Monolithic volumes against gradated backgrounds and staircases that lead to nowhere are depicted in the architectural paintings of Iranian artist Mehdi Ghadyanloo, which are set to go on show in London next month. More about Mehdi Ghadyanloo's surrealist utopian paintings feature in London exhibition
With Dezeen's Brexit passport design competition underway, we're taking a look at existing travel documents that any citizen would be proud to slap down at customs. More about Five passports that fly the flag for good design
A crowdfunding campaign to bring a lightning-bolt statue in memory of David Bowie to London aims to raise just under £1 million in 28 days. More about Campaign launches to fund David Bowie memorial for Brixton
After three rejected planning applications, British architect David Chipperfield has been given the go-ahead for a residential building in New York's West Village. More about David Chipperfield's West Village residences finally receive go ahead
Flip phones, lipstick phones, mango phones – the announcement that Nokia may be reissuing the iconic 3310 mobile phone has the Dezeen team reminiscing about the handsets of years gone by. More about Dezeen remembers the mobile phones that time forgot
London-based architecture firm Tonkin Liu has revealed its plans for a family of fritted-glass skyscrapers, which will be arranged around a central plaza in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou. More about Tonkin Liu reveals tapering tower complex for Zhengzhou
Eastwest Architecture has sunken a compact gym into the garden of an east London home, featuring bright birch-lined interiors and a mirror wall that creates the illusion of a larger space. More about Eastwest Architecture adds charred-cedar gym to garden of London home
Scottish architect David Burgher has developed a new virtual reality tool that mimics the visual impairments experienced by dementia sufferers to help architects design better spaces. More about New virtual reality tool helps architects create dementia-friendly environments
Self-driving cars will need to "build up a relationship" with their occupants to reassure them that they are safe, according to BMW board director Peter Schwarzenbauer. More about BMW working with psychologists to help robot cars befriend passengers
An origami paper plane and futuristic star destroyer come together in Es Devlin's set design for The Weeknd's Starboy: Legend of The Fall tour, which kicked off in Stockholm on Friday. More about Es Devlin's folding star destroyer looms over The Weeknd's world tour
Architecture students from Germany's University of Kaiserslautern have built this wooden community centre for a refugee camp in Mannheim, which is fronted by a latticed screen. More about Architecture students build latticed-wood community centre in German refugee camp
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a professor/associate professor at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, whose students built a seaside sauna that staggers over the Norwegian landscape in 2015 (pictured). More ›
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Models ripped the fronts off their shirts to reveal glittery confetti at Hussein Chalayan's Autumn Winter 2017 show, which explored ideas surrounding identity and Greek folk culture. More about Hussein Chalayan returns to London Fashion Week with collection exploring "isolated individuals"
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans for a "vertical forest" in China, a pair of towers covered with trees and trailing plants in the centre of Nanjing. More about Stefano Boeri reveals plans for tree-covered towers in Nanjing
New photos reveal the glassy exterior and thin sculpted form of Madison Square Park Tower, a 65-storey apartment building by US firm Kohn Pedersen Fox that is slated to open this year. More about Skinny Manhattan residential skyscraper by KPF nears completion in Flatiron District
Frank Gehry will teach an architecture and design course for online education platform MasterClass, sharing his creative process and offering critique on student work. More about Frank Gehry to teach online architecture course
For those unfamiliar with the work of African architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, designer of this year's Serpentine Pavilion, here's a look at 10 of his most important projects to date. More about Key projects by Serpentine Pavilion architect Diébédo Francis Kéré
The American Institute of Architects has expressed "deep concern" that US president Donald Trump's travel restrictions are damaging the country's architecture and construction industries. More about AIA calls for "fair and impartial immigration policies"
Dezeen promotion: Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne has revealed the programme for this year's event, which will feature exhibitions focused on new ways of working. More about Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne 2017 will explore changing workspaces
Are the designs for a "restrained" Beijing skyscraper a step in the right direction for Zaha Hadid Architects? In this week's comments update, readers are claiming the firm is better when it tones down the curves. More about "Zaha Hadid Architects is a lot more successful when more restrained"