As Europe's largest Ferris wheel is set to be built in Newcastle, Owen Hatherley questions why the giant wheels are still being built in cities across the world.
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Researchers have developed an algorithm to match refugees arriving in the US with the city where they are most likely to find employment and a good quality of life. More about Annie MOORE algorithm matches refugees to best-suited US cities
Luxury carmaker Aston Martin has launched a design service that will allow drivers to create garages, homes and villain-esque "lairs" that showcase their favourite cars. More about Aston Martin launches architectural service to design homes focused around your car
This week we've chosen four paid architecture and design internships available on Dezeen Jobs, including positions at Scandinavian firm CF Møller Architects and Swiss running brand On. More about Four promising architecture and design internships including opportunities at CF Møller Architects and On
Design studio NotAnotherOne has designed a portable air quality monitor that clips onto your bag to test local pollution levels. More about NotAnotherOne creates wearable air quality tracker called Atmotube
Dezeen promotion: a nine-suite boutique hotel housed within a 158-year-old aristocratic palazzo and a disused wine factory-turned-luxury resort are some of the projects to be shortlisted in the 2019 AHEAD Europe awards. More about Shortlist unveiled for AHEAD Europe 2019 hospitality awards
The size of a standard fibre-cement panel defined the proportions of this simple house in New South Wales, designed by Studio Jackson Scott. More about Studio Jackson Scott minimises waste in construction of OCM House
Helsinki firm JKMM Architects is building a sauna in the depths of the Nevada desert so that visitors of this year's Burning Man can cleanse and relax. More about JKMM Architects to heat up Burning Man revellers with Finnish sauna
Major high-rise developments are razing the architectural past of Los Angeles at a rapid rate, says the production designer behind the 1960s sets of Quentin Tarantino's movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. More about Buildings in LA are torn down and rebuilt as fast as movie sets, says Tarantino's production designer
Architects Filipe Pina and Maria Inês Costa have overhauled an abandoned farmhouse in rural Portugal, contrasting its rustic granite walls with a new skin of dark corrugated metal. More about Filipe Pina and Maria Inês Costa bring abandoned Portuguese farmhouse back to life
Eight gabled forms jut out over the stands of this Mexico City baseball stadium, which Mexican architects Francisco Gonzalez Pulido and Alonso de Garay designed for local team Los Diablos Rojos. More about Angular white roof covers Mexico City baseball stadium by FGP Atelier and Taller ADG
Dezeen promotion: international trade fair Warsaw Home returns this October with furniture brands such as Magis and Moroso, and its first exhibition space for young designers. More about Moroso and Magis to exhibit at Warsaw Home trade fair 2019
A fragmented frame disrupts the linear form of this Italian house in Le Marche, which Simone Subissati Architects has designed to immerse its occupants in the landscape. More about Simone Subissati Architects creates linear Italian country home
Social media company Facebook is opening five pop-up cafes across the UK where visitors can get a privacy checkup and a free cup of coffee. More about Facebook to open pop-up cafes to give users privacy checkups
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the sculptural Niederhafen River Promenade in Hamburg, Germany, as part of the city's upgrade of its flood prevention system. More about Zaha Hadid Architects carves out sculptural flood protection barrier in Hamburg
Architecture studio Red Deer has completed a virtual reality entertainment space in an east London railway arch with neon interiors that draw on the work of light artist James Turrell. More about Otherworld is an immersive VR arcade with interiors influenced by James Turrell
Hotel brand Trunk worked alongside design studio Tripster to create this boutique hotel in Tokyo, which takes cues from traditional Japanese aesthetics – but unusually boasts its own miniature nightclub. More about One-room hotel Trunk House includes Tokyo's tiniest disco
Designer Zhekai Zhang has developed a method of staining porcelain with used coffee grounds to mimic the texture of marble, and applied the technique to a collection of lamps called Coffire. More about Zhekai Zhang uses waste coffee grounds to create marble effect on Coffire lamps
A simple gabled form clad in corrugated metal encloses a porous series of internal and exterior spaces at this house near Tsukimiyama Station in Kobe by Tato Architects. More about Tato Architects intermingles interior and exterior spaces at House in Tsukimiyama
Brazilian studio Atelier Branco has completed a glass house among a rainforest in São Paulo with a rooftop terrace for the resident "to read and smoke a cigar looking at the stars". More about Casa Bibilioteca by Atelier Branco is a philosopher's retreat in the Atlantic Rainforest