Following last week's healthy debate around a conceptual looping skyscraper in New York, a newly proposed tower that would hang from an asteroid drew a similar response from readers, which is summarised in our latest comments update. More about "What's architecture without utopia?"
Dezeen promotion: Spanish designer Jaime Hayon will unveil his new seating collection for Valencian brand Viccarbe during this year's Milan design week, inspired by the "physiognomy and movement of sharks". More about Jaime Hayon designs furniture for Viccarbe based on the movement of sharks
We need to stop concentrating our energies on hazard-proofing playgrounds, and worry instead about how our buildings and environments could be better suited to children, says Phineas Harper in this Opinion column. More about "Why do architects dictate children's play so stringently?"
The "unzipped wall" designed by Bjarke Ingels' firm for the Serpentine Pavilion 2016 commission is set to be re-erected in Downtown Vancouver. More about BIG's Serpentine Pavilion finds permanent home in Vancouver
Snøhetta has designed a pair of grand stone arches for the entrance points of a 1.7-kilometre shipping tunnel, which will cut through a peninsula to bypass a particularly dangerous stretch of Norway's coast. More about Snøhetta designs terraced stone entrances for Norway's huge Stad Ship Tunnel
New York-based designer Karim Rashid has revealed that he was stopped and held by US Border Control at JFK airport yesterday. More about Karim Rashid suffers "crazy" ordeal trying to enter the US
This multi-tonal red concrete skatepark by architects B-ILD and Constructo doubles as a public square in the Belgian city of Blankenberge. More about B-ILD and Constructo use shades of red concrete for skatepark on Belgian coast
Dezeen promotion: Ross Lovegrove will present two lamps created from OLED light panels during this year's Milan design week, both designed to resemble different underwater creatures. More about Ross Lovegrove uses flexible OLED panels to create two new lights for LG Display
Danish studio Norm Architects' Tone Cabinets is designed to dampen noise in the home as well as the office. More about Norm Architects designs fabric-covered cabinets to bring calm and quiet
Set for display at Milan design week, Child Studio's In the Shadow of a Man collection features globe-shaped lamps that perch on bases as if precariously off-balanced. More about Child Studio's lights appear to be precariously frozen in time
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an experienced project architect at London-based Coffey Architects, which was shortlisted for the RIBA's House of the Year prize with its renovation of a three-metre-wide mews house. More ›
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Architecture studio ADR has added this gabled fruit distillery to a farm in the Czech Republic, featuring white-painted brick walls, small square windows and a black spiral staircase. More about ADR places small white fruit distillery among 19th-century farm buildings in Bohemia
US studio Lever Architecture has completed a tasting room for a family-owned winery that features sloped roofs with deep overhangs, and walls made of cedar and glass. More about Oregon wine tasting room by Lever Architecture embraces fertile landscape
Giant pandas due to move to Copenhagen Zoo will make their home in a circular indoor-outdoor enclosure designed by Bjarke Ingels Group. More about BIG unveils yin-and-yang-shaped Panda House for Copenhagen Zoo
A+Awards: a 2016 Architizer A+Award was bestowed upon this retirement home in Western Australia, designed by Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects for an Aboriginal community affected by devastating floods. More about Iredale Pedersen Hook creates Walumba Elders Centre for flood-hit Australian Aboriginal community
Fanney Antondsdóttir and Dögg Guðmundsdóttir adopted the Icelandic tradition of drying whole fish to create this series of lamps, which were exhibited during DesignMarch 2017. More about Icelandic designers turn dried fish into Uggi lights
American architect Daniel Libeskind's firm has been selected to create a 150-metre-high tower covered in trees and plants in the heart of Toulouse's business district. More about Studio Libeskind to build twisted garden tower in Toulouse
Plans to construct a Thomas Heatherwick-designed park and events venue jutting out over New York's Hudson River have hit a major bump after a federal court vacated the project's permit. More about Heatherwick's Pier 55 park for New York now unlikely to go ahead
Nike has partnered with Taiwanese architect and engineer Arthur Huang to design "sustainable and responsible" Air Max packaging made from recycled drink containers and lids. More about Nike releases Air Max shoebox made from recycled cartons and coffee lids
An angular, blackened wood structure sits atop two concrete blocks to form this house in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture, designed by Cubo Design Architect. More about Cubo Design Architect pairs blackened wood with concrete for house in coastal Japanese city