Los Angeles design firm Studio Shamshiri and Ace Hotel's in-house creative team have designed this hotel in New Orleans as if it were the home of a worldy woman who has filled it with decorative souvenirs. More about Atelier Ace and Studio Shamshiri design Maison de la Luz in New Orleans like a luxury guesthouse
With architects changing their ways in response to global warming, Phineas Harper asks: what does radical architecture look like in the era of climate change? More about "We're seeing an unprecedented mobilisation of architects in the fight against climate change"
In this week's comments update, readers are pondering the possibility of adding a pool bar, water slide and sharks to an infinity pool on top of a skyscraper. More about "Can we put sharks in it?"
A large, steel sphere sourced from a shuttered paper mill has been repurposed by Seattle firm Mutuus Studio as an installation in a waterfront park in the Pacific Northwest. More about Mutuus Studio converts industrial artefact into Acid Ball installation in Washington park
Dezeen has teamed up with Sony to offer readers the chance to win one of three Wena smartwatches, which incorporate all their technology into a band you can attach your favourite analogue face to. More about Competition: win a Sony Wena smartwatch
Designer Yinka Ilori has teamed up with architecture studio Pricegore on a multicoloured pavilion installed outside Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. More about Yinka Ilori and Pricegore unveil The Colour Palace at London Festival of Architecture
Circular economy champion Ellen MacArthur has called on designers to help transform the global economy along sustainable lines. More about Architects and designers "absolutely vital" in shift to circular economy says Ellen MacArthur
A dune-like concrete shell encases the Ayla Clubhouse in Aqaba, which Oppenheim Architecture has designed to blend in with the surrounding desert in Jordan. More about Oppenheim Architecture's sinuous concrete golf clubhouse mimics Jordan's desertscape
Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs spoke to speculative architect Liam Young about how drones will change cities, the topic of Dezeen's short film Elevation, in a talk at the Building Centre in London. More about Watch our talk with Liam Young exploring how drones will change cities
Translucent curtains and rows of white columns help to divide but not segment this real-estate office in Amsterdam, designed by local studio Space Encounters. More about Space Encounters uses soft partitions to divide spacious Flowpolis office in Amsterdam
Thanks to everyone who entered Dezeen Awards 2019! Here's what happens next. More about Dezeen Awards 2019 receives more than 4,500 entries
Priced out of further education, British design graduate Stacie Woolsey approached designers to help her create her own masters course. Speaking to Dezeen, she says elitism is a problem the industry urgently needs to address. More about Stacie Woolsey creates her own masters course as "viable alternative" to design education
An exposed concrete frame supports this 4.2-metre-wide skinny house in Melbourne designed by Oliver du Puy Architects to feature meditation spaces. More about Oliver du Puy Architects creates 4.2-metre-wide Skinny House in Melbourne
New York City's Pratt Institute has named British architect and professor Harriet Harriss as the next dean of its school of architecture. More about Harriet Harriss named dean of Pratt Institute School of Architecture
McDonald's has opened a glass-fronted restaurant topped with a giant billboard on Times Square in New York City. More about Landini Associates creates "the ultimate McDonald's" on Times Square
Barcelona's city authority has granted the Antoni Gaudí-designed Sagrada Familia, which has been under construction since 1882, its first building permit. More about Sagrada Familia finally gets building permit after 137 years
Nike has redesigned the women's floor of its flagship shop in London, introducing plus-size and para-sport mannequins for its sportswear displays. More about Nike introduces plus-size and para-sport mannequins to London store
Sony has staged an artificial intelligence-themed exhibition, featuring a field of white spheres that move as if they have their own personalities. More about Sony explores robot-human relationships with Affinity in Autonomy exhibition
Architect Jerome Engelking sought to avoid metaphors and "overt symbolism" while conceiving this glass-and-wood holiday home for a secluded site on New York's Long Island. More about Jerome Engelking designs Wuehrer House for forest clearing in the Hamptons
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