Dezeen has teamed up with Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard to challenge architects and designers to create an installation celebrating the essence of water for Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Dezeen, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard launch Shaping Water Competition
Interior designer Tatjana von Stein used walnut burl wood, metal, lacquers and silk wallpaper for this central London apartment that nods to art deco design, but with a contemporary angle. More about Tatjana von Stein creates tactile art deco-style interior for Mayfair flat
Dezeen Showroom: an iconic postmodernist style chair upholstered in new colourways is among nine new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Ekstrem chair by Varier among nine new products on Dezeen Showroom
As part of OMA's exhibition design for the second Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the architecture studio formed walls and columns from translucent textiles to move away from conventional museum displays. More about OMA uses "abstract architectural language" for scenography of Islamic Arts Biennale
Bermuda-based architecture studio Botelho Wood Architects has added an oceanside villa and a series of stilted spa structures to the Sugar Beach Viceroy Resort in Saint Lucia. More about Botelho Wood Architects utilises stone and wood for Saint Lucia resort update
Balinese architecture studio RAD+ar has hidden a bamboo chicken coop under an artificial hill in a park in Jakarta, Indonesia. More about RAD+ar hides bamboo chicken coop under hill in Jakarta
Full-height windows, curved glazing and windows that continuously wrap the facades of an extension feature in this lookbook of homes with expansive corner windows. More about Eight homes with practical and well-designed corner windows
Designer Etienne Bastormagi looked to the "natural tones found in baking" when creating the colour palette for the Alica bakery in Dubai, which also features stainless steel in a nod to the tools used in breadmaking. More about Etienne Bastormagi references baking process for interior of Alica bakery
American design brand Knoll has opened a new flagship showroom on New York's Park Avenue, where metal mesh curtains serve as spatial dividers and backdrops for furniture vignettes. More about Knoll opens New York flagship showroom on Park Avenue
German architect Nico Goebel has built The Goodviewloo, an outdoor shower and composting toilet overlooking a tree-covered valley in Cantabria, Spain. More about Nico Goebel creates translucent toilet cubicle with a view in Spain
This lookbook spotlights eight tranquil bedroom interiors layered with unexpected yet balanced combinations of warm and cool tones. More about Eight soothing bedroom interiors that blend warm and cool tones
This week on Dezeen, we reported that Saudi Arabia had already spent $50 billion "building the basic infrastructure" of the Neom mega project. More about This week we reported that Neom has already cost "more than billion"
Mexico City architecture studios Módica Ledezma and JJRR Arquitectura have teamed up to construct a stacked seaside residence called Iyari, giving it inverted concrete roofs in Nayarit, Mexico. More about Módica Ledezma and JJRR Arquitectura create tiered concrete house on Mexican cliffside
Artist Marina Abramović has collaborated with Mexican design studio La Metropolitana on the Elephant in the Room collection, which was presented in an exhibition and performance during Mexico City art week. More about Marina Abramović designs chair collection to "transcend utility"
Architecture studio Snøhetta has created a cloud-like form that reflects the purpose of the La Nube children's centre in El Paso, USA, while emphasising the transnational constituency of the Texas border city. More about Snøhetta creates cloud-like children's museum in El Paso
Two hundred skilled artisans from across the country collaborated to create the interiors of this Indian house in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, designed by Bengaluru studio Multitude of Sins. More about Multitude of Sins designs intricate Chennai home to reflect "richness of Indian craftsmanship"
US president Donald Trump has signed an order to abandon paper straws for single-use plastic. In light of his critique, we've rounded up 10 other examples of plastic alternatives that probably won't "break" or "explode". More about Ten plastic alternatives designed to trump paper straws
A diamond-patterned band of red bricks wraps around Plashet Road, a Passivhaus social housing project in east London by British studio Levitt Bernstein. More about Levitt Bernstein places London social housing on diamond-patterned plinth
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing plans for a 100-metre-tall structure comprised of cascading pool terraces in Dubai. More about "April 1st already?" asks commenter
Spanish studio Bofill Taller de Arquitectura has released renders of the 190-metre-tall Papuli Tower in Tirana, Albania, which has the appearance of four elongated silos. More about Bofill Taller de Arquitectura unveils La Fábrica-informed skyscraper in Tirana