For our latest competition, we're giving away two sets of flash cards documenting contemporary residential blocks designed for compact city living. More about Competition: win a pack of 50 Housing Floor Plans cards
Brazilian architect Felipe Rodrigues has created a split-level house, with a glazed living area between thin concrete planes that project from a hillside. More about Concrete balcony extends from Brazilian house by Felipe Rodrigues
Dezeen promotion: Ventura Projects has revealed details of its inaugural Ventura Future exhibition, which will showcase work by emerging designers to tackle important world issues. More about Ventura Future exhibition in Milan will present visions for the future from 82 designers
Luxury watch brand Hublot has released its first smartwatch, which will be worn by referees at the FIFA World Cup in Russia this June. More about Hublot's first smartwatch to be used by referees at World Cup 2018
Independent spatial research group Forensic Architecture is seeking footage of the fatal fire at Grenfell Tower to create a 3D video to help understand how the disaster unfolded. More about Forensic Architecture to create 3D video of Grenfell Tower fire
Toronto designer Adam Pickard has turned paper IKEA manuals into an augmented reality app that shows users life-size instructions on how to build their furniture. More about IKEA assembly made easier through augmented-reality app
A number of academic institutions are looking for staff to join their departments. We've selected five of the best roles available via Dezeen Jobs, including opportunities at Columbia University, Harvard University and Aarhus School of Architecture. More about Five top academic roles available this week on Dezeen Jobs
In this movie produced by Dezeen for Made.com, Simone Alberto Gerbino explains how his design for a hat-inspired lamp was shortlisted for TalentLab, the brand's platform for emerging designers. More about Simone Gerbino's Chapeau lamp shortlisted for Made.com's TalentLab
Chinese architecture studio Wutopia Lab painted a pair of houses pink and blue, filling one with meat and the other with flowers, to explore constructs around gender and food for an architecture biennale in Shenzhen. More about Wutopia Lab's pink and blue houses explore ideas of masculine and feminine
Designer Es Devlin created an all-blue stage set for the Girls & Boys play at London's Royal Court Theatre, which charts the dissolution of a woman's marriage through different video projections. More about Es Devlin creates blue-hued set for Girls & Boys play starring Carey Mulligan
London nightclub Ministry of Sound is opening a Squire and Partners-designed co-working space and members' club with a bar at its centre to appeal to the "next generation of rebel creatives". More about Squire and Partners to create co-working space for Ministry of Sound
Danish practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen has won a competition to repurpose a derelict brewery in the Latvian city of Riga, introducing offices, a hotel and a public plaza. More about Schmidt Hammer Lassen reveals plans to revitalise former brewery in Riga
Mark Lee of architecture firm Johnston Marklee has been appointed as the chair of the architecture department at Harvard University's graduate design school. More about Harvard GSD names Mark Lee as architecture department chair
Dezeen promotion: Brooklyn creative space A/D/O is inviting architects and designers to submit proposals that tackle issues facing urban drinking water. More about A/D/O calls on designers to imagine the future of drinking water
The latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen Weekly includes Zaha Hadid's first project in New York City and IKEA's research lab Space10 futuristic foods including a hot dog made from algae. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly ›
More about Dezeen Weekly features Zaha Hadid's New York condos and a hot dog for the future
Architecture firm Grimshaw has announced its involvement in building a new Terminal One at Newark Airport, which serves New York City. More about Grimshaw leads design of new .4 billion terminal at Newark Airport
Nike has colour-matched Brazil's new World Cup football strip with the kits worn by the team that won the tournament back in 1970. More about Brazil's World Cup 2018 kit brings back colours worn by 1970 champions
Thomas Heatherwick, Ilse Crawford, Tatiana Bilbao and André Fu are among the leading industry figures we've added to the judging panel for the inaugural Dezeen Awards. More about Thomas Heatherwick and Ilse Crawford added to Dezeen Awards judging panel
Brooklyn studio Light and Air Architecture has overhauled a local home using a new structural stairwell to link together the whole interior below a skylight. More about Light and Air Architecture transforms Brooklyn row house with "switchback" staircase
In our latest competition, we have teamed up with publisher Gestalten to give five readers the chance to win a copy of Bohemian Residence, a book that explores eclectic city dwellings. More about Competition: win a book exploring homes that express their owners' personalities