Global firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has designed and engineered a federal courthouse for a sloped site in Downtown Los Angeles, which appears as an elevated cube with folded glass facades. More about SOM wraps Downtown LA courthouse in pleats of glass
Today we're announcing the architecture shortlist for the first Dezeen Awards, featuring a rammed-earth cricket pavilion in Rwanda, a structure made out of kites in Taiwan and a wooden house in a Norwegian forest. More about Dezeen Awards 2018 architecture shortlist reveals the world's best new buildings
Aarish Netarwala has designed a pair of resistance training shoes for Adidas that simulate the experience of running on soft sand for a more intense workout. More about Adidas concept trainer mimics the effect of running on sand to increase fitness
New York-based design studio Snarkitecture has created a surreal interactive playground, filled with hundreds of giant bouncy balls, by the water in Hong Kong's Harbour City shopping district. More about Snarkitecture creates giant bouncy ball playground on Hong Kong's waterfront
French studio Freaks Architecture has placed an arched storage unit at the centre of this home in Paris, which can be moved around to suit the lifestyle of its retired inhabitants. More about Freaks Architecture divides tiny Parisian pied-à-terre with mobile storage unit
Shenkar College graduate Amalia Shem Tov has produced a series of ancient-looking cooking utensils, to help people rediscover their primal culinary roots. More about Amalia Shem Tov designs "ancient" cooking utensils for the modern kitchen
Swiss studio Urben Seyboth has refurbished a mid-century house near Zurich, preserving original details such as the board-marked concrete facades but opening up the interior to create a sequence of brighter spaces. More about Urben Seyboth brightens up interior of Swiss village house from the 1960s
These T-shirts and hoodies by student-led protest group March For Our Lives are adorned with an American flag containing a QR code, which leads directly to online voter registration when scanned. More about Parkland students design clothes with QR codes to register voters
British designer John Pawson has completed the overhaul of an ornate convent and hospital into a hotel in Tel Aviv's historic Jaffa neighbourhood. More about John Pawson transforms historic convent into Jaffa Hotel in Tel Aviv
This small sex toy has grooves on either side of its silicone bulb, for fingers to grip onto while providing clitoral stimulation. More about Dame's compact Fin vibrator slots between two fingers
In this week's comments update, readers agree with residents of Paris, who expressed outrage over the installation of minimal, open-air urinals in the city centre. More about "The target population will never use these"
Germany's national rail operator has announced plans to play atonal music in a Berlin station, in an attempt to deter criminal activity. More about Berlin's Hermannstrasse station to trial anxiety-inducing music in bid to reduce crime
The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores a proposal to construct rows of affordable housing on bridges above roads in Sydney. More about Affordable homes are built above Sydney streets in proposal by NIKA
Architect Costas Kondylis, who designed countless residential skyscrapers in Manhattan including several for Donald Trump, has died aged 78. More about Prolific New York architect and Trump collaborator Costas Kondylis dies aged 78
American firms DeForest Architects and NB Design Group have created a dwelling in central Oregon with sliding panels that can either expose or conceal parts of the interior. More about High Desert Modern house in Oregon is designed to be "cool, calm and collected"
A 20-storey-high tower designed by the late Will Alsop, at his studio All Design, is set to be constructed beside the River Thames in London and is likely to become the architect's last major project in the city. More about Will Alsop's Heliport Heights skyscraper set to be built in London
A San Francisco-based footwear startup has launched a flip flop with a sustainable sole made from sugar cane. More about Flip flops with sugar-cane soles released by eco shoe brand Allbirds
Syrian designer Yamen Saraiji has designed a wearable, two-armed robot that acts as an extension to the human body. More about Backpack-style robot companion gives wearer two functional extra hands
Curved openings and salmon-pink furnishings appear throughout Night Tales Bohemia Place, a new east London bar designed by Sella Concept. More about Sella Concept uses pink tones for Night Tales bar under railway arches in Hackney
Dezeen promotion: over 800 buildings will be open free to the public during this year's Open House London, including the Stirling Prize-nominated Bloomberg headquarters by Foster + Partners and the new US Embassy by Kieran Timberlake. More about Open House London 2018 programme features Bloomberg HQ and US Embassy