This week on Dezeen, Chinese architect Liu Jiakun was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize for his buildings that aim to prioritise people over architectural style. More about This week Liu Jiakun won the Pritzker Architecture Prize
California automaker Telo Trucks has unveiled a prototype of its compact MT1 electric pickup truck, which has a reconfigurable bed and cabin that can seat up to eight people. More about Tiny MT1 electric truck is "future of utility transportation" says Yves Béhar
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish design brand Nanimarquina has published an array of its rugs on Dezeen Showroom, from those informed by strings of beads to others that mimic human faces in profile. More about Nanimarquina rolls out five of its rugs on Dezeen Showroom
Architecture studio Loader Monteith has replaced a dilapidated farm building in Angus, Scotland, with a home finished with stone, black-painted pine and a red corrugated-metal roof. More about Loader Monteith celebrates rural Scottish architecture at Cairnconon Byre house
The next art deco icon in our Art Deco Centenary series is the streamlined Chrysler Airflow – a revolutionary car that pioneered aerodynamic automobile design. More about Art deco Chrysler Airflow was "America's most talked-about car"
Patrik Schumacher's argument about architecture's problems ignores reality, writes MASS Design Group's Alan Ricks. More about "Patrik Schumacher presents a stark and exclusionary vision of the state of architecture"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a late-night London restaurant with dramatic lighting designed by Cake Architecture to evoke the moody mystery of an Edward Hopper painting. More about "Those interiors need a stiff drink" says commenter
Dutch studio OMA has completed The Jay, a concrete-clad residential tower on the site of the former Bijlmerbajes prison in Amsterdam. More about OMA residential block "pays homage" to unbuilt prison tower
Iranian-French architect India Mahdavi has created an armchair clad with not one but 10 yellow plug sockets by designer Omer Arbel, unveiled today at Paris's Matter and Shape design fair. More about India Mahdavi's Smiley armchair turns plug sockets into decoration
New York architect Ricardo Scofidio, who designed the city's High Line and The Shed cultural centre, has passed away at 89. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro founder Ricardo Scofidio dies aged 89
Charismatic objects that squeak, rumble and clang were produced by industrial design students at Ohio State University who took a weeklong dive into the cinematic art of Foley. More about Ohio State design students bring beauty to sound effects with Foley instruments
Dutch architecture studio Kaan Architecten has placed a cantilevered roof on the Eco-Museum in Brazil as part of a larger project to restore a local lagoon. More about Kaan Architecten completes museum as part of lagoon remediation in Brazil
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features plans for a geometric building with angular fan-like facades by Studio Libeskind. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Studio Libeskind's angular plant-covered building in Paris
State laws in California are worsening the housing crisis and will make recovering from the Los Angeles wildfires more difficult, writes Andrew Thompson. More about "It's hard to imagine an effective recovery from the LA fires"
Architecture studio Cimbre has designed a single-storey house in rural Portugal to provide "a sense of both seclusion and openness". More about Cimbre adds concrete home to secluded site in Portuguese national park
London-based designer Tatjana von Stein often draws on art deco in her work. For our Art Deco Centenary series, she talks about why the early 20th-century style is still so influential and how she uses it in interiors today. More about Art deco "has a sense of drama and glamour, exuberance and decadence" says Tatjana von Stein
Chinese smartphone company Infinix has unveiled a concept for a tri-fold phone that packs down to the size of a credit card and can be used as a clip-on camera. More about Infinix's mini triple-folding phone compacts to size of a credit card
Patterned modules of glued laminated timber will make up the diagrid structure of Gelephu International Airport, which architecture studio BIG is designing in southern Bhutan. More about Decorative carvings to embellish glulam structure of BIG's Bhutan airport
A playful chicken coop cloaked with timber shingles is set to be built at the Grizedale Arts centre in the Lake District, UK. More about Giant hen-shaped chicken coop set to be built at Lake District arts centre
French studio Dominique Perrault Architecture has dug a deep cylindrical shaft to house Paris' Villejuif-Gustave Roussy metro station, which is topped with a transparent roof to allow light to enter from above. More about Dominique Perrault designs Paris metro station as "inverted skyscraper"