Bedrooms at this holiday villa in the Mexican resort of Tulum open onto expansive terraces overlooking the tropical forest and beach. More about Casa Xixim by Specht Architects opens up to Tulum's jungle and ocean
Dezeen promotion: a mix of established and emerging designers have contributed one-off artworks to be auctioned anonymously for Joy of Living, an initiative raising money for Maggie's Centres. More about Jasper Morrison, John Pawson and Amanda Levete create works for Maggie's charity auction
The latest contender in the fight to create the world's blackest black is a paint originally developed for NASA and now made available to the public. More about Nanolab releases own extremely black paint to rival Anish Kapoor's Vantablack
A spacious home in the Hamptons, New York, by Leroy Street Studio features wooden screens that soften the building's appearance and provide a "gauzy translucence" at night. More about Lights glow through slatted teak facades of Hamptons home by Leroy Street Studio
Dezeen has teamed up with Swedish company Sandqvist to give one reader the chance to win a heavy cotton backpack from its Grand Canvas range. More about Competition: win a canvas and leather Sandqvist backpack
Three intersecting glass corridors sweep outwards from a sunken, triangular-shaped visitors centre designed by Studio Maks and Junya Ishigami + Associates for Park Vijversburg in the Netherlands. More about Studio Maks and Junya Ishigami create three-pronged visitor centre for Dutch park
The H&M group is set to launch its latest brand, Arket, with a Copenhagen store featuring an all-grey palette and fixtures inspired by historical archives. More about First store for H&M offshoot Arket features interiors based on historical archives
Kanye West, IKEA, OMA and David Adjaye are among the nominees for this year's Designs of the Year awards, which were announced by London's Design Museum today. More about Kanye West and IKEA among Designs of the Year 2017 nominees
Small red- and blue-glazed bricks pattern the exterior of this house by Austin Maynard Architects, which replaces a garage in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. More about Austin Maynard Architects builds recycled-brick house on top of former Melbourne garage
Boulders strewn across the landscape informed the disjointed massing of this house in Nova Scotia, which architect Omar Gandhi designed to look like local sheds. More about Nova Scotian house by Omar Gandhi Architect sits between rocky outcrop and expansive views
A private island located 47 miles north of New York City and complete with a home conceived by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright is currently on the market. More about Frank Lloyd Wright-designed private island on sale for .9 million
Tadao Ando's concealment of a giant stone buddha within a ring-shaped mound was met with widespread acclaim from readers in this week's comments update. More about "Apple, that's how you build a circle"
IKEA has shared instructions for turning its rugs into luxurious fur capes, following revelations that Game of Thrones costume designers used the brand's home accessories to dress their actors. More about IKEA instruction manual shows how to make your own Game of Thrones cape
Architects designing for America's future suburbs should look back to the country's unsung modernists, who created site-appropriate and liveable timber homes across the USA, says Aaron Betsky in this Opinion column. More about "We have much to learn from the 'timber constructivists'"
Zaha Hadid Architects has released a series of black-and-white photographs showing construction of the vast atrium inside its 207-metre skyscraper in Beijing. More about Zaha Hadid Architects reveals progress on Beijing skyscraper with "world's highest atrium"
Circular windows dominate the staggered brick facades of this apartment block designed by Australian practice BKK Architects for the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe East. More about Huge porthole windows bathe Melbourne apartments with natural light
The founders of luggage startup Horizn Studios explain how its products incorporate smart technology to serve a new generation of travellers in this exclusive movie Dezeen produced for the Berlin-based brand. More about Travellers need digital innovations in luggage, claim co-founders of Horizn Studios
Pantone has unveiled a new purple colour in honour of pop icon Prince – a dark purple in keeping with his signature shade. More about Pantone releases purple shade in memory of Prince
Dezeen promotion: a giant ceramic gateway, a flower-filled passage and visions for cars of the future are among the installations and exhibitions set to take place at this year's designjunction. More about Designjunction announces installations and exhibitions for London Design Festival 2017
London-based studios DK-CM and The Decorators created this pop-up polycarbonate events space lighthouse to test the waters for long-term cultural programming in the Thames-side town of Erith. More about Glowing polycarbonate "lighthouse" designed to rejuvenate industrial stretch of River Thames