Dezeen has launched Dezeen Competitions, a dedicated platform for discovering and participating in top architecture and design competitions worldwide. More about Dezeen Competitions launches to provide a platform for architecture and design contests
Norwegian robotics firm 1X has developed a humanoid robot for home chores that is wrapped in beige knitwear to "complement living spaces rather than disrupt them". More about Scandi robot servant Neo Gamma is dressed head-to-toe in beige knitwear
Architect duo Mathias Mentze and Alexander Ottenstein has swapped minimalist white for a range of soft colours in their overhaul of a thatched 19th-century country house in Jels, Denmark. More about Mentze Ottenstein is clever with colour in revamp of Dinesen Country Home
Designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello embraced the difficulties of working with copper in Nigeria, where the material is mined but rarely sold, to make his latest metal furniture collection for Los Angeles gallery Marta. More about Nifemi Marcus-Bello explores exploitation of Africa's natural resources with copper furniture
A football field, housing and retail spaces are united beneath a single swooping roof at Tammela Stadium in Tampere, designed by Finnish studio JKMM Architects as "a miniature city". More about JKMM Architects combines football stadium with housing in Finland
Industrial designer Tej Chauhan has revamped the 1960s DiaStar by Swiss watchmaker Rado, adding brightly coloured accents and a chunky bezel informed by golden sci-fi space helmets. More about Tej Chauhan's latest Rado watch tells the wearer when it's "party time"
New York studio General Assembly has outfitted a residence inside the SO-IL-designed 144 Vanderbilt development in Brooklyn, creating a model apartment that doubles as a shoppable design gallery. More about General Assembly curates model residence at Brooklyn's 144 Vanderbilt
A cluster of wooden cabins modelled on fishing huts surround a patio and swimming pool at Casa Donovan, completed by Portuguese studio PIMAA Architects in the coastal village of Comporta. More about PIMAA Architects organises Portuguese home across cluster of cabins
It divides opinion, but brutalist-style design can be deployed to great effect in the kitchen. In this lookbook, we collect eight recent examples. More about Eight brutalist kitchens where cooking meets concrete
Local studio Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor has turned a 19th-century courtyard house in Stockholm into a dining space for an event agency, using natural materials to create an elegant yet welcoming space. More about Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor designs Aganippe restaurant with stone "food altar"
New York-based Elmo Studios has turned an industrial loft into offices for design-tech business Furniture.com, combining original details with a residential layout. More about Elmo Studios converts New York loft for Furniture.com headquarters
A sculptural shell coated in mud plaster creates a winding, cave-like interior at this farmhouse in Tamil Nadu, India, completed by local architecture practice Earthscape Studio. More about Earthscape Studio creates cave-like form for The Wild House in India
For our latest lookbook, we've collected eight entrance halls and vestibules where impactful details like mirrored ceilings, custom-made chandeliers and artworks welcome visitors into the home. More about Eight stylish entrance halls that create a great first impression
This week on Dezeen, we revealed that construction has begun on Hidden Marina, the first segment of The Line megacity that is being built as part of Saudi Arabia's Neom project. More about This week we revealed the first segment of The Line
Speaker design studio Silence Please has created a showroom for its bespoke speakers outfitted with a tea room, record store and listening space in a New York City loft. More about Silence Please creates "giant living room" for New York showroom and listening space
Mexican architecture firm Estudio Cristina Grappin has opened a large stone house to coastal breezes between the courtyard and the Pacific Ocean in Punta Mita, Mexico. More about Estudio Cristina Grappin uses local stone for Mexican beach house
A "single unifying canopy" links the four volumes of Jinji Lake Pavilion, designed by Danish studio BIG as a nod to its tree-planted site in Suzhou, China. More about BIG completes glass-tiled pavilion overlooking lake in Suzhou
US company Alef Aeronautics has released videos of its Alef Model Zero electric flying car driving on a road in California before vertically taking off into flight. More about Videos reveal vertical takeoff of electric flying car in California
Paris-based studio Lina Ghotmeh Architecture has been selected to renovate the British Museum's Western Range galleries in London. More about Lina Ghotmeh appointed to complete British Museum gallery redesign
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a family home in India with a 400-kilogram chandelier in the foyer, designed by Bengaluru studio Multitude of Sins. More about "Cathedral of kitsch" says commenter