Winners of a competition to create better sidewalk sheds for New York construction sites have been unveiled, with the hope they will be implemented as the city undergoes a major building boom. More about Four designs aim to improve sidewalk sheds around New York construction sites
Future Makers: the technology that startup MX3D is developing to 3D print a bridge in Amsterdam could be used to produce "endless" different structures, says Dutch designer Joris Laarman in this exclusive movie. More about Producing the world's first 3D-printed bridge with robots "is just the beginning"
Lever Architecture has designed a 12-storey tower for Portland, Oregon, that will be one of the tallest wooden buildings in the US. More about Lever Architecture proposes timber-framed tower for Portland
Instagram is fast becoming the first place people see breaking news stories, but at its heart the photo-sharing social network is a depository of stunning images. Social media editor Ross Bryant compiles 10 of the most popular projects posted to Dezeen's Instagram in the past year. More about Dezeen's 10 most popular Instagram images from 2015
Dutch firm van Dongen-Koschuch has converted an old maritime building in the Netherlands into a theatre with a glass auditorium (+ slideshow). More about Glazed theatre by van Dongen-Koschuch occupies former dockland buildings
New York-based HCWD Studio has released a white-concrete version of its cordless brick-shaped lamp, which is activated by movement rather than a switch (+ movie). More about HCWD launches white-concrete version of portable LED Brick lamp
A screen of vertical white louvres meanders around these facilities for campers in central Portugal, designed by Lisbon studio Atelier Rua (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Rua screens Portuguese campsite facilities with white slatted facade
SHoP Architects has designed a 10-storey residential tower in Manhattan that is set to become the city's tallest building constructed from structural timber. More about SHoP proposes New York's tallest timber-framed building
ODO, a San Francisco-based apparel company, has developed a line of self-cleaning T-shirts and denim jeans that "never stink or stain" (+ movie). More about ODO unveils cotton jeans and T-shirts that clean themselves
Athens-based 314 Architecture Studio has converted a listed building in Chalkida, Greece, into an eyewear store, pairing mirrored furniture with white surfaces. More about 314 Architecture Studio designs Greek optometrist's store to look like a gallery
Marcel Wanders has dismissed the ongoing debate about whether non-architects should design buildings as "an endless conversation about nothing" (+ interview + slideshow). More about Designers as architects debate is "f*cking opposite" of open-minded creativity says Wanders
Opinion: as 2015 draws to a close, Will Wiles offers five New Year's resolutions for architecture and design, ranging from less Zaha-bashing to abandoning the idea of favela chic. More about "New Year's resolutions for architecture and design in 2016"
Dezeen editor Anna Winston identifies 10 of the key architecture and design trends of 2015, including ocean plastic, floating buildings and "broken-plan" living. More about The top 10 architecture and design trends of 2015
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with online retailer Evermade to give readers the chance to win a 2016 wall planner that features global events for every day of the year. More about Competiton: five minimal 2016 wall planners by Evermade to be won
David Chipperfield Architects has unveiled plans to refurbish a 19th-century brewery in Berlin, adding a trio of new buildings to house a gallery, restaurants and a medical innovation centre (+ slideshow). More about David Chipperfield reveals £185 million masterplan for Berlin brewery
Inside Festival 2015: in this exclusive movie, Rodney Eggleston of March Studio explains how the Australian firm used over 5000 lengths of reclaimed wood to create the award-winning interior for a Canberra hotel. More about March Studio created Hotel Hotel lobby and bar by recycling "thousands of pieces of timber"
Architecture firm SOM has completed the first public school in New York City that generates as much energy on site as it consumes (+ slideshow). More about SOM designs first net-zero energy school in New York City on Staten Island
German industrial designer Fabian Ludwig has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a cylindrical light that is inserted into the handlebars of bicycles (+ slideshow). More about Magnetic STiKK bike light slots into the handlebars of a bicycle
Brick buildings surround a series of courtyards to offer "moments of respite and calm contemplation" at this administrative headquarters for a busy steelworks in Qingdao, China, by British firm Coffey Architects. More about Coffey Architects completes brick-clad headquarters for a Chinese steelworks
This house by São Paulo architects Denis Joelsons and Gabriela Baraúna Uchida is built against the steep terrain of the Mantiqueira Mountains in south-east Brazil and sheltered beneath a large sloping roof (+ slideshow). More about Half-Slope House nestles against a hillside in Brazil's Mantiqueira Mountains