Austere concrete interiors offset the verdant surroundings of this pair of holiday homes in southwest Sri Lanka, completed by Aim Architecture and Norm Architects. More about Concrete surfaces create "rough luxury" inside K House in Sri Lanka
Architects have an urgent mission, says Chris Precht, to bring food production back into the centre of our cities. More about "We need agriculture back in our cities and in our minds"
The best hotels around the world offer guests an authentic local experience, say AHEAD Global awards jury members in this movie Dezeen produced for the awards programme. More about Contemporary hotel design "about authenticity" say AHEAD Global awards judges
British company Garçon Wines has come up with a new way to package wine that cuts back on the costs and carbon emissions of transport. More about Garçon Wines create flat wine-bottle case that's greener to ship
A team of women will represent British architecture practice Grimshaw at this year's MIPIM, the property fair with a notorious boys' club reputation. More about Grimshaw sends all-woman team to MIPIM property fair
The latest Nokia smartphone features five rear cameras, in a move meant to entice photography enthusiasts who want to do advanced editing. More about Nokia 9 PureView smartphone is the first to take photos with five cameras
Vine Architecture Studio has refurbished a rooftop apartment in east London, with features including a yellow spiral staircase and generous rooflights that fill the interior with daylight. More about Vine Architecture Studio brightens up Mile End Road home with yellow staircase and skylights
Pastel tones and plenty of curves are found within this restaurant, located inside The Spheres at Amazon's headquarters in Seattle. More about Willmott's Ghost restaurant opens inside Amazon Spheres in Seattle
Volvo has revealed a pioneering, driverless electric bus that is set to undergo testing, before being put into operation on Singapore's roads. More about Volvo unveils "world's first" autonomous electric bus in Singapore
Dezeen Awards has introduced five new design categories for 2019, including one that will honour the best sustainable design project of the year. More about New Dezeen Awards 2019 categories include sustainable design, graphic design and installation design
A glass and weathered-steel box bridges a grassy hill and a terrace in this retreat for city dwellers, which US studio Slade Architecture has designed for an active organic farm in New York's Hudson Valley. More about Overlapping stone and glass volumes form Link Farm House by Slade Architecture
Dezeen promotion: new lighting brand Voltra has launched a range of minimal cordless lamps, designed to "recreate the intimacy of candlelight". More about Voltra launches cordless lamps that emulate candlelight
The Grand Palais in Paris was transformed into a wintery alpine village complete with snow-topped ski chalets for late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld's final Chanel show. More about Karl Lagerfeld's final Chanel show is a snowy alpine wonderland
Adidas, BMW, Netflix and Lego are among brands whose logos have been given a Bauhaus-inspired makeover in a graphic design project by creative platform 99designs. More about Adidas, Lego and Netflix brand logos get the Bauhaus treatment
IKEA's research lab Space10 has traded in the "chaotic" open-plan design of its head office in Copenhagen for a more flexible workspace divided with mobile partitions, by local studio Spacon & X. More about Spacon & X brings order to Space10's head office with adaptable partitions
With hot-desking, working from home and co-working on the rise, Space10 co-founder Simon Caspersen calls for the end of the open-plan office. More about "Get rid of the open-plan office" says Space10 co-founder Simon Caspersen
Sharply pointed roofs and blackened wood cladding characterise these treehouses that Peter Pichler Architecture has designed for a mountain forest in the Dolomites of northern Italy. More about Peter Pichler designs Tree House hotel rooms for forest in the Italian Dolomites
French designer Philippe Starck will be joined by architects Odile Decq, Lyndon Neri and Alison Brooks as Dezeen Awards 2019 judges. More about Philippe Starck and Odile Decq join lineup of judges for Dezeen Awards 2019
Personal fertility tracking is set to get more sophisticated with the arrival of Kegg, the first wearable device to measure cervical mucus. More about Kegg Kegel ball promises more accurate fertility tracking
Atelier Stéphane Fernandez has completed Ecole Communale Jacqueline de Rommily, a school in Cannes comprising low, travertine-clad buildings arranged around courtyards. More about Travertine clads walls of school in Cannes by Atelier Stéphane Fernandez