Rome is trialling a scheme where people can recycle plastic bottles in return for free rides on the city's public transport system. More about Bottle recycling scheme in Rome exchanges plastic waste for metro rides
There are a variety of architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs right now. The most exciting openings include chief executive at the Serpentine gallery and a graphic design role at Marcel Wanders. More about Five exciting roles on Dezeen Jobs this week including chief executive at Serpentine Gallery
Pale pink surfaces meet arched doorways inside this rose-tinted beauty salon in Beijing, China, designed by architecture studio Penda China. More about Penda China creates rosy interiors for Ecnesse beauty salon
Swiss running brand On has unveiled the Cloudrock Waterproof hiking shoe that is 35 per cent lighter than a regular boot. More about Swiss brand On moves from running to hiking with lightweight boot
Architecture studio Bo-Daa has designed Treehouse, a co-living complex in Seoul that is a stack of micro-apartments surrounding a planted atrium in a triangular concrete block. More about Treehouse is a sloping block of co-living apartments with a tree-filled atrium
Quebec City architecture studio Atelier Pierre Thibault has added a slatted wooden terrace to the rear of a house in Ottawa, as part of its transformation into two apartments. More about Atelier Pierre Thibault turns Ottawa residence into minimal apartments
Design studio Workstead has transformed a 19th-century house in Hudson, New York, into a showroom for its furniture and lighting. More about Workstead turns historic Upstate New York house into showroom
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has refurbished the long-abandoned east wing and theatre at Alexandra Palace in London, leaving its original surfaces visible in a state of "arrested decay". More about Alexandra Palace Theatre restoration makes a feature of decades of decay
Artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Carlo Ratti have collaborated on a celestial mapping robot that brings together their hit design brands Little Sun and Scribit. More about Olafur Eliasson and Carlo Ratti collaborate on robot that charts the sun
Keep your eye on architecture and design projects that twist and turn on this week's new Pinterest board, including animated houses, spinning walls and furniture that pulls down from ceilings. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More about Our new Pinterest board ties down buildings and furniture that are on the move
The white, blocky form of this holiday villa by Kapsimalis Architects is intended to be a "contemporary translation" of the chalky houses seen around Santorini, Greece. More about Summer Villa by Kapsimalis Architects plays on traditional Greek whitewashed houses
Sparano + Mooney Architecture has created a distinctive chapel in the American West that features copper siding, wooden walls and a large skylight that ushers in natural light. More about Sparano + Mooney creates sculptural Catholic chapel for Utah mining town
Deep purple tiles, geometric patterns and wine bottles repurposed as lamps feature inside this bar in Montreal, designed by local architecture studio Ménard Dworkind. More about Montreal wine bar Vinvinvin by Ménard Dworkind takes cues from bottle labels
Architecture studio Bergmeisterwolf has added a bronze funnel that appears to erupt from the ground above the 12th-century Pacherhof wine cellar in Italy. More about Bergmeisterwolf tops 12th-century wine cellar with bronze funnel
With space at a premium in cities, architects are designing homes that can squeeze into the narrowest of gaps. We've rounded up 12 skinny houses that are four-metres wide or less to show that size isn't everything. More about Twelve skinny houses that make the most of every inch
This week on Dezeen, new photos offered a first look at Kanye West's homeless housing and Stefano Boeri unveiled his designs for vertical-forest apartments in Egypt. More about This week, housing projects by Kanye West and Stefano Boeri were revealed
Designers from the Interaction Research Studio at Goldsmiths, University of London, have produced a series of simple wildlife habitats that incorporate hidden cameras for capturing images of the animal visitors. More about Nature Scenes are sculptural "still lifes" for recording urban wildlife
Burning Man co-founder Will Roger has spent the last 14 years capturing the festival in aerial photographs. As a book of his images is released, he spoke to Dezeen about how they created a pop-up city in the desert. More about Black Rock City is designed to "sprout out of nothing", says Burning Man co-founder Will Roger
The outrage over New York's Hudson Yards is not really about ugly glass towers or bad urbanism – although it features both – but an unspoken disquiet that foreign ideas have overtaken a chunk of Manhattan, argues Aaron Betsky. More about "What bothers many people is the sense of an alien culture"
Norwich Cathedral in England has installed a helter skelter so visitors can get a better view of its vaulted nave before sliding down. More about Helter skelter installed in Norwich Cathedral so visitors can admire its architecture up close