UK architectural design standards were the talk of the town this week thanks to Mikhail Riches' Stirling Prize win. We're celebrating with new Pinterest boards on Passivhaus projects, social housing schemes and British architecture. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More about Get to know Passivhaus design with Stirling Prize winner-inspired Pinterest boards
London designer Phil Cuttance has created a series of herringbone-patterned vases from a gradated mixture of Jesmonite and crushed rock, to achieve an ombre effect. More about Phil Cuttance creates intricate Herringbone Stone Blend vases by hand
Mexican firm Santos Bolivar Architects has given the red-block buildings that form this inn reflective bottoms to make it seem like they are floating above the arid landscape in Valle de Guadalupe. More about Mirrored bottoms reflect desert site beneath Mexican inn by Santos Bolivar Architects
Tech-savvy hotel company Life House has designed its newest property in Collins Park as an homage to Miami's past as a Quaker stronghold. More about Life House Collins Park nods to Miami’s little-known Quaker origins with "lax minimalism"
Folding screens of woven steel surround the upper level of the latest building at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, which provides three storeys of exhibition, workshop and teaching spaces. More about Paulien Bremmer wraps "social hub" for Gerrit Rietveld Academie in woven-steel screens
As Poland goes to the polls on Sunday, the churches that were built in the 1970s and 1980s as a sanctuary against an oppressive state are now instruments in a political debate, writes Owen Hatherley. More about "The Law and Justice party faces re-election in Poland and the churches have been their foremost propagandists"
JC Architecture has converted a 90-year-old dormitory building in Taipei into a contemporary family home, to serve as a blueprint for reviving similar neglected historical properties throughout the city. More about JC Architecture transforms derelict dormitory into plant-filled home
This week on Dezeen, architects and politicians praised Mikhail Riches' "ground-breaking" Goldsmith Street after it became the first social-housing scheme to win the RIBA Stirling Prize. More about This week, the UK celebrated Goldsmith Street's Stirling Prize win
Artisan weaver Manju Devi hand-tied more than 200,000 knots to create this colourful one-off rug for the Jaipur Rug Foundation, which helps communities in rural India to preserve their traditional skills. More about Manju Devi's abstract Aas Pass rug is inspired by rural village life in India
Curving white-washed wood counters and shelving lined with plants feature inside this member's club in New York City dedicated to wellness, designed by Miami studio Rose Ink Workshop. More about Rose Ink Workshop designs membership club for wellness in New York City
Dutch designers Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings have ceased working together under the studio name Scholten & Baijings after nearly two decades as partners. More about Designers Scholten & Baijings part ways after nineteen years
Home decor by Atlawa, Casa Mineral, Ricardo Casas Design and other small studios are featured in a retail exhibition in Colorado that aims to promote designers from Mexico's capital. More about Resin and marble tableware among pieces in Made In Mexico City pop-up store
Architecture studio Vora has created an interplay of old and new inside these five Barcelona apartments, by arranging walls to highlight the original patterned tile floors. More about Decorative tiled floors reveal original room layout of renovated Barcelona apartments
Dyson has cancelled its plans to build an electric car, which was expected to launch next year, claiming the project is not "commercially viable". More about Dyson scraps £2.5 billion electric car project
The 3,000 hugely varied churches built in Poland between 1945 and 1989 were often created as a rejection of communist authority. Kuba Snopek, co-author of Day-VII Architecture, picks five of the most intriguing. More about Day-VII Architecture highlights the variety of Polish communist-era churches
Italian design studio High Society is putting waste from the local beer and coffee industry to good use, by turning it into a range of tubular lights and using profits to fund dependency prevention. More about High Society creates lamps from beer and coffee waste to fund addiction prevention
Environmental expert Sophie Thomas will audit the Dezeen Day conference in London on 30 October to help us minimise the impact of the event. More about Sophie Thomas will report on the environmental impact of Dezeen Day
Brands that don't embrace the circular economy will go out of business, according to Dutch designer Richard Hutten. More about "If you don't have a circular business, you won't have a business," says Richard Hutten
Suppose Design Office has reimagined traditional elements of Japanese architecture inside the Tokyo workspace of tech company Slack. More about Suppose Design Office recreates Japanese engawa inside Slack's Tokyo outpost
London's National Portrait Gallery has unveiled a newly commissioned portrait of Jony Ive, the departing chief design officer at Apple, taken by acclaimed German photographer Andreas Gursky. More about National Portrait Gallery reveals portrait of Jony Ive by Andreas Gursky