Alara Alkan details how she became a researcher at product design studio Birsel + Seck for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. More about Careers guide: Alara Alkan describes her route into design research at Birsel + Seck
New York firm SHoP Architects has designed an irregularly stacked office building for the US Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. More about SHoP unveils US Embassy offices for lush site in Bangkok
The University of Stuttgart has continued its experiments into biomimicry and robotic construction with two pavilions at the Bundesgartenschau horticultural show in Germany. More about University of Stuttgart creates biomimetic pavilions based on sea urchins and beetle wings
The European Union has awarded its annual architecture prize to Transformation of 530 Dwellings, a renovation of 1960s housing in France by Frédéric Druot Architecture, Lacaton & Vassal Architectes and Christophe Hutin Architecture. More about Social housing revamp in Bordeaux wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2019
The Guggenheim Foundation has revealed that its Frank Gehry-designed art museum in the United Arab Emirates is "on track" to complete in four years time. More about Construction set to begin on Frank Gehry's long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
Designers can move easily between drawing in a virtual-reality environment and on their tablet using the latest update to Gravity Sketch. More about Gravity Sketch VR software now lets designers switch between 2D and 3D
The Met's Costume Institute has unveiled a pink-hued exhibition exploring camp fashion across the centuries, from the playful to the outrageous. More about The Met celebrates "resurgence of camp" in new exhibition Camp: Notes on Fashion
Wood-lined rooms, shaded corridors and water walkways are just some of the features that Hilarchitects has incorporated into this meditation space in north eastern China. More about Hilarchitects completes contemplative meditation hall in eastern China
Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki has reimagined a sixty-year-old electronic sequencer machine as a physical piece of music software that uses artificial intelligence to generate melodies. More about Yuri Suzuki gives Raymond Scott's Electronium electronic sequencer an AI makeover
Architecture office MLZD has built a sports hall with a sculptural concrete wall below ground level to preserve views of a heritage-listed converted monastery in Wettingen, Switzerland. More about MLZD adds subterranean sports hall to school in a former monastery
A former Frieze artistic director has established a new art and design fair in New York that offers exhibitors fewer restrictions and lower prices. More about Object & Thing launches in New York as alternative to traditional art and design fairs
American actress Zendaya wore a transforming Tommy Hilfiger dress to the Met Gala last night, which changed colour using technology hidden beneath the skirt. More about Zendaya wears colour-changing Cinderella dress to the Met Gala in New York
In this week's comments update, readers are seriously considering a proposal from Miysis Studio for the rebuild of Notre-Dame Cathedral. More about "This is a very serious proposition for Notre-Dame"
Interior design studio Drake/Anderson has used muted tones, earthy materials and clean lines to create tranquil rooms with a strong connection to nature inside this 12-year-old home in the Hudson River Valley. More about Drake/Anderson updates rural New York house to fuse warmth and minimalism
Dutch architecture studio GG-loop has built a pair of prefabricated apartments in Amsterdam with timber louvres positioned to regulate the levels of light entering the building. More about GG-loop wraps Freebooter apartments with cedar louvres
Chinese architects must gain the confidence to develop China's rural areas sustainably, not just turn them into urban sprawl, says architect Li Xiaodong. More about Chinese architects must find a new way to "urbanise the countryside" says Li Xiaodong
An elephant, giraffe and crocodile are among the animals that Federico Babina has illustrated in these zoomorphic floor plans. More about Federico Babina merges animals with architecture for Planimals floor plans
In this movie, artist Matthew Mazzotta says the success of The Storefront Theater, which won him Architecture Project of the Year at the inaugural Dezeen Awards, comes down to the way the local community has made use of it. More about The Storefront Theater is successful because "the community takes it and makes it their own"
This architecture movie shows Atelier Chen Hung's compact Keperra House, located in a post-war suburb of Brisbane, Australia. More about Take a video tour of Atelier Chen Hung's tiny Keperra House
Our pick of the five best jobs in architecture, interiors and design on Dezeen Jobs this week include opportunities at OMA, Gensler and Tom Dixon. More about Positions at OMA, Gensler and Tom Dixon available on Dezeen Jobs this week