A seven-metre high silver sphere has been placed in the atrium of a Tokyo office by artist Akira Fujimoto and architect Yoko Nagayama, as the zero in the number 2021, to draw attention to the year after the Olympics takes place. More about Giant mirrored ball installed in Tokyo office to encourage city to think beyond 2020 Olympics
Over 1,000 leading architects have signed a letter to the UK prime minister stating that Brexit would be "devastating" to the architecture profession. More about There is "no good Brexit" say Foster, Rogers and Chipperfield in open letter to UK prime minister
Crumbling brick surfaces hint at the rich past of this triplex apartment in Barcelona, designed by architect Valentí Albareda with arch-shaped openings and warm oak floors. More about Valentí Albareda turns bomb-blasted banana warehouse in Barcelona into triplex apartment
Mexico-based creative studio MaliArts has designed a series of three structures for solitary bees living in built-up areas to help welcome nature into urban environments. More about Refugio shelters aim to make solitary bees feel at home in cities
Thomas Heatherwick explains his desire to create a new public space for London in this exclusive video interview Dezeen filmed at the recently opened Coal Drops Yard shopping centre in King's Cross. More about Thomas Heatherwick hopes Coal Drops Yard will be "new heart" for King's Cross
Architecture studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has worked with Japanese makers to create nine pieces for Tokyo lifestyle store Time & Style, which are based on a house it built overlooking the Baltic Sea. More about Claesson Koivisto Rune creates nine objects that reference its Villa Widlund
Designer Yves Béhar has created this graphic in the wake of the mass-shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue to warn against rising anti-semitism in the US, which he blames on president Donald Trump's "current culture of lies". More about Yves Béhar responds to Pittsburgh synagogue shooting with Lies Cost Lives graphic
An Ottoman-era home in Jaffa has been refurbished as a spa, where Japanese elements sit alongside original Arabic details like arched ceilings and stone walls. More about Yoko Kitahara spa blends Japanese and Arabic designs in Jaffa
Spencer Bailey, the former editor of Surface magazine, has been named editor-at-large for Phaidon's architecture and design publications. More about Phaidon names Spencer Bailey as editor-at-large
Architects may be limited in their power to prevent climate change, says Peter Zumthor, but they can help by designing buildings to last for centuries rather than decades. More about "I can only do so much" to protect the environment, says Peter Zumthor
American studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has used charred wood, local stone and large stretches of glass to form this country home for an Austin family. More about Michael Hsu creates Llano Retreat for remote spot in Texas Hill Country
Paris-based artist Tadashi Kawamata has created a monumental installation of ocean plastic in the Oval Gallery of Lisbon's Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology. More about Tadashi Kawamata fills Lisbon's MAAT with plastic to warn about ocean debris
Dezeen promotion: German bathroom brand Kaldewei is using building information modelling data to provide industry clients and private customers with digital models of its products. More about Kaldewei's digital tools help architects plan bathrooms efficiently
Black and white stairways splice and spiral through the Studio Libeskind-designed MO Museum of modern art in Vilnius, Lithuania. More about Skylights and stairways puncture Studio Libeskind's MO Museum in Lithuania
An artwork created by Paris-based art collective Obvious using artificial intelligence has been sold at Christie's auction house in New York for nearly half a million dollars. More about Christie's sells AI-created artwork painted using algorithm for 2,000
Dutch interior architecture firm i29 has completed a contemporary renovation of the 18th-century buildings of the Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden. More about i29 revamps interiors of Princessehof ceramics museum in Leeuwarden
Our pick of the best architecture and design vacancies available on Dezeen Jobs this week includes opportunities at London-based designer Heatherwick Studio and US architecture firm SO-IL. More about Top five roles in architecture and design this week include Heatherwick Studio and SO-IL
Ferrari's Monza SP1 and SP2 cars are entirely open-topped and equipped with the most powerful engine the company has ever built. More about Ferrari's latest carbon-fibre sports cars have no windshield or roof
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has completed his Secular Retreat – a Living Architecture holiday home designed to celebrate the landscape like the villas of his hero, Andrea Palladio. More about Peter Zumthor completes Devon countryside villa "in the tradition of Andrea Palladio"
Pivoting doors, bulbous, stuccoed walls and a "cheeky window" are among the details that American architecture studio Dash Marshall has included in the overhaul of this Californian farmhouse. More about Californian Missions influence Dash Marshall's renovated House for Grandparents