One of the world's biggest elevator manufacturers has unveiled plans to build a 270-metre-high skyscraper in Shanghai that will be dedicated to testing lifts. More about New Shanghai skyscraper set to become world's highest elevator test tower
Steven Holl Architects has revealed designs for a Pennsylvania arts centre with a sculptural, white form that references a kite. More about Steven Holl unveils visual arts centre for historic Pennsylvania college
Substandard UK schools are wasting millions, fostering bad behaviour in pupils, and causing one in five teachers to consider leaving their post, claims a new report from the Royal Institute of British Architects. More about Bad UK school design is wasting £150 million each year, claims RIBA
OMA and Allies and Morrison have completed the redevelopment of the former Commonwealth Institute in London, adding three blocks of private housing that have helped fund the transformation of the protected building into a new home for the Design Museum (+ slideshow). More about OMA and Allies and Morrison complete Commonwealth Institute overhaul and housing
Mirrored blocks, neon lights and tropical plants are combined to form this "prismatic oasis" by Rafael de Cárdenas, who has been named Designer of the Year at the Maison&Objet Americas 2016 fair (+ slideshow). More about Rafael de Cárdenas creates Neon Jungle as Maison&Objet Americas Designer of the Year 2016
Different cladding materials distinguish three separate homes in this New York property, which was designed by O'Neill Rose Architects for an extended family (+ slideshow). More about New York house by O'Neill Rose Architects hosts three generations under one roof
New York 2016: Anderssen & Voll, Kristine Five Melvær and Lars Beller Fjetland are among the designers exhibiting in a showcase of Norway's established and up-and-coming talent this week. More about Norwegian design talent features in New York's A Few Good Things exhibition
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: the Australian pavilion at this year's Venice Biennale will make a convincing argument for the swimming pool as the Antipodean answer to the piazza – a public space that deserves protection, says Dan Hill. More about "Australia's swimming pools exemplify the balancing act of architecture"
Robots are the future of the construction industry, according to architects including Wolf D Prix and BIG's Kai-Uwe Bergmann. We've rounded up a selection of projects that suggest what the robot-made buildings of the future might look like (+ slideshow). More about 10 projects paving the way to a future of robot-built architecture
New York 2016: Chinese designer Zhoujie Zhang has created a series of mirrors, using the results of computer algorithms based on the natural movements of water (+ slideshow). More about Zhoujie Zhang uses algorithms to mimic water for Mashing Mesh mirrors
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with lighting brand Luceplan to give away three pairs of tickets to an exclusive design talk in New York, plus one Tivedo lamp designed by Sebastian Bergne. More about Competition: win a Luceplan lamp and tickets to Dezeen's exclusive New York design week talk
Comments update: the developer of New York's Two World Trade Center tower is torn between BIG's design and the original proposal by Foster + Partners, prompting readers to take sides. More about "Foster's old, Modern, boring architecture versus Bjarke's new positive architecture"
New York 2016: the annual NYCxDesign festival is underway, and Dezeen's Dan Howarth has selected seven of the showrooms and exhibitions not to miss during the citywide event. More about Seven unmissable exhibitions during New York design week
A trio of volumes are stacked one on top of each other to form this hillside residence near Tehran by New Wave Architecture, but each one is angled towards a different view (+ slideshow). More about Iranian house by New Wave Architecture is made up of three irregularly stacked boxes
RIBA International Prize: David Chipperfield, Bjarke Ingels, Vo Trong Nghia and the late Zaha Hadid are among the architects whose buildings are included on the 30-strong longlist for the first RIBA International Prize (+ slideshow). More about RIBA unveils star-studded longlist for world's best new building
Angled screens of perforated brick provide ventilation and shade for this housing block in Tehran by CAAT Studio, providing its residents with relief from the city's hot and dry climate (+ slideshow). More about Perforated brick screens act as curtains for Tehran housing by CAAT Studio
New York 2016: Carl Hansen & Søn has reintroduced Danish designer Hans J Wegner's CH22 lounge chair – one of the first pieces he originally designed for the furniture company in 1950. More about Carl Hansen & Søn reissues Hans J Wegner's CH22 lounge chair
Cumulus Studio has used shipping containers to create a lookout tower and wine-tasting space at a vineyard in Tasmania (+ slideshow). More about Cumulus Studio uses shipping containers to create lookout tower at a Tasmanian vineyard
A light palette of materials influenced by Spanish Colonial Revival architecture is used throughout the interior of Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta's shop in Beverly Hills. More about Bottega Veneta's Maison boutique in Beverly Hills features arched openings and neutral colours
New York 2016: Swiss architect Mario Botta, whose San Francisco Museum of Modern Art building reopens this week with an extension by Snøhetta, is the latest architect to design a vase for crystal house Lalique. More about Mario Botta designs vase for Lalique's Crystal Architecture series