The Building Better Building Beautiful Commission has urged UK councils to reject "ugly" housing schemes and prioritise low car developments in its latest report. More about UK housing commission urges planners to "say no to ugliness”
Note Design Studio has fashioned warm and tactile interiors for central London co-working space Summit House, which includes a room where stressed workers can recharge. More about Note Design Studio includes recharge room in central London co-working space for TOG
An exhibition at London's Science Museum explores the future of autonomous mobility, and the designs that are paving the way. Curator Margaret Campbell selects five pieces from the show and reveals the stories behind them. More about Science Museum curator picks five designs for a driverless future
A long, thin extension clad in bricks by WE-S Architecten cuts diagonally through the plan of this bungalow in Pittem, Belgium. More about WE-S Architecten adds diagonal brick extension to Belgian bungalow
A gymnastics balance beam, rubber blocks and brass weights are among this collection of high-end gym equipment, designed by Rhode Island studio Work in Use. More about Work in Use designs exercise equipment from fine materials
American firms Wittman Estes and NODE have created a prefabricated accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, that is wrapped in charred wood and runs entirely on solar power. More about Wittman Estes and NODE use prefab elements to create rentable backyard cottage in Seattle
New York City firm Rockwell Group has inserted a grassy hill scattered with deckchairs and hammocks into the Great Hall of Washington DC's National Building Museum. More about Rockwell Group builds sloped Lawn in Washington DC's National Building Museum
British artist and designer Gerry Judah has created a sculpture to celebrate the Aston Martin DBR1 car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. More about Gerry Judah creates "pure and simple" sculpture to showcase Aston Martin Le Mans winner at Goodwood
Central Saint Martins graduate Keyi Chen has reinterpreted everyday desk accessories as stress-relieving devices called Inte-rest-ing that encourage people who work long hours to play at their desks. More about Keyi Chen's desk accessories encourage us to play while we work
AZL Architects has completed Song House, a concrete five-bedroom house adapted to the needs of its elderly and infirm occupants in the rural village of Nansong, China. More about AZL Architects wraps wheelchair ramp around multi-generational house
Eight buildings by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, including his iconic Fallingwater house and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. More about Eight Frank Lloyd Wright buildings added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Designers and students have paid tribute to Pierre Keller, the graphic artist and former director of Swiss design school Ecal, who died of liver cancer on 7 July. More about Pierre Keller, former director of Ecal and an "extraordinary force of nature", dies aged 74
An art gallery built into a sand dune, a pastel-pink church hall and Europe's first underwater restaurant are among 267 architecture projects that made the 2019 longlist for Dezeen Awards. More about Dezeen Awards 2019 architecture longlist announced
The 30,000-capacity Kosovo National Stadium, which will be located in Drenas, will become the new home for the Kosovo national football team. More about Tabanlioglu Architects designs national stadium for Kosovo
London designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has teamed up with Scottish surfaces manufacturer Mirrl to develop a furniture collection informed by Japanese lacquerwork and a folkloric one-eyed boy. More about Adam Nathaniel Furman's HK furniture collection is inspired by a friendly cyclops
This week we've chosen the top architecture and design positions available on Dezeen Jobs, including vacancies at architecture firms OMA and MAD. More about Five of the top opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include roles at OMA and MAD
Yalin Architectural Design made shutters from the wooden planks used for the board-formed concrete frame of Goat House, a holiday house in a small farming village in Turkey.
More about Goat House's shutters are made from wood recycled from its construction
Members' club Soho House has extended and updated the outdoor areas of its outpost in Dumbo, Brooklyn with vibrant colours that take cues from the work of Luis Barragán. More about Soho House extends Dumbo House in Brooklyn with colourful rooftop
Architect Guillermo Acuña has added a wide wooden stair to an old boathouse as part of his self-designed retreat on a remote bluff in Chile. More about Guillermo Acuña fronts his remote Chilean retreat with large wooden staircase
Architecture studio Woods Bagot has completed the latest stage of a weathered seaside house in Australia that has been 20 years in the making. More about Woods Bagot CEO's rugged beach house evolves again