Architect Kenta Hirayama has designed an "unpretentious house" in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, which features a metal facade and deliberately simple gabled roof. More about Kenta Hirayama clads House in Kinuta in steel-sheet facade
Architecture studio MVRDV has designed a flagship store for Chinese fashion brand Urban Revivo in Beijing, China, with a dramatic facade informed by the roof tiles on the city's traditional houses. More about MVRDV wraps Beijing roof tiles around Chinese moon gates for fashion flagship store
Bio-designer Lucia Giron has worked with the University of Cambridge's Department of Biochemistry to develop prototypes of an algae-based battery alternative, which harnesses the power of photosynthesis for electricity. More about Algae "biocells" powered by photosynthesis could replace disposable batteries
Promotion: Spanish brand Cosentino merges beauty, performance and sustainability with its latest mineral surface material, Éclos, designed to be free of crystalline silica and as elegant as natural stone. More about Cosentino introduces new generation of mineral surfaces with Éclos
Dezeen School Shows: a renewable energy centre converting seaweed and flying-fish waste into biogas is among the projects from Norwich University of the Arts. More about Maritime renewable energy centre among projects from Norwich University of the Arts
The latest Dezeen Debate newsletter features the news that the US has authorised the deployment of a giant space mirror to illuminate Earth after dark. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "tech-bro Death Star"
Local architecture practice Rerucha Studio has arranged a cedar-clad house with detached elements around a central courtyard to function like a park in Seattle, Washington, USA. More about Rerucha Studio organises Seattle house as "small village of connected spaces"
As developmental models for sports venues shift, architects and planners are being tasked with designing vast districts to support year-round activity. For our Future Stadium series, we look at the rise of the sports district and some factors driving the change. More about How stadiums are turning into entertainment districts
Dezeen School Shows: a museum dedicated to celebrating the history of Folkestone, UK, and the work of the RNLI is among projects from Lancaster University. More about Museum celebrating work of RNLI among projects from Lancaster University
Architecture collective Assemble has converted a pair of former dairy warehouses into a "robust and adaptable" community centre and church on Becontree Estate in east London. More about Assemble turns former dairy warehouses into adaptable community hub
Watchmakers Swatch and Omega have collaborated to celebrate the anniversary of the first moon landing on 21 July 1969 with a limited run of 1,969 watches, made of gold from 1969. More about Omega and Swatch release gold MoonSwatch in limited edition of 1,969
Architecture studio MVRDV has been revealed as the winner of social enterprise Shift's competition to design a €240 million landmark in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. More about MVRDV wins competition for "new world wonder" in the Netherlands
Product design desperately needs to drop the notion that things can be made based on an "average-sized" human being, writes Karen Korellis Reuther. More about "Women are living in a physical world that is too often designed without them in mind"
Charity organisation Sunflower Network has opened a paediatric clinic in Brody, Ukraine, which it claims is the country's first healthcare infrastructure to open since Russia's invasion in 2022. More about Sunflower Network opens modular children's hospital in Ukraine
Lanterns, alley-like walkways and other details reminiscent of Tokyo's Golden Gai neighbourhood feature in this restaurant designed by Joyce Wang Studio in Hong Kong. More about Tokyo's drinking alleys inform interior of Genso restaurant by Joyce Wang Studio
Dezeen School Shows: a hotel located in a former railway station in New York City is among the projects from students at Pratt Institute. More about Hotel in former New York City train terminal among projects from Pratt Institute
Continuing our Future Stadium series, we take a look at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, where Populous aimed to innovate the stadium typology with a multifunctional design that prioritised the fan experience. More about Tottenham Hotspur Stadium by Populous "democratised the stadium experience"
Recycled plastic tiles that mimic natural slate cloak a dormer extension at this terraced home in London, which has been updated and expanded by local practice YN Studio. More about YN Studio extends London home around light-filled stairwell
Italian photographer Andrea Ferro has documented the remaining 1950s bubble houses in Dakar, Senegal, as they face increasing threats of demolition. More about Andrea Ferro photographs Dakar's under-threat bubble houses
Architecture studio Vector Architects has arranged a cluster of art galleries around a preserved Banyan tree canopy near Guangzhou, China. More about Vector Architects rejects "white cube" design for Aranya Art Center Guangzhou