Covering two city blocks, Canada's National Music Centre comprises towering volumes clad in bronze-hued tiles and a refurbished historic brick building. More about Allied Works Architecture creates massive music centre for downtown Calgary
US students on architecture college courses put in more extra hours than those taking any other subject, a recent survey has found. More about Architecture students work hardest of all US college majors
Intersecting wood-clad volumes create a playground for children in a Massachusetts suburb to scurry through, clamber over and zip-wire from. More about Matter Design's architectural play equipment encourages kids to crawl, jump and fly
White walls are taking a backseat as Brexit, Trump and global political instability drive homeowners to "nest", according to the interior designer behind the Stockholm Furniture Fair's annual Trends exhibition. More about Dark interiors take over in response to "darker times"
Danish practice 3XN has unveiled plans for a new aquatics centre in the southern Swedish city of Linköping, which will featuring undulating timber and glass facades. More about Wave-like facades wrap 3XN's aquatic centre in southern Sweden
Sexism in the architecture profession leads this week's comments update, following outrage at the AIA's lack of female speakers at the upcoming Orlando conference and research showing widening pay disparity between men and women. More about "Donald Trump's cabinet has better gender representation than the AIA"
A passenger-carrying drone that will transport individuals through the air without a pilot will begin flying over Dubai's skyline from this summer. More about Dubai to begin flying world's first passenger drone
What should the UK passport look like after Brexit? Dezeen today launches a contest to come up with a new design for the citizenship document. More about Dezeen launches unofficial competition to redesign the UK passport with £1,000 top prize
Spanish studio SelgasCano has transformed part of Lisbon's oldest food market into a plant-filled co-working space for Second Home, which is furnished with winding communal tables and mid-century chairs. More about SelgasCano completes plant-filled co-working space inside Lisbon market hall for Second Home
Dezeen is giving away three copies of a book documenting 500 unusual bus stops across the former Soviet countries, including Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Georgia. More about Competition: win a book documenting the unusual bus stops of the former Soviet Union
Italian architect Alessandro Tomei has overhauled this sixth-floor apartment in Rome featuring exposed concrete pillars and iron-framed glass partitions. More about Iron-framed glass panels divide Rome apartment with open-plan feel
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for 3D artists for visualiser Forbes Massie in London, who worked with Giles Miller to draw up designs for a huge monument with a cross-shaped plan and textured brick walls. More ›
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Dutch architects Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman designed this skinny house in Rotterdam for themselves, incorporating hidden windows into the black brick walls and adding a large indoor hammock. More about Skinny Rotterdam house for two architects features black brickwork and concealed windows
Marble dumbbells, a bamboo hula hoop and slimline kettlebell feature in Swedish brand Tingest's vision for home training equipment. More about Tingest designs home gym equipment to look like objets d'art
Architect Jouke Post has used recyclable materials to create a sustainable house for his family near Rotterdam, which he claims is the first Cradle to Cradle house in the Netherlands. More about Jouke Post uses Cradle to Cradle principles to build family house in the Netherlands
American firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has built a series of dwellings for summer residents studying at Fallingwater, the famed 1930s home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. More about Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates cabins for Fallingwater site in rural Pennsylvania
A+Awards: Swiss firm Theo Hotz Partner Architekten has created an undulating cover for platforms at Vienna's Central Station, which received an Architizer A+Award last year. More about "Crystalline" roof by Theo Hotz zigzags over Vienna Central Station
Artist Stuart Semple has revealed his latest creation in an ongoing colour battle with Anish Kapoor – an "open source" cherry-scented version of the Vantablack pigment exclusively licensed to Kapoor. More about Stuart Semple creates cherry-scented version of Anish Kapoor's Vantablack
New York streetwear brand Supreme has released a special-edition version of a three-legged stool originally designed by Alvar Aalto in the 1930s. More about Supreme unveils chequerboard edition of Alvar Aalto's iconic Stool 60
US president Donald Trump has vowed to lower the cost of the wall he plans to build along the country's border with Mexico by using a cheap design. More about Donald Trump to "design or negotiate" cheaper option for Mexico border wall