Board-marked concrete, cement plaster and glass form the facades of two student dormitories that Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has created for an expansive housing development at the University of California, Santa Barbara. More about SOM completes Tenaya Towers in massive student housing project at California university
London studio Red&White is behind the new minimal logo of telecommunications company BT. Studio founder Paul Franklin told Dezeen that confidence was the key to rebranding the British icon. More about "We wanted to create a symbol" with new minimal BT logo says designer Paul Franklin
Dezeen promotion: designer Johannes Torpe has created a series of whimsical furniture for Italian furniture brand Moroso, inspired by a relationship and its breakup. More about Johannes Torpe designs Heartbreaker sofa for Moroso after a breakup
London's Design Museum has hit back after environmental action group Extinction Rebellion called on designers to boycott its Beazley Designs of the Year show. More about Design Museum defends Designs of the Year show after Extinction Rebellion protest
Plant-lined balconies and a grid-like facade wrap around the glass Kojimachi Terrace office in Tokyo, which Nendo has designed "to bring the outside in". More about Nendo wraps timber grid around plant-filled balconies of Japanese office
IKEA has partnered with Little Sun – the social business co-founded by artist Olafur Eliasson – on small domestic solar panels that store energy to provide light and power, and inspire action on climate change. More about Olafur Eliasson joins with IKEA to encourage people to harvest their own solar power
White walls, concrete floors and a metallic display fixtures provide a neutral backdrop to the ever-changing fashion collections on show in new Lisbon concept store Tem-plate. More about Gonzalez Haase AAS creates pared-back interiors for Lisbon concept store Tem-plate
Architect Johan Sundberg has borrowed elements from traditional Japanese houses to create Sommarhus T, a holiday home on Sweden's south coast. More about Johan Sundberg builds Swedish holiday home that takes cues from Japanese architecture
Arched openings, plants and lightwells are used to create a soothing atmosphere inside this New York shop for CBD-based products, designed by SR Projects and Tuna Architecture. More about Standard Dose CBD store provides "calm escape" in New York City
CetraRuddy has designed a chevron-patterned tower for the developers of New York's Rockefeller Center, which draws on the art deco architecture of the complex. More about CetraRuddy reveals art-deco New York tower designed for Rockefeller Group
IKEA has partnered with American startup Ori on Rognan, a shape-shifting furniture system that moves robotically to create more flexible living areas in compact homes. More about IKEA and Ori collaborate on robotic furniture for small-space living
Phil Parkin is a senior project designer at Starbucks. For the Dezeen Jobs careers guide, he describes how he ended up designing stores for the world's biggest coffee-shop chain. More about Careers guide: Phil Parkin reveals how he became a senior project designer for Starbucks
Apple has launched its first dedicated operating system for the iPad, making it easier to multitask, manage files and use Apple Pencil. More about Apple unveils new OS designed just for the iPad
American studios MSR Design and JRA Architect have completed a public library in Louisville featuring a sculptural, medal-clad exterior that is partly concealed by tall, leafy trees. More about MSR Design and JRA Architects tucks Kentucky library in a grove of trees
Melike Altınışık Architects' 369-metre-high Çamlıca TV and Radio Tower has almost completed in Istanbul, with only the engineered facade left to install. More about Supertall Camlica TV and Radio Tower nears completion in Istanbul
London's queer community needs architects and designers to help them create new social spaces, says Ben Campkin, co-author of a report charting the decline of LGBTQ+ venues across the city. More about Architects can "play a more prominent role" in creating queer space says Ben Campkin
Bjarke Ingels' firm has created a "retail laboratory" for French department store Galeries Lafayette inside an art-deco bank on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. More about BIG converts 1930s bank to create major new store for Galeries Lafayette in Paris
Weird and wonderful designs by architects including Zaha Hadid Architects, Madelon Vriesendorp and Sarah Wigglesworth have been installed over the more traditional models of the V&A's architecture gallery, in an exhibition for the London Festival of Architecture. More about Paper Castles exhibition dangles architecture's future over its past
The latest Dezeen competition offers readers the chance to win a Capas rug designed by Mathias Hahn for Nanimarquina. More about Competition: win a Capas kilim rug by Nanimarquina
Shanghai studio Archi-Union Architects mimics traditional Chinese calligraphy in its latest project, a rural cultural centre in Sichuan province, featuring a sweeping tiled roof that flows into a central courtyard. More about Archi-Union references calligraphy in curving tiled roof of Inkstone House cultural centre