Canadian firm Maurice Martel Architecte has designed a contemporary wooden barn to house offices for an insurance company, blending in with the rural surroundings and vernacular architecture. More about Maurice Martel disguises office building as contemporary barn in rural Canada
Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has unveiled its masterplan to overhaul the New York Public Library's main beaux-arts building on Fifth Avenue. More about Mecanoo reveals renovation plans for New York Public Library
This week's Dezeen Mail includes Vietnamese architecture studio Kientruc O's conversion of a Ho Chi Minh City house into a plant-filled restaurant and IKEA's sustainable Odger chair by Form Us With Love. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
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A "slightly ugly" shopping centre and a woodland holiday home shaded by two broad roofs are among the category winners announced on the second day of the World Architecture Festival 2017 awards. More about More of the year's best architecture from day two of World Architecture Festival 2017
Dezeen teamed up with design brand Dornbracht to host a conversation with Neri&Hu and Rafael de Cárdenas in Berlin on the theme of eclectic design. More about Watch Dezeen and Dornbracht talk with Neri&Hu and Rafael de Cárdenas about eclectic design
A garage and offices located within a former missile factory and a tiny hutong cafe, both in Beijing, are among the category winners from day two of this year's Inside festival awards. More about More of 2017's best interiors announced at Inside festival day two
Mattel has launched a Barbie based on Olympic athlete Ibtihaj Muhammad – the brand's first ever doll to come with its own hijab. More about First hijab-wearing Barbie released in tribute to Olympic athlete
Herzog & de Meuron's Pierre de Meuron and architecture critic Charles Jencks swap roles in this panel discussion at the World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. More about Watch Pierre de Meuron and Charles Jencks discuss Elbphilharmonie
The creators of adult game Cards Against Humanity have purchased a vacant plot along America's southern border, in the hopes of preventing the controversial wall the country's president Donald Trump is planning to build. More about Cards Against Humanity buys land on US-Mexico border to fight Trump's wall
There's a whole host of exciting, paid internships available on Dezeen Jobs right now. We've selected five of the best, including roles at KAAN Architecten in Rotterdam, Architizer in New York and NC Design & Architecture in Hong Kong. More about Five promising internship opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week
Long, narrow shotgun homes influenced the design of this backyard structure in Boulder by Studio B, which features a concrete base and an upper level wrapped in grey metal and glass. More about Studio B creates skinny backyard dwelling for landscape architect in Colorado
Dezeen promotion: the winners of this year's AHEAD Awards for the Middle East and Africa include a safari retreat in Botswana and a five-star cliffside resort and spa in Oman. More about AHEAD Middle East and Africa announces 2017 winners of hotel design awards
Architects Rossana Hu and Jaime Oliver discussed designing religious, arts and civic facilities for the collective experience at the World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. More about Watch Rossana Hu and Jaime Oliver discuss designing for collective experience at World Architecture Festival
Just three of the world's 100 biggest architecture firms are headed by women and only two have management teams that are more than 50 per cent female, a survey by Dezeen has revealed. More about Survey of top architecture firms reveals "quite shocking" lack of gender diversity at senior levels
Robots could be released into the countryside to help restore damaged ecosystems, according to the curator of an exhibition held at Dutch Design Week last month. More about Wild robots could replace vanishing species, says Robotanica curator
Daan Roosegaarde has called on designers to shift focus away from designing luxury items and instead to tackle the problems facing the world such as pollution. More about Good design is about clean air and water, not a Louis Vuitton bag, says Daan Roosegaarde
Discarded glass is transformed into terrazzo to create this range of furniture and objects, which Dutch studio Super Local designed in collaboration with Zanzibari craftspeople. More about Super Local uses waste glass to produce sustainable terrazzo homeware collection
British architect Will Alsop joined American architect John Marx in conversation on day two of World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. More about Watch Will Alsop and John Marx talk about performative architecture at World Architecture Festival 2017
To help this cluster of houses blend into their setting in a Mexican forest, architecture studio Taller Hector Barroso chose to cover the walls in a render made using local soil. More about Soil-based render creates terracotta-coloured walls for Mexican forest houses by Taller Hector Barroso
Houston has launched a 20-year plan to overhaul its Downtown business district, after the Texas city's urban design was heavily criticised following catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. More about Masterplan unveiled for Downtown Houston in wake of Hurricane Harvey