The inaugural Desert X art festival is underway in Southern California, where visitors are using Instagram to share images of installations including an entirely mirrored cabin and a seemingly infinite tunnel into the earth. More about Instagram users capture Desert X installations in California's Coachella Valley
Nokia is exerting its nostalgia power with the return of the iconic 3310 mobile phone, but are readers enthusiastic about owning a 17-year-old handset? Find out in this week's comments update. More about "Too alien from the original Nokia 3310"
American artist Doug Aitken has built a small house-shaped structure, clad top-to-bottom in mirrors, in the desert outside Palm Springs. More about Doug Aitken installs entirely mirrored cabin in the Southern Californian desert
Chilean architects 2DM twisted the upper volume of this blackened timber house away from its stilted base to offer a variety of views to the sea in Chile's Cardenal Caro Province. More about Stacked and rotated blocks ensure multiple sea views from Chilean beach house
UK secretary of state Sajid Javid has halted the planning application for Renzo Piano's contentious Paddington Cube in London, as he considers whether to call for a public inquiry. More about Plans for Renzo Piano's Paddington Cube put on hold
A huge clay-tile roof envelops the remnants of a 12th-century monastery in this project by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects, which is one of the nominees for this year's Mies van der Rohe Award. More about Lundgaard & Tranberg's tile-clad building shelters medieval ruins in Denmark
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Aesop – the Melbourne-based skin and haircare brand with a wide array of clever store designs, including an amphitheatre-inspired space by Snøhetta (pictured). More ›
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Floors, tables and walls can be transformed into iPad-like touchscreens using Sony's new projector, which launched at this week's Mobile World Congress. More about Sony launches Xperia Touch projector that turns any surface into a touchscreen
Benn + Penna Architecture has renovated and extended a dilapidated terrace in Sydney's eastern suburbs, creating a new kitchen with a long counter that continues into a planted courtyard. More about Worktop extends from kitchen to garden in Sydney residence by Benn + Penna Architecture
American firm Blaze Makoid Architecture has used blackened wood, glass and stone to create a rectilinear, multi-level holiday home near Lake Tahoe that looks toward a mountain range. More about Californian home by Blaze Makoid steps down a forested hillside
US firm Studio Gang has unveiled plans for a glass tower that is "sculpted by the angles of the sun", adjacent to the High Line in New York's Meatpacking district. More about Studio Gang reveals High Line-hugging Solar Carve Tower for New York
US president Donald Trump is speeding ahead with his plans to build the controversial wall along the country's border with Mexico, with a deadline for prototype proposals set for early next month. More about Architects will have five days to submit proposals for Trump's border wall
A+Awards: this community centre and mosque in Tehran by Kalout Architecture Studio, which won a 2016 Architizer A+Award, is designed to look like linking hands. More about Cultural and religious complex in Iran features roof shaped like interlocking fingers
Seven new skyscrapers by architects including French architect Jean Nouvel and British designer Norman Foster have been proposed for the La Défense district of Paris, as part of an attempt to woo businesses from post-Brexit London. More about Paris announces seven skyscrapers to boost post-Brexit business
A driverless electric race car that could "open a new dimension" in motorsport has been revealed at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. More about World's first driverless race car unveiled at MWC 2017
We're thrilled to announce we now have over 750,000 likes on our Facebook page, where we post all the latest news from Dezeen, exclusive video content and the best reader comments. More about Dezeen has reached 750,000 likes on Facebook!
UK collective Assemble has built a temporary factory at the A/D/O creative space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and clad its front with tiles made inside. More about Assemble sets up clay-extruding factory at Brooklyn's A/D/O
The rumours are true: the bestselling phone of the early 00s, the Nokia 3310, is making a comeback, complete with the game Snake. More about New-look Nokia 3310 mobile phone revealed
Last autumn, Tomas Koolhaas released a film about his father, architect Rem Koolhaas. He spoke to Dezeen about the movie, their relationship and taking narrative tips from Kanye West. More about Rem Koolhaas "doesn’t respond well to having a lens shoved in his face" says his movie-maker son
To coincide with this year's Design Indaba, Dezeen is giving away five copies of Africa Rising, a book documenting work by the continent's architects, designers and photographers. More about Competition: win a book documenting the work of Africa's designers