This week on Dezeen, Foster + Partners' Tulip tower was rejected over concerns for London's skyline, and RIBA announced the shortlist for the Stirling Prize. More about This week, The Tulip was axed and the Stirling Prize shortlist was revealed
The Map House has created an exhibition of lunar maps created in the 300 years leading up to the first moon landing, which took place 50 years ago today. More about The Mapping of the Moon exhibition celebrates 300 years of lunar cartography
SOM has released exterior and interior photos of the National Museum of the United States Army, which is nearing completion in Virginia. More about SOM reveals images of stainless steel US Army museum in Virginia
This captioned movie shows Doug Aitken's 30-metre-tall New Horizon hot air balloon, which has a semi-mirrored body, take flight across the skies of Massachusetts. More about Watch Doug Aitken's mirrored hot air balloon take flight
Bates Masi Architects has used sliding doors, decks and balconies to open up this slatted wooden home in Annapolis, Maryland to the nearby water. More about Bates Masi designs slatted wooden home for sailing family on Annapolis waterfront
British photographer Benedict Redgrove has taken photographs of numerous artefacts within the NASA archive. To mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, he has picked out his favourites. More about Benedict Redgrove photographs NASA artefacts from five decades of space travel
Palma by Unbound Babes is a waterproof sex toy disguised as piece of jewellery that can twist, tilt and be tapped to produce different vibrations. More about Unbound Babes disguises vibrating sex toy as ring
The fact that Norman Foster wants to start building social housing again after 40 years is a sign that a lot of it may be about to be built, says Owen Hatherley. More about "What could Foster bring to social housing today?"
Ancient sundials and puzzling video games informed the interiors of this restaurant and bar southwest of New Delhi, designed by architecture studio Renesa. More about Renesa creates whimsical interiors for Unlocked board game bar
Kyiv design brand Faina looked to traditional local materials for items of furniture made from clay, wood, willow and flax that tell the story of Ukraine's design roots. More about Ukrainian design brand Faina makes furniture from clay and flax
Dezeen promotion: Architecture practice BSA has created a "diverse spectrum" of workspaces within a disused warehouse in Saarland, Germany, as the office of ceramics company Villeroy & Boch. More about Villeroy & Boch's Factory N 09 office occupies an old warehouse
Architects Eduard Balcells, Ignasi Rius and Daniel Tigges have designed a wood-clad concrete kindergarten for the El Tiller Waldorf-Steiner School in Bellaterra, Spain. More about Prefabricated pine panels clad kindergarten near Barcelona
American artist Doug Aitken has created a mirrored hot air balloon to travel across rural landscapes of Massachusetts this summer. More about Doug Aitken's mirrored balloon New Horizon flies over Massachusetts
Daniel Libeskind is the latest architect to design a Maggie's cancer care centre, releasing visuals of building covered in angled timber louvres that is set to be built in London. More about Daniel Libeskind unveils design for Maggie's Centre in London's Hampstead
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American industrial designer Tucker Viemeister has teamed up with software giant Microsoft to build an electronic voting machine that could boost security of paper ballots. More about Tucker Viemeister designs ElectionGuard ballot machine to make voting more secure
Vietnamese practice K59 Atelier has designed its own architecture office and home for a family in Ho Chi Minh City, connecting two alleyways with an open and airy ground floor. More about K59 Atelier merges its studio and home in concrete-framed block
Spanish fashion retailer Zara has announced that 100 per cent of the cotton, linen and polyester used in its clothing will be more sustainable, organic or recycled by 2025. More about Zara clothing to be made using 100 per cent sustainable fabrics by 2025
Gina Périer and Alexander Egebjerg have designed an industrial-standard female toilet for festivals and outdoor events that allows people to pee sitting down quickly and safely. More about Lapee female urinal designed to reduce festival loo queues
Bright patterned panels envelop this south London railway bridge, which designer Yinka Ilori has revived as part of this year's London Festival of Architecture. More about Yinka Ilori transforms "forbidding" London bridge into Happy Street installation