The UK's housing crisis is no accident, but has been carefully orchestrated to become a catch-all excuse for self-serving projects, argues Phineas Harper in his first Opinion column for Dezeen. More about "The housing crisis isn't a crisis, it's a design project"
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has brought his huge smog vacuum cleaner to Beijing, and claims he can "make a whole city smog-free". More about Daan Roosegaarde launches campaign to make Beijing a smog-free city
This wooden stables on the edge of a Finnish forest features an asymmetric gabled roof which covers stalls for the horses and a lowered barn containing manure (+ slideshow). More about Wooden stables completed by Pook on the edge of a Finnish forest
Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will be the first digital journalist to be made an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. More about Marcus Fairs is first digital journalist to be made RIBA Honorary Fellow
Haworth white papers: co-working spaces popular with small companies and individual workers could help large corporations be more innovative, according to a report by office furniture giant Haworth. More about Co-working spaces can benefit corporations as well as startups, Haworth finds
The team behind the Gravity Sketch iPad app have launched new cross-platform software, which gives designers the option to draw and manipulate 3D objects in a virtual reality environment (+ movie). More about Gravity Sketch VR allows designers to create and alter digital models in mid-air
This 1960s house in suburban Melbourne has been overhauled by Branch Studio Architects to create a contemporary home for the original owners' granddaughter (+ slideshow). More about Branch Studio Architects revamps 1960s dream house in Melbourne
Vienna Design Week 2016: Austrian designer Thomas Feichtner has collaborated with silverware manufacturer Jarosinski & Vaugoin to create a set of minimal tableware featuring uneven washes of gold (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Feichtner designs set of minimal vessels dipped in gold
Canadian studio Bourgeois Lechasseur Architects has stacked two wood-and-glass volumes at opposing angles, resulting in a home designed to embrace its picturesque surroundings (+ slideshow). More about Bourgeois Lechasseur's V-shaped Altaïr House overlooks a Quebec forest
Drawings and furniture by legendary Mexican architect Luis Barragán are on display in Manhattan, alongside the works of prominent artists who have also used colour distinctively. More about Luis Barragán exhibition in New York examines his use of colour
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have used wooden moulds to produce giant versions of their diamond-shaped Ruutu vases (+ movie). More about Bouroullec brothers create limited-edition Ruutu vases for Galerie Kreo
Photos have been released of the undulating, tile-covered Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology by Amanda Levete's firm AL_A, ahead of its opening in Lisbon next week. More about First photographs revealed of Amanda Levete's MAAT museum in Lisbon
The world's first sex toy for gender-transitioning men features in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, along with non-rectangular football pitches in Thailand and the Zaha Hadid-designed headquarters for Antwerp's port authority (pictured).
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Californian firm Rapt Studio designed this pared-back photography studio for a company that instantly sends the results of shoots to a customer's mobile device. More about Minimal interior by Rapt Studio provides "photo studio for the Instagram era"
As his giant thumbs-up sculpture Really Good is unveiled in Trafalgar Square, David Shrigley explains how his work straddles art, graphics and cartoons (+ interview + slideshow). More about "Design is about form and art is more about ideas" says David Shrigley
Dezeen promotion: materials company DuPont has added three baths and two shower trays to its Corian range (+ slideshow). More about DuPont Corian introduces new bathand shower tray collections
Slanted slats of aluminium cover the irregular, curving form of this house and cafe in Gyeonggi Province designed by South Korean architecture practice AND (+ slideshow). More about Aluminium louvres cover curving walls of house and cafe in South Korea
Unused patches of land in a densely populated area of the Thai capital have been transformed into a series of irregularly-shaped football pitches for local residents (+ movie). More about Non-rectangular football pitches created in Bangkok slum
Breaking news: Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha has been named as the 2017 recipient of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture, after winning both the Praemium Imperiale prize and the Venice Architecture Biennale Golden Lion this year. More about "Living legend" Paulo Mendes da Rocha to receive 2017 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Amsterdam fashion label Senscommon has combined high-tech fabrics with functional fastenings to create a waterproof coat designed specifically for cyclists (+ movie). More about Senscommon designs unisex raincoat for cyclists with split hem to keep legs dry