The controversy surrounding the site of Santiago Calatrava's ill-fated Chicago Spire continues, as the city stalls the pair of skyscrapers that SOM's David Childs has proposed for the vacant waterfront plot. More about SOM's "sister skyscrapers" for doomed Chicago Spire site halted
Contemporary, greyscale interiors complement the stainless-steel equipment at this brewery in New Hampshire, by Swedish firm Studio Richard Lindvall. More about Bad Lab Beer Co brewery in New Hampshire features steely interiors by Richard Lindvall
Apple has launched a MacBook Air with a 100 per cent recycled aluminium alloy shell, reducing the carbon footprint of the computer by almost half. More about Apple designs "greenest Mac ever"
This beachfront retreat in Costa Rica, by local studio Laboratory Sustaining Design, includes a waterfall that flows between the outdoor pools stepped down its steep site. More about Waterfall cascades from Costa Rica beach retreat by LSD Architects
Dezeen promotion: French designer Philippe Briand has applied superyacht styling to a residential project in Hong Kong for New World Development. More about Superyacht designer Philippe Briand brings nautical flair to Hong Kong homes
Dutch designer Marjan van Aubel has developed a self-powered hydroponic rooftop greenhouse that generates solar energy to optimise good conditions for growth, in a bid to tackle the issue of food shortages. More about Marjan van Aubel's rooftop "greenhouse of the future" aims to solve food shortages
For all the on-screen blood and gore of horror film Halloween, the scariest part behind the scenes was perishing pumpkins, says the set dresser for the franchise's latest offering. More about Halloween movie designer's biggest fear was "keeping all of our pumpkins fresh"
British textile brand Christopher Farr celebrates Bauhaus pioneer Anni Albers with its latest range of rugs and fabric designs. More about Christopher Farr launches two patterned textiles from the Anni Albers archive
In our latest Dezeen x MINI Living movie, Oke Hauser and Corinna Natter of MINI Living and Penda co-founder Dayong Sun explain how the micro home they built in Beijing references the city's hutong neighbourhoods. More about Urban Cabin by MINI Living and Penda takes cues from Beijing's hutong homes
Fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld is presenting his first ever exhibition of sculptural works at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris. More about Karl Lagerfeld's first sculpture exhibition features marble fountains, tables and mirrors
Leading Japanese architects have offered up drawings, models and other original works to raise funds for Home for All, the non-profit organisation set up by Toyo Ito following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. More about Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima and Sou Fujimoto donate works for Home for All charity auction
French architect Jean Nouvel has completed an office skyscraper in Marseille, with a concrete facade painted in 27 shades of red, white and blue in celebration of the port city's landscape. More about Jean Nouvel completes red, white and blue skyscraper La Marseillaise
A mash-up of different styles is used to decorate this hotel in Washington DC, which New York firm INC Architecture and Design created inside an old church. More about Mismatched furnishings create "bipartisan aesthetic" at The Line DC hotel
Our latest MINI Living video features a conceptual housing project, with houses made from shipping containers placed within repurposed multi-storey parking garages. More about Park House envisions converting multi-storey car parks into apartment blocks
Foster + Partners' new airport for Mexico City has been cancelled midway through construction, following a public referendum that resulted in a majority vote against the project. More about Foster's billion Mexico City airport scrapped after public vote
In this week's comments update, readers can't agree whether Peter Zumthor's Secular Retreat is worthy of praise. More about "One of the most beautiful houses I have seen in years"
Dezeen promotion: Wulf Architekten has used Velux's modular skylights at a research centre in western Germany, to flood its entrance and oval-shaped laboratory building with natural light. More about Wulf Architekten brightens German disease research centre with Velux skylights
Eindhoven-based design studio Dutch Invertuals has curated an exhibition of 10 objects, to question whether – in the anthropocene era – it is possible to reduce the volume of non-essential products in our lives. More about Dutch Invertuals presents products that champion using less
American firm Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects has completed a housing block in Los Angeles that features a central courtyard and open-air stairwell lined with wooden slats and white wire mesh. More about Slats shade LOHA's San Vicente 935 apartment building in West Hollywood
Beijing-based architecture studio Plat Asia has completed a restaurant in the Chinese resort town of Aranya featuring three glass-walled dining rooms that look out onto a surrounding forest. More about Plat Asia's Forest Dining Club immerses diners in Chinese woodland