American colour company Pantone has chosen "universal favourite" Classic Blue, or Pantone 19-4052, as its colour of the year for 2020. More about Classic Blue is Pantone's colour of the year for 2020
German artists Elmgreen and Dragset have installed a sculpture that looks like an U-shaped swimming pool outside the Miami Beach Convention Center. More about Elmgreen and Dragset builds a bent swimming pool in Miami
Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich has created sand-covered sculptures of 66 cars and trucks, which he has arranged to resemble a traffic jam on Miami Beach in a bid to raise awareness of the climate-change crisis. More about Artist Leandro Erlich creates sand-covered traffic jam on Miami beach
Patrik Schumacher and Harriet Harriss clashed over architecture's long-hours culture at the Dezeen Day conference in October. The movie of the discussion shows Schumacher arguing that protecting students from working too hard would lead to "a kind of socialist world of stagnation". More about Watch Patrik Schumacher and Harriet Harriss debate architecture education at Dezeen Day
British practice Heatherwick Studio has designed a glass lobby to link its High Line-straddling condo towers with a scooped roof that "barely touches" the park above. More about Heatherwick Studio unveils glass lobby joining High Line condos Lantern House
Dezeen promotion: this year's thematic exhibition at the 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism looked at how a "collective" practice can challenge the way cities are developed. More about Thematic exhibition explored the "collective city" at the Seoul Biennale 2019
The brick-clad Nithurst Farm contains grand concrete rooms that are modelled on the Russian science-fiction film, Stalker. More about Adam Richards models his home on Roman architecture and Soviet-era science fiction
Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao refuses to produce computer visualisations of designs still in progress. She says that making collages helps her to develop more exciting buildings. More about "We banned renders" from the design process says Tatiana Bilbao
We continue our high-tech architecture series by looking at the highly flexible and adaptable Herman Miller Factory in Bath, which was designed by Terry Farrell and Nicholas Grimshaw in 1976. More about Herman Miller Factory was a flexible, non-monumental high-tech factory
Swiss designer Céline Arnould has cast a series of ceramic vessels from the hair of her friends and family, as a contemporary take on the locks that Victorians used to keep as tokens of love or loss. More about Céline Arnould makes commemorative porcelain bowls from the hair of loved ones
Pan-Projects and Mok Architects drew upon Nordic and Japanese aesthetics to design this restaurant in Copenhagen, which features oak surfaces, translucent screens and paper lanterns. More about Izumi's latest Copenhagen restaurant is designed to reflect its Nordic-Japanese menu
London-based studio Nir Meiri has teamed up with Indian designer Vaidehi Thakkar to create a series of lamps with shades made from red cabbage leaves. More about Nir Meiri turns cabbage leaves into paper-like lampshades
Rise Design Studio has sunk a weathered steel-clad extension in the garden of a London house as a sanctuary from the UK's Brexit-dominated political climate. More about Sunken steel-clad Brexit Bunker built in garden of London house
Crosby Studios' founder Harry Nuriev has teamed up with Balenciaga to create a transparent vinyl couch filled with worn and discarded clothing from the French fashion brand. More about Harry Nuriev stuffs vinyl sofa with old Balenciaga clothing
Architecture firms Diamond Schmitt and Tod Williams Billie Tsien have revealed plans to redesign David Geffen Hall at New York's Lincoln Center, two years after Heatherwick Studio's overhaul was scrapped. More about Tod Williams Billie Tsien teams with Diamond Schmitt for redesign of New York Philharmonic concert hall
With activities kicking off in Miami for this year's art week, including Art Basel and Design Miami, we've selected the exhibitions and installations not-to-be missed, including an inflatable bubble gallery and a sand-covered traffic jam. More about Five installations at Miami art week 2019
In this week's comments update, readers are impressed with Lego's take on the Cybertruck, but skeptical about a chair made from a cardboard box. More about "The Lego version is better looking and far more practical"
Dezeen promotion: London's River Cafe restaurant, designed by architect Richard Rogers, has launched its annual limited-edition gift boxes containing a selection of the same Italian ingredients used daily in its kitchen. More about River Cafe restaurant releases limited-edition gift boxes
A red "cannonball" pulley system is among the distinctive features of a 1950s beach house by American architect Paul Rudolph that will be auctioned off next week by Sotheby's. More about Paul Rudolph's Walker Guest House in coastal Florida goes up for auction
Japanese studio Nendo has designed a clock that becomes a perfect cube twice each day. More about Nendo's Cubic Clock only reveals "its true form" twice per day