Amsterdam-based product designer Ernst Koning has invented a portable hexagon-shaped Faraday cage to help us switch off from our smartphones. More about Block uses 19th-century tech to combat smartphone addiction
Dezeen has launched an account on WeChat, the giant Chinese social media, messaging and payment network. More about Dezeen launches WeChat account
Bureau de Change has completed The Interlock, a mixed-use building in London with a facade made from matt blue bricks that "appear to twist like cogs". More about Bureau de Change inserts textured brick building into century-old London terrace
A "raincoat" designed by architecture studio Partisans to protect pavements in harsh weather is among a series of prototypes that Alphabet company Sidewalk Labs has revealed for its smart city in Toronto. More about Sidewalk Labs unveils Building Raincoat prototype for smart city in Toronto
Design gallery The Future Perfect has opened an exhibition space inside a townhouse in New York's West Village, filled with collectible homeware and featuring a wooden staircase designed by David Chipperfield. More about Casa Perfect New York gallery includes David Chipperfield staircase
Foster + Partners has designed a succession of Apple Stores that implement the tech giant's retail vision. From Paris to Istanbul, here are 10 of its best designs. More about Ten of the most appealing Apple Stores designed by Foster + Partners
Shanghai furniture brand Stellar Works has for the first time launched products in China rather than Milan, unveiling pieces by Neri&Hu, Jens Risom and Space Copenhagen at the Design Shanghai fair. More about Stellar Works launches furniture at Design Shanghai for first time
Dezeen promotion: a historic hotel in China and a cocoon-like guest lodge in Sri Lanka are among the hospitality projects commended in this year's AHEAD Asia Awards. More about AHEAD Asia announces region's best hotels for 2019
The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living series features an extremely narrow house designed for a 3.9-metre-wide plot in Brooklyn. More about Narrow House designed as prototype for building on unusual plots
British firm Hopkins Architects and US studios Bruner/Cott Architects and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates have overhauled a massive, 1960s building at Harvard University, adding in living walls and glazed rooms. More about Harvard's brutalist Smith Campus Center receives dramatic makeover by Hopkins
Ancient building material cob has been brought up to contemporary standards by a team of British and French researchers, who see it as an environmentally friendly option for homes. More about Researchers re-engineer cob into sustainable new building material CobBauge
Italian architect Beatrice Bonzanigo has unveiled her patented design for Casa Ojalá, a micro home that is transportable, adaptable and off-grid. More about Beatrice Bonzanigo to present mobile off-grid home at Milan design week
The Bartlett School of Architecture has created a virtual reality tour of the Lin'an History Museum, designed by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu's studio, which is yet to open to the public. More about VR film offers preview of Amateur Architecture Studio's Lin'an History Museum
The top opportunities in architecture and design available on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions at British fashion brand Paul Smith and the Science Museum in London. More about The best architecture and design jobs this week include roles at Paul Smith and Science Museum
Lithuanian studio ŠA Atelier has transformed a dilapidated 19th-century city apartment in Vilnius into a minimalist family home. More about Ornate plasterwork ceilings hint at grand past of renovated 19th-century apartment in Vilnius
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This community centre in Vietnam, designed by 1+1>2 Architects, features a bamboo framework and a thatched roof that wraps a concrete amphitheatre. More about Curved thatched roof covers Chieng Yen Community House in a Vietnamese forest
Clay bricks "stacked in a random pattern" create varying hues across the walls of this holiday home in Long Island, which New York-based architect Toshihiro Oki has designed for a client to host friends all year round. More about Toshihiro Oki links pale brick volumes to form Long Island weekend retreat
Plushy, velvety brown pedicure chairs, a graphic mural and planting are among the details that designer Katie Gebhardt has included in this nail salon in San Diego, in order to eschew the aesthetic typically associated with beauty shops. More about Katie Gebhardt opts for simplicity at Leo Nail Salon in San Diego
Architecture office Arquitectura-G has slotted a new house within the aged stone walls of a ruin in the medieval village of Palau-Sator, Spain. More about Arquitectura-G builds modern house behind crumbling old stone walls
Plectere features an oversized knitted structure made from thick strips of woollen felt that double as a divider and acoustic panelling in offices. More about Petra Vonk creates acoustic Plectere curtains from 3D-knitted felt