New York's plans for replacing Rikers Island jail will require input from design's brightest minds if the buildings are to integrate with their neighbourhoods, and conditions for inmates and staff are to improve, says Aaron Betsky. More about "New York's new prisons will be more than just places of incarceration"
Burning Man fans can watch the action from this year's festival unfold without getting dusty, thanks to a live online broadcast of the event. More about Burning Man livestream provides glimpses at life in Black Rock City
In this week's comments update, readers are critical of Zaha Hadid Architects' recently revealed designs for a housing development. More about "Where are the Hadid signature curves?"
American studio Anacapa Architecture has designed a low-slung home in central California, with light-filled rooms that open onto a backyard with a fire pit and an outdoor shower. More about Anacapa Architecture creates minimalist residence for entrepreneur in Santa Barbara
Ilse Crawford, Gitta Gschwendtner and Roksanda Ilinčić are among six female designers that have created artworks for an exhibition at 2 Willow Road, the London house that belonged to architect Ernö Goldfinger. More about Six female designers create responses to artworks in Ernö Goldfinger's former home
David Chipperfield Architects has submitted its planning application for the IMPACT Centre, the proposed new home for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, including a series of new visuals. More about David Chipperfield reveals latest visuals for Edinburgh concert hall
Australian Institute of Architects' Gold Medal-winning architect Kerry Hill, designer of the City of Perth Library as well as numerous award-winning hotels, has passed away. More about Kerry Hill "architect of exceptional sensibility and expertise" dies aged 75
Finnish designer Laura Seppänen applied earthy tones throughout this restaurant in Helsinki to reflect the menu's focus on locally sourced ingredients. More about Farm-to-table cooking informs natural colour palette of Maannos restaurant in Helsinki
Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with David Adjaye's firm in London and sportswear brand Nike in Portland, Oregon. More about Top five architecture and design jobs this week include Adjaye Associates and Nike
British product designer Hans Ramzan has created a pocket-sized device that enables people to test themselves for HIV from the comfort of their own home. More about Catch device lets users in developing countries test themselves for HIV at home
Created by Belgian designer Bram Kerkhofs, Coil is a modular furniture system designed to combine the function of an open shelf and a display cabinet. More about Bram Kerkhofs designs cabinets with elastic walls to "redefine the cupboard"
This wooden chicken coop, installed in the grounds of summer house in rural Finland, is styled like a miniature log cabin perched above the ground on granite rocks. More about Chan Brisco Architects builds wooden chicken coop that looks like a log cabin in rural Finland
Dezeen's US editor Dan Howarth spoke to architecture studios Desai Chia, MKCA and Only If as part of Dezeen's second Spirit of the City talk at A/D/O in Brooklyn. More about Watch Dezeen's second Spirit of the City talk at A/D/O in Brooklyn
An exhibit celebrating the work of late American architect-inventor Richard Buckminster Fuller opens in Los Angeles next week. Here's eight of his futuristic designs, including "autonomous" prefab houses with bulging windows, an underwater island and a pared-back rowing boat. More about Eight of Buckminster Fuller's most forward-thinking ideas
Drawings and maquettes by Buckminster Fuller prove that he predicted current global issues, and demonstrate how he proposed to solve them, according to the curator of an upcoming exhibition about the late inventor. More about Buckminster Fuller anticipated the problems we're facing today, says exhibition curator
Los Angeles-based art director Yusong Zhang has built himself a coffee table using over 10,000 Lego bricks, without screws or glue. More about Lego Table by Yusong Zhang comprises 10,480 blocks
American firm Ziger Snead Architects used stone shingles, charred wood and weathering steel for the exterior of a family home in Maryland, which was built after the client's ranch-style dwelling was lost in a fire. More about Slate House by Ziger Snead replaces fire-ravaged Maryland home
Berlin-based designers Studio 7.5 collaborated with Parisian 3D printing experts XtreeE to create a series of continuously printed concrete benches with a woven pattern. More about Collection of benches woven in 3D-printed concrete
Japanese art collective TeamLab has created a site-specific digital installation of water moving towards a vortex, on the inside of a domed roof in the new Amos Rex museum in Helsinki. More about TeamLab creates virtual vortex as inaugural installation for Helsinki's Amos Rex gallery
JKMM Architects designed a series of domed subterranean galleries for the soon-to-open Amos Rex museum in Helsinki, which bubble up through the ground to create a playful outdoor landscape. More about Amos Rex's bulging underground galleries create playful landscape in Helsinki plaza