The wavy bands that will stretch up this residential tower, which US firm Studio Gang has designed for Honolulu, are based on the shapes of sugarcane plants. More about Studio Gang reveals undulating Kō'ula luxury tower for Hawaii
Architect Daniel Libeskind has used three million crystals to cover the Swarovski Star, which will top the Christmas tree at New York's Rockefeller Center this year. More about Daniel Libeskind's Rockefeller Christmas tree star sparkles with Swarovski crystal spikes
Football star David Beckham has made a major step towards building a home for his professional soccer team in Miami, after the public voted to approve the project. More about David Beckham's Miami football stadium backed by public vote
Companies can gain a competitive advantage by designing workplaces that make wellbeing a default choice, argue the authors of The Healthy Workplace Nudge book in a talk Dezeen hosted with Haworth in Chicago. More about Making "the healthy choice the default choice" will encourage wellbeing in the workplace
Amazon HQ2 will only exacerbate New York City's already stretched infrastructure, cramped public spaces and sky-high rents, says Alan G Brake in this Opinion column. More about "Amazon HQ2 will strain spaces and systems on which all New Yorkers rely"
Dezeen has teamed up with Japanese brand Muji to give away 10 travel-size aroma diffusers, which can be packed up and used on the go, in our latest competition. More about Competition: win Muji's Portable Aroma Diffuser
Research agency Forensic Architecture has won the Design of the Year award for 2018, beating fashion designer Erdem Moralioğlu's Royal Ballet costumes and Space X's Falcon Heavy rocket. More about Counter Investigations exhibition by Forensic Architecture wins Design of the Year 2018
Vivahouse, a prefabricated modular housing system designed by Dara Huang of Design Haus Liberty to turn vacant commercial properties into co-living environments, has been unveiled at a disused shopping centre in London. More about Vivahouse modular home system turns empty commercial buildings into co-living spaces
Dutch designer Tjeerd Veenhoven's rugs made from a palm leaf material, called palm leather, are a sustainable and vegan alternative to traditional leather made from animal skin. More about Palm leather rugs are vegan alternative to cow hide
Max Siedentopf's guerrilla art installation allowed Tate Modern visitors to zoom in on Roger Stirk Harbour + Partner's Neo Bankside housing from Herzog & de Meuron's extension. More about Artist's binoculars let Tate Modern visitors look inside RSH+P's Neo Bankside
As part of our Bauhaus 100 series celebrating the school's centenary, the latest Dezeen competition offers readers the chance to win one of five hardcover copies of Bauhaus by Hans M Wingler. More about Competition: win a copy of Bauhaus by Hans M Wingler
Tank and Conran and Partners have completed the interiors of the QO Amsterdam hotel, which features many holistic wellness and sustainability features including a rooftop greenhouse and intelligent facade. More about Tank and Conran and Partners create sustainable luxury interiors at QO hotel in Amsterdam
Apple design head Jonathan Ive and renowned designer Marc Newson are creating a ring entirely from a single diamond for sale at a charity auction. More about Jony Ive and Marc Newson design all-diamond ring
Chinese electric car company Nio has launched its debut clothes collection in collaboration with experimental fashion designer Hussein Chalayan. More about Nio and Hussein Chalayan launch clothing collection inspired by world's fastest electric car
Dutch firm MVRDV has broken ground on its first project in the US: a mixed-use "vertical village" made up of yellow, blue, red and green brickwork volumes. More about MVRDV's Radio Tower & Hotel for New York constitutes colourful Lego-like blocks
Roger Scruton, chair of the UK government's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, has called on architects to reject modernism in order to save cities. More about Roger Scruton calls for "necessary change of culture" in UK architecture
Set designers Es Devlin and John McGuire have responded to singer Lorde's accusation that Kanye West stole the design of his latest live show, by stating that glass boxes are nothing new. More about Glass boxes "not in any way new" says Es Devlin following Lorde and Kanye's set design spat
Silicon Valley companies including Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook are threatening democracy by usurping governments as the key provider of public spaces and services, according to a new book examining the rising power of tech giants. More about "Whole chunks of our environment are being privatised" says Silicon States author Lucie Greene
Amazon has confirmed that it will split its major HQ2 between Arlington County, Virginia, and Queens, New York, triggering a major backlash from residents and local politicians in the latter. More about Amazon confirms New York and Virginia for HQ2, sparking protests
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