Bahraini design office Shepherd Design Studio has reinterpreted the traditional Islamic prayer mat to make it more sustainable. More about Sustainable prayer mat uses 50 per cent less material than traditional counterpart
Indigenous trees and wooden workbenches line the inside of Apple Iconsiam in Bangkok, the first Apple Store to open in Thailand, designed by Foster + Partners. More about Foster + Partners use trees as partitions inside Thailand’s first Apple store
The American Institute of Architects has called on members of the profession to sign an open letter to president Donald Trump, which outlines the organisation's "outright opposition" to his policies on climate change. More about American architects implore Trump to address climate change
Poorly positioned Christmas decorations on a sign for the Holland Tunnel, connecting New Jersey and New York, have caused enough upset for over 1,300 people to sign a petition to change them. More about Holland Tunnel holiday decorations trigger OCD for New York commuters
Canadian designer Alexandra Hutchison has opened an eatery with her husband in Toronto, creating interiors influenced by a trip to coastal California. More about Venice Beach informs Alexandra Hutchison's La Palma restaurant in Toronto
Installations were bigger than ever in 2018, from a six-metre-high Trump blimp to an inflatable mirrored sphere at Burning Man festival. For our review of 2018, social media editor Sabina Sohail selects her top 10. More about Dezeen's top 10 installations of 2018
Canadian firms ACDF Architecture and Architecture49 have created a shiny hotel and entertainment complex for an irregularly shaped property that borders BC Place Stadium in Vancouver. More about Massive coppery Parq complex sits beside Vancouver's main sports arena
The Dezeen Awards jury voted unanimously to name Casson Mann's designs for the Lascaux International Centre for Cave Art as Interior Project of the Year 2018. Jury chair Brittney Hart explains why in this Dezeen movie. More about Dezeen Awards judges "entranced" by Lascaux International Centre for Cave Art
In the post-digital age, architects will be designing in code and robots will be constructing our buildings, says Owen Hopkins. More about "Post-digital architecture will be rough, provisional and crafted by robots"
After another turbulent year for the world, comforting cuddly furniture was a standout trend at last week's Design Miami fair, where several galleries showed snug sheepskin seats and cozy cocoons. More about Five furry, fuzzy furniture pieces at Design Miami 2018
Architects who demonstrate exceptional talent or promise will be granted special visas to live and work in the UK after Brexit, the Home Office has announced. More about UK to grant post-Brexit visas to architects with "outstanding talent"
London-based designers Rowan Minkley and Robert Nicoll use waste potato peelings to create an eco-friendly alternative to single-use materials like MDF and chipboard, called Chip[s] Board. More about Rowan Minkley and Robert Nicoll recycle potato peelings into MDF substitute
Window walls surround all sides of Glass Villa in the Lake, a three-storey house built by Dutch studio Mecanoo in the Cotswolds. More about Mecanoo builds glass house partly submerged in a lake in the English countryside
Next up in our review of 2018, editor Amy Frearson picks out the year's 10 most impressive houses, including a hillside house in Chile with unusual geometries and a treehouse-style holiday home in China. More about Dezeen's top 10 houses of 2018
The Aram Gallery has selected 12 emerging designers and studios to exhibit their shelves in a new exhibition that explores the typology of a shelf. More about The Aram Gallery's 12 Shelves exhibition explores the function of modern-day shelving
These 3D-printed hearing aids could help people who are partially deaf to tune out unwanted background noise, but they also function as regular earphones.
More about 3D-printed Hex hearing aids double as earphones to reduce stigma of hearing loss
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has extracted 30 blocks of glacial ice from the waters surrounding Greenland and placed them in public spaces across London, where they will be left to melt. More about Olafur Eliasson installs giant blocks of glacial ice across London
A network of subterranean concrete galleries forms the UCCA Dune Art Museum, which Beijing-based Open Architecture has completed in Qinhuangdao, China. More about Open Architecture builds cave-like art gallery inside a sand dune
Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis has created 10 resin fountains to celebrate fashion brand Fendi's decade of participation at Design Miami. More about Sabine Marcelis installs 10 Fendi fountains at Design Miami
A logo resembling "stencil letterforms" is printed on the exterior of the Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed art gallery on Boston's waterfront, as part of a major branding overhaul by graphic design studio Pentagram. More about Pentagram prints stencil-style supergraphic across ICA Boston