Six buildings have been shortlisted for architecture's least illustrious prize – the Carbuncle Cup for the UK's worst new building from the last year. More about Carbuncle Cup shortlists six contenders for worst building of 2017
Fragrances to help you wake up, wind down or concentrate are emitted at just the right time of day by the Pium smart diffuser, which combines aromatherapy with the internet of things. More about Pium smart diffuser pumps out the optimal fragrance for different times of day
The huge metal dome topping French architect Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi has been captured in new images, which have emerged on Twitter ahead of the building's opening. More about New photographs show Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi approaching completion
Gottesman-Szmelcman Architecture has completed a luxury apartment complex perched atop a cliff in Israel, featuring terraces sheltered beneath latticed canopies that overlook the Mediterranean Sea. More about Perforated canopies shade terraces of cliff-top apartments in Israel
The staircase at the centre of this Toronto house has mirrored balustrades that bounce light and reflections off one another to create a kaleidoscopic effect. More about Mirrored staircase ascends through Kaleidoscope House by Paul Raff Studio
When neo-Nazis are marching in the streets, architects need to step up and confront the issues surrounding colonial monuments, argues Phineas Harper. More about "The architectural world seems to be responding to Charlottesville with deafening silence"
Canadian studio ACDF Architecture has used the colours of Playster's logo to create vibrant office spaces at the company's Montreal headquarters. More about Playster Headquarters by ACDF includes brightly coloured workspaces
Provocative graphic design causes a storm in this week's comments update, as readers react to an anti-Nazi logo designed to protest against Trump and a controversial rebrand for Serbia. More about "Portraying politicians as Nazis is the lowest form of argument"
Streaming giant Netflix has partnered with creative agency Carrot and a California cannabis dispensary, to produce weed themed around several of its TV series. More about Netflix cannabis range features TV-themed packaging design
Canadian architect Jean Verville has combined minimalism with theatrics in this dwelling for a musician, which features brass walls, raw concrete beams and an all-white bathroom sheathed in marble. More about Jean Verville incorporates "golden ribbon" into Montreal apartment for music composer
Lego has flown a drone over its BIG-designed visitor centre in Billund, Denmark, to capture footage of its stacked-block formation and the huge Lego-style brick that tops it. More about Lego releases drone footage of BIG's Lego House nearing completion
Lego has unveiled a model set of its new Lego House, designed by Bjarke Ingels' architecture firm BIG, to coincide with the opening next month. More about Lego to launch new model kit of BIG-designed visitor centre ahead of opening
UK firm Beech Architects has converted a 125-year-old windmill stump in Suffolk, England, into a guest house topped with an elliptical zinc-clad pod. More about Beech Architects creates guest house inside derelict Suffolk windmill
Mexican designer Moisés Hernández has grouped together glass cylinders to create these vases, which are intended to hold a single flower within each compartment. More about Moisés Hernández's Organo vases are made to "appreciate the uniqueness of a single flower"
Brickwork panels alternate with gaps up the sides of this housing project in Mexico City, which local firm HGR Arquitectos has organised around a line of patios at the centre. More about HGR Arquitectos uses orange bricks to build Mexico City apartment block
American firm Samsel Architects has built an L-shaped home for couple and their in-laws on a farm in North Carolina, using the area's rural vernacular architecture to inform the design. More about Samsel Architects builds house around ancient oak tree in North Carolina
Canted walls covered in colourful louvres define this urban building for Northeastern Illinois University by architecture firm JGMA, which sits next to a major highway. More about Blue and yellow fins wrap sculptural academic building in Chicago by JGMA
This new set of images provides a closer look at the trio of towers designed by architecture firm OMA for Miami's Coconut Grove. More about OMA's Park Grove towers in Miami shown in new renderings
Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with Rotterdam studio MVRDV and British designer Lee Broom. More about Top five architecture and design jobs this week include positions with MVRDV and Lee Broom
Vernacular American architecture is removed from its context, distorted and turned into fantastical patterns in this manipulated photography set by architect and designer Eric Randall Morris. More about Eric Randall Morris mutates architectural photos to show "a distorted vision of the American dream"