Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron is set to turn a derelict power station on the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn into a manufacturing centre for designers and makers. More about Herzog & de Meuron to transform Brooklyn's "batcave" into creative hub
The tender for President Donald Trump's Mexico border wall has been amended, with more details added about the design requirements and the deadline for submissions extended. More about US-Mexico border wall tender calls for 30-foot-tall concrete barriers
A South African chapel framing dramatic mountain views features in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, along with Nike's Pro Hijab for female Muslim athletes and snap-together furniture from IKEA. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
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This packaging design for Thinx organic tampons brings a significant part of menstruation out of hiding – the vagina. More about Sliding packaging design shows where to put your Thinx tampon
In light of plans to bring the neoclassical Penn Station and Frank Lloyd Wright's lost pavilions back to life, Aaron Betsky argues that architects should focus on renovating existing buildings rather than replacing new with old, in this Opinion column. More about "Should we resurrect dead buildings?"
Stilts elevate this small winter cabin by Delordinaire above a snow-laden slope in Quebec, sheltering beneath its base an outdoor living space with a warming stove. More about Delordinaire raises High House above snowy Quebec countryside to protect an outdoor lounge
Bjarke Ingels' firm BIG has launched its own in-house engineering department to cater to increasingly technically ambitious projects. More about Bjarke Ingels launches "silo-shattering" BIG Engineering department
The Royal College of Art has again been named the world's leading art and design university, according to a recent international survey. More about RCA named world's top design school for third year running
British firms Squire and Partners and SOM have completed a slender skyscraper just north of the City of London, which at 117 metres is the tallest tower in the borough of Islington. More about SOM and Squire and Partners complete tallest tower in London's Islington
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a creative assistant at The Conran Shop in Marylebone, which showcased Zuza Mengham's exhibition of crystal-shaped resin sculptures for last year's London Design Festival. More ›
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German car manufacturer Volkswagen has imagined a friendly new shape for cars of the future based on emerging electric and driverless technologies. More about Volkswagen introduces pod-like Sedric concept car for fully driverless future
These images show the tubular forms of a music theatre and exhibition hall by Studio Fuksas, which is nearing completion in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. More about Conjoined glass and steel tubes form Studio Fuksas' concert and exhibition venue in Tbilisi
American artist and designer Daniel Arsham has built a blue zen garden complete with a Japanese tea house as one of a trio of installations at Atlanta's High Museum of Art. More about Daniel Arsham installs bright blue tea house inside Atlanta museum
Low-slung volumes stretch along either side of central outdoor spaces at this family home in Northern California, by American firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. More about Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates Silicon Valley residence with pool and meditation garden
Garcia Tamjidi Architecture Design has created a black and white office space for beauty brand incubator Kendo, featuring glossy surfaces that reflect views of San Francisco's skyscrapers. More about Garcia Tamjidi designs minimal office interior for San Francisco cosmetics company
Dezeen is giving five readers the chance to win an activity book filled with briefs to complete drawings of urban architecture. More about Competition: win an architecture activity book with 75 drawings to complete
Airbus and Italdesign have revealed their plans to help city dwellers beat traffic with a modular vehicle that is part car, part drone. More about Airbus presents concept for flying car at Geneva Motor Show
Dezeen promotion: the winners of this year's AHEAD Asia awards include a Four Seasons spa in Seoul, a hotel lobby that acts as a learning hub for mixologists, and a modern interpretation of a traditional Japanese guest house. More about AHEAD Asia announces 2017 hotel design awards winners
London's V&A has acquired a pink hat with cat-shaped ears, which became a symbol of the Women's March on Washington following Donald Trump's inauguration. More about V&A museum acquires Pussyhat from Washington Women's March
US organisation The Architecture Lobby is proposing a national day of action this Friday in opposition of the Mexican border wall planned by president Donald Trump. More about Architects encouraged to walk out in Trump wall protest