This floating house is designed by Amsterdam-based Studio OBA to break apart, so unhappily married occupants can cast their spouses adrift. More about Conceptual home for couples designed to split into two halves after divorce
Zaha Hadid Architects has announced plans to build a 38-storey, fluid-form hotel as part of a new coastal city in Qatar. More about Zaha Hadid Architects to build Qatari hotel based on a desert flower
Police used a robot to kill Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson, in what is thought to be a first in US history. More about Killer robot used by police for first time in US history
Chinese architects Lu Wenyu and Wang Shu delivered the Royal Academy's prestigious annual architecture lecture this week. The lecture was broadcast live on Dezeen and on our Facebook page, but you can still watch it here. More about Watch Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu's 2016 Royal Academy annual architecture lecture
London mayor Sadiq Khan has frozen a building project for the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge to ensure no more public money is committed to the £175 million scheme. More about London mayor suspends Garden Bridge construction over funding concerns
Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Tina Gorjanc has proposed a conceptual range of leather accessories made of skin grown from late fashion designer Alexander McQueen's DNA (+ slideshow). More about Alexander McQueen's DNA turned into human leather goods by Tina Gorjanc
Cruciform windows are carved through the bush-hammered stone walls of this marble-lined church on Mount Lebanon, designed by Paris-based architect Maroun Lahoud (+ slideshow). More about Cross-shaped windows allow light to filter into Lebanese church by Maroun Lahoud
Sound waves are visualised and cast in concrete to make the cover for Brussels-based musician Thomas Vaquié's album Ecume. More about AntiVJ casts sound waves in concrete for Ecume vinyl cover
Brexit crisis: the UK's departure from the EU offers "the chance to evolve a more open, immigration-friendly society and economy," according to Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher. More about The European Union is "paralysing entrepreneurial innovation" says Patrik Schumacher
New York firm Deborah Berke Partners has won a competition to transform a correctional facility into a permanent home for the girls' and women's rights movement in the city. More about Deborah Berke to turn former New York prison into women's rights headquarters
Danish brand Carl Hansen & Søn is rereleasing a set of tables by Poul Kjærholm that made its debut in 1955. More about Poul Kjærholm's 1955 table designs to be rereleased by Carl Hansen & Søn
London studio Haptic has re-clad a utilitarian multi-storey car park in the London 2012 Olympic Park, using triangular metal panels that produce ever-changing patterns of light and shadow (+ slideshow). More about Haptic adds faceted skin of perforated metal to car park in London's Olympic Park
Dutch brand De Vorm's combined lamp and desk partition has been designed to bring privacy to crowded open offices (+ slideshow). More about De Vorm's Workspace Divider lamp adds privacy to open offices
This stepped timber bridge was built by a team of architecture students from the University of Hong Kong to provide a meeting place for residents of a rural community in southern China (+ slideshow). More about Huge timber steps form bridge built by students across a river in rural China
Porto studio NPS Arquitectos has renovated a pair of matching townhouses and added a contemporary linking building to create a new headquarters for the Portuguese Architectural Association (+ slideshow). More about Portuguese Architectural Association takes over two revamped townhouses
Hundreds of reflective "pennies" form this spherical sculpture, created by Giles Miller's London design studio for Devon's Broomhill Sculpture Park (+ movie). More about Giles Miller's Penny-Half Sphere sculpture is a "double-sided portal" hanging above a stream
Spanish design studio Papila has designed a range of freestanding cabinets for the hotel industry that reimagines the classic hotel mini bar (+ slideshow). More about Papila overhauls hotel drinks cabinets with Nature collection
Dutch architect Antonia Reif has renovated an early 20th-century townhouse in The Hague, laying herringbone-patterned parquet and installing a bath tub overlooking the garden (+ slideshow). More about Antonia Reif updates Dutch townhouse with herringbone parquet and chevron-patterned tiles
Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Charlotte Nordmoen has designed a robotic potter that anticipates a time when human labour is no longer needed (+ movie). More about Charlotte Nordmoen's Humanmade robot designer could replace potters
In anticipation of tonight's UEFA Euro 2016 championship final, we've updated our stadiums Pinterest board to include some of the football tournament's star venues. Highlights include an undulating fibreglass roof in Marseille and a sound-amplifying stadium in Lyon.
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