With augmented reality technology becoming more readily available, young designers are creating face filters for social media platforms. Design reporter Gunseli Yalcinkaya picks five of the most interesting examples. More about Five leading AR designers creating face filters for Instagram
Giant windows puncture this white concrete apartment building in Mexico City, which Mexican firm Taller Héctor Barroso designed as a home for siblings. More about Taller Héctor Barroso designs Sierra Mimbres housing in Mexico City for three brothers
California's Salk Institute for Biological Studies is developing a plant that can store excess carbon dioxide in its roots, in a bid to curb the effects of climate change. More about Salk Institute develops a plant that offers a solution to climate change
Blankpage Architects has built a church with a rooftop amphitheatre in Lebanon, being careful not to overshadow the historic chapel next door. More about Blankpage Architects designs concrete church in Lebanon to complement 18th-century chapel
Mexican designer Fernando Laposse has developed Totomoxtle, a marquetry material made from the colourful husks of heirloom corn species that restore vital biodiversity. More about Totomoxtle is a material bringing rare corn back from the brink of extinction
The Dezeen Awards website got overloaded yesterday! So we're giving entrants an extra four days to get their entries in. More about Dezeen Awards 2019 deadline extended to 3 June
London studio Barber and Osgerby has worked with Knoll on a collection of tables with light-fast and waterproof enamel tops that mean they can be used both indoors and outdoors. More about Barber and Osgerby creates Smalto enamel tables for Knoll
This week we've selected five of the top vacancies for senior architects on Dezeen Jobs, including positions at international firms UNStudio and Studio Fuksas. More about Top five opportunities for senior architects including roles at UNStudio and Studio Fuksas
Japanese furniture manufacturer Karimoku has launched a sister brand, Karimoku Case Study, which will offer collections of pared-back furniture pieces designed by architects. More about Karimoku launches architect-designed furniture collection
Stirling Prize winning architecture firms including Zaha Hadid Architects, David Chipperfield Architects and Foster + Partners are calling on all UK architects to adopt a "shift in behaviour" over climate change. More about UK architects including Foster and Chipperfield declare climate and biodiversity emergency
Brooklyn designer Eny Lee Parker's latest homeware includes a mirror that looks like "dripping pancake batter" and donut-like lamps. More about Eny Lee Parker presents "lumpy and imperfect" homeware at ICFF 2019
New York design studio Egg Collective has opened a new showroom in Lower Manhattan's Tribeca neighbourhood, where its furniture is displayed in rooms laid out like a home. More about Egg Collective designs its home-like showroom in old Manhattan law office
Design Museum Holon in Israel presents five installations exploring what makes a successful design partnership, including a seesaw designed by BCXSY and a hall of broken mirrors by Snarkitecture. More about The Conversation Show explores how design collectives like Snarkitecture and Mischer'Traxler work together
London-based photographer Joanne Underhill has attempted to save Welbeck Street car park in a "small way" with a new series of colour photos. More about Joanne Underhill photographs Welbeck Street car park ahead of demolition
Laminated wood and concrete will form the hybrid structural system of the high-rise Canada's Earth Tower that global firm Perkins+Will has unveiled for British Columbia. More about Perkins+Will designs "world's tallest hybrid wood tower" for Vancouver
A cluster of stone and plaster-lined volumes form Think Architecture's minimalist House in a Park, which sits on a hilltop in Zurich, Switzerland. More about Think Architecture creates minimal hilltop house in Zurich
The French Senate has passed a bill saying Notre-Dame Cathedral must be rebuilt as it was before the fire, which destroyed its roof and spire last month. More about Notre-Dame must be restored to "last known visual state" says French Senate
You have just over 24 hours to complete your Dezeen Awards 2019 entry to have your projects and studio be in the running for a Dezeen Award. More about Dezeen Awards 2019 entries close tomorrow
Typically calm colours have been abandoned in favour of bolder hues inside the Haeckels House day spa in Margate, England, designed by the brand's founder Dom Bridges. More about Coral and blue surfaces merge in seaside spa Haeckels House
London studio Doshi Levien has self-produced a collection of lights using the techniques employed to make and repair cars. More about Earth To Sky is a range of sculpted aluminium lights by Doshi Levien