A brand design for a sealant company that lifted sales revenue by 744 per cent has been named the winner of the Grand Prix in this year's DBA Design Effectiveness Awards. More about DBA Design Effectiveness Awards honour year's best branding and packaging
Lance O'Donnell of o2 Architecture has overseen the completion of two dwellings in Palm Springs – a contemporary home he designed, and a never-built residence by famed mid-century modernist architect Al Beadle. More about Modernist desert homes by o2 Architecture and Al Beadle complete in Palm Springs
Another skyscraper is set for San Francisco's SoMa district, this time by Italian architect Renzo Piano. More about Renzo Piano joins roster of starchitects adding to San Francisco's skyline
In this series of movies, Pritzker Prize 2017 laureates Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta describe how nature, landscape and "atmospheres" influence their approach to architecture. More about RCR Arquitectes describe ambitions for "architecture that conveys beauty" in Pritzker Prize movies
With the news that little-known Catalan studio RCR Arquitectes has won this year's Pritzker Prize, here's a look at some of the firm's most important projects. More about Key projects by Pritzker Prize 2017 winner RCR Arquitectes
Dezeen promotion: Space & Interiors will focus on the use of light in interior products for this year's event, which takes place during Milan design week. More about Space & Interiors announces lightness theme for 2017 exhibition
Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta of Spanish studio RCR Arquitectes have been named as the 2017 laureates of the Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious award. More about RCR Arquitectes wins Pritzker Prize 2017
Yves Béhar's studio Fuseproject worked with robotics company Cobalt to create this robot security guard, designed to be in "stark contrast to the Hollywood dystopian Robocop". More about Yves Béhar creates unthreatening design for Cobalt security robot
Over 5,000 aluminium panels are arranged to create the perforated facade of this commercial building by Klein Dytham Architecture, which overlooks one of Tokyo's most iconic intersections. More about Klein Dytham's Ginza Place features latticed facade inspired by traditional Japanese crafts
Dezeen has teamed up with Aram Store to offer our UK readers a chance to win a lounge chair designed by Le Corbusier, a side table by Eero Saarinen or a table lamp by Achille Castiglioni. More about Competition: win furniture designed by Le Corbusier, Eero Saarinen and Achille Castiglioni
Architect Jon Danielsen Aarhus designed this pine-clad cabin in rural Norway for his own family, creating a large glazed living area with mountain and lake views. More about Jon Danielsen Aarhus creates pine-clad mountain cabin in Norway for himself
The Shakers are on the verge of extinction following the recent death of one of the sect's three surviving members. So why is their austere style having yet another revival? More about Shaker style is back again as designers celebrate "the first minimalists"
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a Netherlands-based product designer at Studio Piet Boon, whose recent projects include a villa in the French Alps (pictured) and a restaurant in a converted Belgian chapel. More ›
More about Job of the day: product designer at Studio Piet Boon
Lund University student Lisa Merk has designed a series of small urns that can be held during funeral ceremonies to reduce the anxieties of bereavement. More about Lisa Merk's tactile mini urns give mourners one-on-one time to say goodbye
A penthouse apartment is being built inside Herzog & de Meuron's recently completed philharmonic hall in Hamburg, at a cost of £6.9 million for an anonymous client. More about Luxury penthouse to be installed in Herzog & de Meuron's Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Canadian architect Roger du Toit, part of the team behind Toronto's iconic CN Tower, has been posthumously awarded the highest honour bestowed by Canada's national architecture organisation. More about CN Tower architect Roger du Toit wins RAIC 2017 Gold Medal
American firm Graham Baba Architects took cues from rural vernacular architecture while conceiving the headquarters for the Washington Fruit and Produce Company, situated in an area dotted with farms and warehouses. More about Old wooden barns inform Graham Baba's office building for Washington fruit company
Australian architecture studio DeciBel has unveiled plans for a cultural complex in Hanoi, featuring six bulb-like structures to reference a floating lotus flower. More about DeciBel proposes "lotus-like" theatre and cultural centre for Hanoi
The founder of New York design gallery Chamber has described the "dehumanising and degrading" ordeal of being turned away by US border patrol when he arrived in the country last week. More about New York design gallery founder denied entry into the US
British engineer and inventor James Dyson has announced he is increasing his brand's UK presence tenfold with the opening of a second campus. More about Dyson to open second UK campus as "a global hub for our research and development"