Two elliptical skylights puncture the carved, white plaster ceiling over the living areas in this New York City brownstone, which has been overhauled by local firm O'Neill Rose Architects. More about Two curved skylights flood sunlight into Oculi House by O' Neill Rose Architects
Architecture firms Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Gensler have completed the renovation and expansion of New York's Museum of Modern Art, featuring a new lobby, bookstore, cafe and several gallery spaces. More about MoMA reopens following major renovation by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
In this week's comments update, readers disagree with Vivienne Westwood that there should be a ban on private land ownership. More about "Plebs shouldn't be able to own their own homes"
Designer Richard Hutten will speak about design and the circular economy at Dezeen Day in London on 30 October. More about Richard Hutten to speak about circular design at Dezeen Day
US designer Brad Bartlett used an algorithm to give each copy of design school the ArtCenter's prospectus a different cover, playing on the modernist graphics of alumnus Alvin Lustig. More about ArtCenter Viewbook features 40,500 unique modernist-inspired covers
A spectrum of vivid hues were incorporated throughout a mixed-use building in Chicago by John Ronan Architects that contains a public library at ground level and low-cost senior housing up above. More about John Ronan creates affordable housing in Chicago with colourful balconies and a library
The mayor of London's office has published a document to help property developers and architects to design for a circular economy, with ideas such as rental furnishing and using blockchain technology. More about London's mayor calls on architects to design for a circular economy
The 10 winning architecture projects for Dezeen Awards 2019 have been revealed. They include a cultural centre overlooking the Persian Gulf and a locomotive shed that has been transformed into a public library. More about Dezeen Awards 2019 architecture category winners revealed
Designers' efforts to reduce the environmental impact of their products are being hampered by confusion over terminology and rampant greenwashing, writes Marcus Fairs. More about "To end plastic pollution, we first need to eliminate language pollution"
The interchangeable steel grid of windows, shelves and lockers of a school in Sneung, Cambodia, designed by Orient Occident Atelier can also be used as a climbing frame. More about Cambodian school has a gridded facade that doubles as a jungle gym
The Bank of England has revealed its "most secure" banknote to date – a £20 polymer note featuring David Chipperfield's Turner Contemporary gallery, and a portrait of the artist it's named after. More about Britain's new £20 note features David Chipperfield's Turner Contemporary
Seoul studio By Seog Be Seog uses a palette of warm materials and soothing colours to create a feeling of familiarity within the Aeichi Korean Medical Clinic in South Korea. More about South Korean clinic designed to promote "bond of sympathy" between patients
Halo by Seoul-based art studio Kimchi and Chips features 99 robotic mirrors that move continuously throughout the day, following the sun like sunflowers. More about Robotic mirrors follow the sun in installation by Kimchi and Chips
Three internal courtyards in a timber-clad bungalow designed by Osaka-based practice Arbol in Akashi, Japan, provide space for growing food and drying clothes. More about Japanese house has hidden courtyards for growing fruit and drying laundry
Mexico City design studio Davidpompa has added a slender floor lamp and a small table lamp to its Origo collection made from volcanic rock, which it showed in a shipper container. More about Davidpompa shows Origo lights in shipping container for Mexico City design week
Second Life showcases the works of Mexican architects and designers at the modernist Casa Möbius on the outskirts of Mexico City as part of the city's design week. More about Modernist Casa Möbius reinvigorated with contemporary designs for Mexico City's design week
Charles Jencks, architecture historian, landscape architect and director of Maggie's Cancer Care Centres has passed away at the age of 80. More about Architect, critic and Maggie's Centres co-founder Charles Jencks dies at 80
Arches spring up across the ceiling of this apartment in Taiwan, which Very Studio has overhauled to appear more bright and spacious. More about Very Studio brings light to Taiwan's Sunny Apartment with vaulted ceiling
Architects and designers can't design ways to protect mass terror attacks in America's public spaces, but they should join the fight to eliminate the problem at its cause, argues Aaron Betsky. More about "Attempts to stop terrorism at the fringes of architecture are becoming increasingly useless"
A mountainous river valley forms the backdrop to the XY Yunlu Hotel, which Atelier Liu Yuyang has built within a series of renovated farmhouses in Guangxi, China. More about Atelier Liu Yuyang reuses old farmhouses to create boutique hotel in rural China