A giant sleeping whippet and a bright red sundial are among the playful street furniture enlivening the UK capital during the London Festival of Architecture.
More about City Benches by young designers brighten London's Cheapside
A pair of "floating" timber-clad bedrooms and a wooden staircase now feature in this Victorian-era residence in Toronto, renovated by local firm StudioAC. More about StudioAC inserts wooden staircase and bedroom boxes into 140-year-old Toronto home
Dezeen promotion: German plastics manufacturer Rehau has teamed up with Ippolito Fleitz Group to imagine what an apartment of the future will look like. More about Rehau envisions alternative living methods inside the Future Apartment
A giant, terracotta tile roof distinguishes this home in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City, which K59 Atelier has modelled on traditional Vietnamese houses. More about K59 Atelier's Tile Roof House takes cues from traditional Vietnamese homes
Italian furniture brand Kartell has released a "fully sustainable" version of its bestselling Componibili storage unit made from bioplastic. More about Kartell creates bioplastic version of its iconic Componibili storage unit
WilkinsonEyre has created "unique student residencies with identity" from prefabricated timber pods at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology in Wiltshire, England. More about WilkinsonEyre completes modular student housing for Dyson Institute
A major retrospective of the work of designer Virgil Abloh has opened in Chicago, bringing together everything from architectural constructions to Nike sneaker designs and slogan rugs for IKEA. More about Virgil Abloh's first solo exhibition opens at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Vine Architecture Studio has used an array of warm and natural materials to deck out the living spaces and extension of this Victorian-era home in south London, which was previously a coach house. More about Vine Architecture Studio uses warm tones in renovation of Love Walk house in London
Samuel Ross drew inspiration from the combined qualities of four different materials when designing the Spring Summer 2020 collection for his brand A Cold Wall. More about A Cold Wall's Spring Summer 2020 collection focuses on clay, water, lead and glass
An extruded T-shaped roof that is also a walkway covers a glazed box in this dramatic house designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos in Valencia, Spain. More about Fran Silvestre Arquitectos creates walkway on top of glazed Hoffman House
US studios SHoP Architects and Gensler are among eight practices that have created concept designs of "skyports" for Uber, which will be hubs for both ground-based and drone taxi fleets. More about SHoP and Gensler reveal designs for Uber Air Skyports
Nicholas Grimshaw has stepped down as chair of Grimshaw, the architecture firm he founded almost 40 years ago, to dedicate his time to a new foundation. More about High-tech pioneer Nicholas Grimshaw steps down as chair of his architecture firm
A controversial new airport is not the biggest threat to Peru's Machu Picchu, says the co-founder of leading Peruvian architecture firm Barclay & Crousse. More about Machu Picchu's "museumification" more harmful than new airport says Jean Pierre Crousse
Miranda MacLaren leads the residential team at architecture studio Morris + Company. For the Dezeen Jobs careers guide, she gives her advice to young architects looking to work in housing. More about Careers guide: Morris + Company director Miranda MacLaren explains how she ended up specialising in housing
American firm David Baker Architects has completed an eco-hotel in Sonoma County that features board-marked concrete walls, a garden courtyard and a brise-soleil made of redwood slats. More about Harmon Guest House by David Baker offers contemporary lodging in California wine country
Canadian footwear brand Native Shoes has released a unisex sneaker made entirely from vegan-friendly materials including eucalyptus, pineapple husk and dried hevea milk. More about Native Shoes makes compostable plant-based sneakers from pineapple and eucalyptus
Virgil Abloh has adapted the designs of Jean Prouvé and the Eames' to create his vision of the home of the future, which is installed in the Zaha Hadid-designed fire station at the Vitra Campus. More about Virgil Abloh hacks the Vitra archive to create vision of a home in 2035
Ron Arad Architects has revealed a twisted tower that is narrow at the base but widens at the top, built as the first phase of the ToHA office complex in Tel Aviv. More about Ron Arad's twisting ToHA tower nears completion in Tel Aviv
Designing a new housing model for the masses is the most urgent task facing architects today says Jack Self, who has co-curated an exhibition looking at the data behind today's average home. More about Humans "unlikely to survive this century" without radical changes to housing says Jack Self
With this year's Pride Month in full swing, we've rounded up eight products that you can truly use and wear with pride, from rainbow-printed Nikes to a multicoloured Ercol loveseat. More about Eight of the best design products celebrating Pride Month 2019