Artist Katrin Spranger's series of copper and glass sculptures made from plumbing parts and laboratory objects look to an imagined dystopian future. More about Katrin Spranger's copper and glass objects imagine a future where water is scarce
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has appointed Glasgow-based architect Robin Webster as its new president, a year after a scandal that saw former chief Neil Baxter step down. More about RIAS elects new president Robin Webster with promises of reform after turbulent year
Design reporter Gunseli Yalcinkaya picks out some of the most eye-catching furniture, lighting and homeware presented at this year's London Design Fair, including a lamp that resembles a long-necked bird and a double-mouthed vase. More about Five playful furniture and homeware designs from London Design Fair
Canadian firm Chevalier Morales Architectes has built a family home in rural Quebec featuring darkened wood cladding and a low-slung angular roof, as a "reinterpretation of the work of Frank Lloyd Wright". More about Chevalier Morales shapes Vallée du Parc Residence to mimic landscape
American graphic designer and artist Andrew Herzog has created a 1,000-metre "walking mural" around the National Museum of Art in Bucharest, Romania. More about Andrew Herzog paints 1,000-metre white circle around Romanian National Museum of Art
Dezeen promotion: XTEN Architecture has utilised Vitrocsa's TH+ slider windows in the design of a Los Angeles mansion, with interiors designed by Lenny Kravitz. More about Sliding full-height windows give LA home far-reaching views
Shen Ting Tseng Architects created a canopy made from 320 box kites, which move with the wind and appear to lift this pavilion at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum off the ground. More about Shen Ting Tseng Architects' pavilion "floats" above a plaza at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Biennale Interieur kicks off in Kortrijk next week with a new focus on young talent. Anna Winston picks out five of the best up-and-coming Belgian designers to keep an eye out for. More about Five talented young Belgian designers to look out for at Biennale Interieur 2018
Layer's first wireless tech product for new brand Nolii is a lamp that charges your phone and also functions as a "digital sunrise" alarm clock. More about Nolii's wireless Rise lamp also functions as a charger and an alarm clock
The latest Dezeen competition offers readers the chance to win one of five Half Timbered t-shirts designed by architect and Dezeen columnist Sam Jacob. More about Competition: win a Half-Timbered t-shirt designed by Sam Jacob
Neri Oxman and her Mediated Matter group at MIT have created a swarm of robots designed to rapidly build high-strength tubular structures by winding fibreglass filament around themselves. More about Neri Oxman's swarm of Fiberbots autonomously build architectural structures
London-based Unit Lab has created a playground that is designed to look distorted in real life, but normal when viewed through a warped mirror, in an attempt to make science fun. More about Anamorphic Playground by Unit Lab only looks normal in a mirror
London-based architect Peter Barber is developing 365 urban masterplans, in a project called One Year 365 Cities, to prove that it should be possible "to design a city in 10 minutes". More about Peter Barber is designing a city every day for a year
Architecture firm OMA has completed two of its three residential towers in Miami's Coconut Grove, both punctured with grids of covered terraces around the exteriors. More about OMA completes two towers at Park Grove complex in Miami
Patterns created by Turkish media artist Refik Anadol are being projected onto the facades of Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles each night for a limited time. More about Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall illuminates with dream-like visuals
Dezeen promotion: we're curating a design shop for the new Plant Seven creative hub in High Point, North Carolina, and calling on designers and makers from the region to submit their products for consideration. More about Call for submissions to Dezeen-curated shop in North Carolina
The latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen Weekly features a series of carpets based on buildings by Zaha Hadid, and inspirational home interiors in Australia. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly ›
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A man has died after being hit by a window that fell from a penthouse of the Foster + Partners-designed Corniche towers in London. More about Man killed by window falling from Foster + Partners tower in London
Mexican architect, curator and writer José Esparza Chong Cuy has been appointed as the new head of New York's Storefront for Art and Architecture. More about Storefront for Art and Architecture names José Esparza Chong Cuy as new director
As the weather cools and leaves begin to turn, visitors flock to New England to witness the seasonal spectacle. We've rounded up some architecturally significant sites across the region to check out while appreciating the autumn colours. More about Seven spots in New York and New England for fans of both architecture and fall foliage