Chinese studio People's Architecture Office is using a pop-up pavilion to show how a prefabricated home designed for China's hutongs could be used by cities in the US to help tackle the housing crisis. More about Plugin House built in Boston to demonstrate potential for use in US backyards
Dezeen spoke to designers including Irina and Olga Sundukovy and Natali Canas del Pozo about the future of wellbeing in this talk hosted by ceramics brand Villeroy & Boch in Barcelona. More about Watch our discussion on smart design and wellbeing
The "desirable" aesthetic of a standard mass-produced tin can has informed the shape of this stool designed by Lennart and Lauren Leerdam. More about Paperthin stool celebrates "the essence of the classic tin can"
The governor of New York has released more details of plans to transform John F Kennedy International Airport in Queens into one of the "finest in the world". More about Plans to overhaul New York's JFK airport updated
British designer Faye Toogood has teamed up with estate agency The Modern House to curate a moving-in box, with six objects designed for the modern homebuyer, including a keyring and an apron. More about Faye Toogood assembles moving-in box for design-conscious homebuyers
Mexican firm CDM has embedded a beachfront cabana and swimming pool into a rugged hillside covered in vegetation and overlooking the Pacific Ocean. More about Cabana and pool by CDM cut into rocky slope on Mexico's coast
Architectural photographer Cristobal Palma has taken a series of photos revealing the 46 spiralling shopping centres built across Chile in the 1970s and 80s. More about Chile's Guggenheim-inspired "caracoles" captured in photos by Cristobal Palma
The United Nations says we have 12 years to take action against climate change, to avoid global disaster. It's the greatest design challenge in history, says Nicolas Roope. More about "Let's start designing the future that gives us a future"
Design Academy Eindhoven graduates Christian Hammer Juhl and Jade Chan have created a series of whimsical furniture items that respond to people's changing requirements. More about Responsive Furniture expands and contracts according to users' needs
Nicholas Szczepaniak Architects has combined smoked timber joinery, huge sheets of steel and raw concrete to create the brooding interiors of this men's spa and barbershop in Dubai. More about Darkened wood and concrete form moody interiors of Chaps & Co barbershop in Dubai
The mineralogy collection at the Melbourne Museum inspired Australian designer Leah Heiss' Facett hearing aid, which aims to shift talk "from disability to desirability". More about Facett hearing aid takes inspiration from precious gemstones
Swiss studio Roeoesli Maeder Architekten has built anembassy for Switzerland in Nairobi, Kenya, as an extension of the dyed concrete boundary wall that surrounds the compound. More about Dyed concrete walls surround Swiss embassy in Nairobi by Roeoesli Maeder Architekten
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier is leaving his eponymous firm to be spearheaded by new management, following the accusations of sexual harassment made against him earlier this year. More about Richard Meier steps down following sexual harassment allegations
Architecture firm Main Office has extended and renovated a residence in a Mexican surfing town to nestle among trees, plantains and ferns on a steep slope overlooking the Pacific Ocean. More about Main Office staggers Casa LT down lush slope in Mexican surf village
London-based Aseptic Studio has designed an ergonomic cushion in the shape of a headless torso to provide physical and emotional support for lonely millennials living in cities. More about Headless human-shaped pillow by Aseptic Studio designed to reduce urban loneliness
The bulbous black base of this table, which Bandido Studio is launching at this year's Design Week Mexico, is sculpted using a traditional technique developed by the country's stone artisans. More about Bandido Studio's Mura table features droplet-shaped marble base
Prague-based design studio 52hours has created a breastfeeding bench for use in public spaces, to offer comfort and privacy to mothers when tending to their babies. More about Heer bench aims to tackle the stigma attached to breastfeeding in public
In this week's comments update, readers are confused about the shape of a prototype Hyperloop capsule, and blown away by plans for the Wuxi Show Theatre in China. More about "Guess this is all just unnecessary PR hype"
American studio Blaze Makoid Architecture has created a spacious, cedar-clad dwelling in the Hamptons that was envisioned as "a secret enclave in the trees". More about Old Sag Harbor Road house by Blaze Makoid sits in Hamptons forest clearing
Bjarke Ingels' firm has completed Dortheavej Residence, an affordable housing development in Copenhagen made up of prefabricated modules stacked on top of one another. More about BIG builds "winding wall" of affordable housing in Copenhagen