Construction is due to commence on a skyscraper by Foster + Partners in Mexico City, set to match the height of the city's tallest tower. More about Foster + Partners' Reforma 432 will rival Mexico City's tallest building
Mathieu Lehanneur chipped blocks of marble and bronze to create tables, benches and stools that resemble the surface of the ocean. More about Mathieu Lehanneur creates marble furniture that mimics the ocean's surface
A translucent garden pavilion made from 3D-printed plastic blocks provides a lightweight counterpoint to a robust, stone-clad house by AZL Architects in the Chinese village of Shanyinwu. More about AZL Architects creates 3D-printed pavilion alongside stone house in Chinese village
Benjamin Hubert's design agency Layer has created a pebble-shaped timber basket for Fritz Hansen using the brand's steam-bending techniques. More about Benjamin Hubert uses steam-bending to create curving wooden basket for Fritz Hansen
IKEA was a prominent fixture in the news this week as it released its first skateboard, while reports emerged that the Swedish furniture company was considering converting a Brutalist building in Connecticut into a hotel. More about This week, IKEA released its first skateboard and planned a brutalist hotel
Japanese architecture and joinery inspired Knight Associates design for this clothing shop in Wellington, which is defined by a sequence of slatted timber panels. More about Knight Associates looks to Japan for design of eco-friendly fashion store in New Zealand
British designer Es Devlin has rethought the typical residential sales gallery, using a trio of installations to promote a pair of twisting towers that architecture firm BIG has designed for New York. More about Es Devlin presents BIG's The XI towers in installation triptych
Dezeen is giving away five copies of a map that pinpoints Chicago's concrete buildings, including iconic brutalist structures and university projects, in this competition. More about Competition: win a map of Chicago's concrete architecture
Forensic Architecture, the investigative team shortlisted for the Turner Prize for art, has expressed ambivalence about the accolade, which came in a week when it suffered several setbacks in its cases. More about Forensic Architecture has "mixed feelings" about Turner Prize nomination in week of setbacks
An old school building in Shanghai has been transformed by Coordination Asia into a restaurant with social media-optimised decor. More about Coordination Asia turns historic Shanghai building into restaurant for the Instagram generation
UK culture secretary Matt Hancock has defended the government's support for the design industry, and has pencilled in a trip to Milan design week next year to champion UK designers. More about London creatives moving to Milan? "It's my job to stop that from happening" says Matt Hancock
A skyscraper by architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill is set to rise next to Chicago's historic Tribune Tower and become the second-tallest building in the city. More about Chicago's second-tallest skyscraper planned beside Tribune Tower
Royal College of Art graduate Christophe Machet uses a huge custom-built CNC machine to transform "poor and unsexy" sewage pipes into chairs. More about Christophe Machet uses CNC-cut sewage pipes to create his Pipeline chairs
Atmos Studio has completed a flowing staircase made from laminated oak that is the centrepiece of a recently opened restaurant in Mayfair, London. More about Sinuous timber staircase by Atmos Studio spirals up through London restaurant HIDE
While Milan design week brings the industry's biggest names together, it also provides a platform for some of the most promising emerging designers. Dezeen's design editor Alice Morby picks 10 to watch out for. More about 10 designers to watch from Milan design week
Chinese studio WSP Architects has completed a university campus complex in Hangzhou, China, featuring a cluster of buildings with irregular stacked floors arranged around a central square. More about Staggered towers form university campus in Hangzhou
Dezeen promotion: entries are now being accepted to this year's Wood Awards, which recognise the UK's best timber architecture, furniture and products. More about Call for entries to Wood Awards 2018
Swedish-Chilean designer Anton Alvarez has created a series of tall vessels featuring the vibrant blue tone favoured by artist Yves Klein. More about Anton Alvarez adopts Yves Klein's signature blue for extruded vases
Retailer Amazon has teamed up with car companies Volvo and General Motors to deliver packages directly to users' vehicles. More about Amazon partners with Volvo and General Motors to provide in-car deliveries
IKEA is considering plans to transform a concrete structure by modernist architect Marcel Breuer in New Haven into a hotel, according to reports. More about Brutalist Breuer building owned by IKEA could become hotel in Connecticut