The Vatican City is a champion for contemporary architecture, according to Norman Foster, one of several architects commissioned by the Catholic city state for the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Vatican City's patronage is "exactly what architecture needs" says Norman Foster
The curator of a new exhibition on punk graphics at Detroit's Cranbrook Art Museum, has selected five key works that explore the movement in the United States and United Kingdom. More about "If punk birthed a thousand garage bands, it certainly birthed as many designers," says Punk Graphics curator
Grayson Perry, Tracey Emin and Yinka Shonibare are among six artists commissioned by Royal Mail to create bespoke stamps to celebrate 250 years since the Royal Academy was founded. More about Grayson Perry and Tracey Emin mark Royal Academy's 250th anniversary with stamp designs
This extension to a Canadian cottage by Montreal studio ACDF Architecture echoes the traditional language of the original home, but executed with contemporary geometry and finishes. More about Lakeside cottage extension by ACDF takes cues from traditional neighbour
Dezeen's new documentary Elevation on drones will be screened at festivals around the world including in Los Angeles, Prague, Pristina and Madrid. More about Dezeen's Elevation documentary to be screened at festivals around the world
In this week's comments update, readers gave kudos to a whisky distillery cut into the hills of the Scottish countryside by British architecture firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. More about "Buildings like this are masterpieces of architecture"
Patrik Schumacher has launched an attack on the curators of the national pavilions at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which he claims are "devoid of architecture". More about Architects must reclaim Venice Architecture Biennale from "arrogant" curators, says Patrik Schumacher
A group of designers have collaborated on interiors for Hank's restaurant in Austin, Texas, transforming an old grocery store into a spacious, bright eatery. More about Austin eatery Hank's features "minimalist desert modern" interiors
Brazilian firm Studio MK27 has used timber, polycarbonate panels and white metal sheets to form an austere building for Micasa, a contemporary furniture retailer based in São Paulo. More about Studio MK27 creates minimalist pavilion for Micasa campus in São Paulo
A Swedish court has blocked construction of David Chipperfield's £100 million Nobel Center in Stockholm, stating that it would cause "significant damage" to the city's historic waterfront. More about David Chipperfield Architects "disappointed" after Nobel Center project is blocked by court
This 360-video filmed by Dezeen offers a look inside the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, which is filled with filled with expanding and contracting blobs designed to look like cells. More about Explore the huge cell-like balloons inside the Nordic Pavilion in 360-degree video
Chicago-based tech startup Ovie has launched Smarterware, a line of food-storage products that alert users when the contents of their fridge are about to spoil. More about Tupperware-style products use the Internet of Things to help you reduce your food waste
We've selected five of the best architecture and design roles available via Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions with Bejing-based MAD, London studio Doshi Levien and Swedish designer Monica Förster. More about Top five architecture and design jobs this week include MAD and Doshi Levien
Monolithic concrete steps evocative of ancient Aztec temples surround open-air living spaces and gardens at the heart of Zicatela, a holiday home in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. More about Ludwig Godefroy and Emmanuel Picault complete "open-air fortress" house in Mexico
Plush purple carpeting, metallic surfaces and pink stone walls create a dreamy, tactile setting for the first collection of one-off furniture pieces created by Dimore Studio co-founder Emiliano Salci. More about Twin Peaks soundtrack accompanies Dimore Studio's Limited Edition exhibition
Skylights and large glazed surfaces that open onto a secluded courtyard allow natural light to pour into the interior of this house designed by architects David Liddicoat and Sophie Goldhill for a narrow site in east London. More about Liddicoat & Goldhill squeezes asymmetric Makers House onto narrow plot in Hackney
Architecture firm In Situ Studio needed to overcome rotting trim and crumbling brick mortar to renovate and slightly enlarge an American foursquare-style dwelling that had fallen into shambles. More about In Situ Studio revitalises dilapidated brick Nolintha Residence in North Carolina
Concrete bathrooms with colour-changing shower screens feature in this renovated apartment inside Moshe Safdie's famous brutalist Habitat 67 in Montreal, Canada, where scribbles on the walls date back to the housing complex's construction. More about Rainville Sangaré overhauls Unit 622 in Montreal's brutalist Habitat 67
Hollow clay bricks form the gridded facade of this faculty building at a university in the Polish city of Katowice, providing privacy and shade to the interiors while still allowing light to enter. More about University of Silesia's Department of Radio and Television is wrapped in "net curtain" of hollow blocks
The Arrangements lighting collection by Michael Anastassiades features strips and loops of LEDs in geometric shapes that combine to create chains, chandeliers and hanging walls of light. More about Michael Anastassiades creates modular lighting system based on jewellery chains for Flos