Footwear brand Birkenstock has worked with design studio Vinson & Co to create a showroom inside a grandiose Paris apartment, where shoes are displayed in living-room-style spaces. More about Birkenstock 1774 showroom occupies a classic Parisian apartment
Dancers at the Origen Festival in the Swiss Alps will perform around nine unique columns 3D-printed in concrete by students from ETH Zurich. More about Students' 3D-printed Concrete Choreography pillars provide a stage for dancers
ConForm Architects has converted a small London loft into a bright home office by inserting a glazed section with a large steel dormer window. More about ConForm Architects opens up loft with a glass and steel dormer
American firms Brooks + Scarpa and Studio Dwell have created a suburban Chicago home with an inner courtyard screened from the road by "vertical twisting columns" of brick. More about Thayer Brick House is hidden behind a brick screen
An exhibition of monumental geometric black sculptures by the late American designer Tony Smith on display at Pace Gallery in Manhattan brings together three works for the first time. More about New York City gallery exhibits three massive black sculptures by Tony Smith
In this week's comments update, readers are questioning whether architecture students are under too much pressure after revelations from some that they have felt suicidal. More about "Seriously consider whether architecture is worth it"
The high-tech Camden Road Sainsbury's designed by Grimshaw, and the housing complex built alongside it, have been awarded Grade II-listed status. More about Grimshaw's "unapologetically futuristic" Sainsbury's supermarket awarded heritage status
Intimate sleeping pods designed by Sleepbox have been installed at Dulles International Airport in Washington DC by architecture studio //3877. More about Sleepbox pods installed at Dulles International Airport
Ivy creates a green camouflage across the walls of this garden studio, designed by Melbourne architect Matt Gibson for a writer based in the city. More about Writer's Shed is a tiny garden studio in Melbourne covered in ivy
Daniel Libeskind has designed an outdoor installation called Through the Lens of Faith in Poland to showcase photographer Caryl Englander's portraits of Auschwitz-Birkenau survivors. More about Daniel Libeskind designs photo installation at Auschwitz
Central Saint Martins graduate Rosie Broadhead has integrated live bacteria into the fibres of clothing that reduces body odour, encourages cell renewal and improves the immune system, when activated by sweat. More about Rosie Broadhead weaves bacteria into clothing fibres to create a second skin
Digital design studio Squint/Opera has reissued a series of speculative visualisations depicting London in 2090 when climate change has left much of the city under water. More about Flooded London by Squint/Opera depicts "curiously utopian" vision of the city under water
Architecture studio Various Associates has fashioned monochromatic interiors with mirrored surfaces and unusual fur-covered partitions, for this womenswear store in Chongqing, China. More about Slanted walls frame monochrome display areas in Chongqing's SND boutique
French architect India Mahdavi has distorted the familiar coloured stripes found at seaside resorts to create the scenography for this exhibition of 20th-century furniture from the Centre Pompidou's collection. More about India Mahdavi's striped scenography provides backdrop for furniture exhibition
Architecture practice Studio BAM! has built a skinny house clad in charred cedar in the garden of a Victorian end-of-terrace home in London. More about Studio BAM! builds Infill House in London garden
Anacapa Architecture and Geremia Design have created a luxury campsite near Yosemite with Airstream trailers, tents and cabins filled with upscale decor, alongside a spacious clubhouse where guests can enjoy craft beer and kombucha. More about AutoCamp Yosemite is a glamping site in the California wilderness
A flamethrower drone attachment that can shoot a seven-metre-long stream of fire for 100 seconds is being sold online in the US by Throwflame. More about Flamethrower drone can shoot a seven-metre-long stream of fire
A sinuous facade of stepped terraces envelops MAD's UNIC apartment tower, which is nearing completion in Paris, France. More about MAD's first European building nears completion in Paris
Airbus has unveiled a bird-like concept for a hybrid-electric airliner that aims to show the potential of using biomimicry in aviation design. More about Airbus' Bird of Prey aircraft concept features feather-tipped wings
Studio Drift has recreated its flying sculpture Franchise Freedom at Kennedy Space Center, programming 300 drones to perform a routine marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission launch. More about Studio Drift's drone performance lifts off at Kennedy Space Center