Brooklyn artist Michael Candy has created a pair of robotic chairs with mechanical legs that can "amble" through space and avoid obstacles using a computer program. More about Michael Candy creates robotic walking chairs that "amble" through space
Spanish architecture studios DataAE and Xavier Vendrell have balanced two rows of social housing on a hillside in Barcelona overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. More about DataAE and Xavier Vendrell balance Barcelona housing block on steep site
Promotion: Dubai-based tower offices ICD Brookfield Place has opened a dedicated level on its 50th floor featuring 11 private offices and a communal lounge designed by Los Angeles-based studio Marmol Radziner and Associates. More about ICD Brookfield Place opens Marmol Radziner-designed private offices in Dubai tower
A series of viewpoints clad in charred-timber shingles have been perched throughout the largest nature park in Copenhagen by Danish studios LYTT Architecture and ADEPT. More about ADEPT and LYTT Architecture elevate lookouts within Amager Nature Park
The Warren Technical Center in Michigan, the first solo project by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, showcased the unity of mid-century architecture, design and engineering in the United States. More about Mid-century designers and engineers "envisioned the future" at GM's Tech Center
Multiple human rights groups, including Amnesty International, have criticised a human rights assessment of Saudi Arabia's 2034 FIFA World Cup bid, claiming it fails to acknowledge documented abuses to workers in the country. More about Human rights assessment of Saudi World Cup bid "omitted glaring risks" says Amnesty
Zaha Hadid Architects' twisting Mercury Tower is a symbol of Malta's confused urban priorities and raises questions about how much influence individual buildings should have over a place, writes Ann Dingli. More about "Is Mercury Tower a saviour or symptom of Malta's urban fate?"
The Dezeen editorial team is up for seven awards at the prestigious International Building Press Awards 2024 – the most out of any of the publications nominated this year. More about Dezeen nominated for seven IBP Journalism Awards
Photographs shared exclusively with Dezeen show the twisting facade of Malta's tallest building, recently completed by British studio Zaha Hadid Architects. More about Photos reveal Zaha Hadid Architects' completed Mercury Tower in Malta
Shopping centres are a fascinating and under-appreciated aspect of urban architecture, according to British journalist Art Anthony, who films himself walking around malls that have fallen on hard times. More about Dead Mall Walking captures the "kenopsia" of fading shopping centres
Design studio Simplicity used a palette of natural materials including wood, stone and tatami to evoke the look and feel of a traditional Japanese inn when creating the ryokan floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in Osaka. More about Simplicity sets Osaka's "first modern ryokan" inside Nikken Sekkei high-rise
Chinese landscape architecture studio Turenscape has transformed a concrete sea wall on an abandoned fish farm into a public space in Haikou City, Hainan. More about Turenscape transforms concrete sea wall into "resilient public space"
An 88-storey supertall skyscraper by architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox that pays homage to New York City's beaux-arts architecture has topped out in Midtown Manhattan. More about "Beaux-arts" supertall skyscraper by KPF tops out in Manhattan
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a rural retreat in Greece designed by Invisible Studio. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "simple, strong and poetic" retreat in Greek countryside
Canada-based designer Omer Arbel has unveiled designs for a series of homes in Washington State made from concrete and covered in wooden balls intended to cultivate ecosystems over time. More about Omer Arbel proposes surrounding Washington houses with "cedar orb clouds"
Dezeen School Shows: an installation which features a pattern-generating machine to reflect migrant experiences is included in this school show by students at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. More about Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey presents student installations
Promotion: Turkish-born, London-based designer Melek Zeynep Bulut has designed a large scale suspended installation at the 18th-century Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London. More about Melek Zeynep Bulut installs suspended "portal" in London's Painted Hall
Timber columns and a mesh facade are intended to emulate "a screen of trees" at this sports centre in Canada by Toronto studio MJMA Architecture & Design. More about MJMA Architecture & Design marries wood and mesh for Canadian sports centre
Danish architecture studio BIG has completed its own concrete headquarters on an industrial harbour in Copenhagen. More about BIG wraps Copenhagen headquarters with 140-metre-long concrete staircase
Parametric forms topped with greenery define this preschool in Andhra Pradesh, India, which has been completed by architecture firm Andblack Design Studio. More about Andblack Design Studio designs undulating preschool to "foster creativity and play"