed basketball and soccer uniforms for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics that it says will be the "most sustainable" and "highest performing" to date. More about Nike reveals uniforms for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Rem Koolhaas's research organisation AMO has partnered with car manufacturer Volkswagen to develop an electric tractor based on the companies' "shared interest in the countryside". More about AMO and Volkswagen propose electric tractor design for sub-Saharan Africa
American studio Roger Ferris + Partners has created a trio of wood-clad volumes with pitched roofs for a family relocating from New York City to the Hamptons. More about Wood-clad gabled volumes form Grove House on Long Island by Roger Ferris + Partners
Architecture Club has completed a sculpture studio for Polish artist Monika Sosnowska, featuring board-marked concrete walls and huge windows. More about Architecture Club builds cast-concrete studio for sculptor Monika Sosnowska
London design studio Special Projects has developed an app that condenses important information such as contacts and maps onto a daily printout to help people live without their devices. More about Special Projects distills essential smartphone functions into a daily Paper Phone
In our latest competition, Dezeen has partnered with David Village Lighting to give away an Artemide Tolomeo Micro Bicolor desk lamp in one of four colours options. More about Competition: win a Tolomeo desk lamp by Artemide
Scottish startup Kenoteq has launched the K-Briq – a more sustainable building brick that is unfired and made of 90 per cent construction waste. More about Kenoteq launches brick made almost entirely of construction waste
Dezeen Jobs has a number of exciting architecture and design opportunities right now, including positions at ACME and Formwerkz Architects. More about Five exciting architecture and design roles available on Dezeen Jobs this week