From converted garages to compact new-builds, we have rounded up eight studios that provide retreat and solitude for their owners in their own back gardens. More about Eight compact studios embedded into residential gardens
Romanian studio Modul 28 has updated and extended the rectory of a church in Transylvania, transforming it into a guesthouse that "balances preservation with innovation". More about Modul 28 transforms fortified church in Transylvania into guesthouse
Sweeping roofs that symbolise movement and artistic expression will drape across Chungnam Art Center, which Danish studio 3XN is designing in South Korea. More about 3XN designs South Korean arts centre to evoke "dancer's pointed toe"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the news that musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has gutted a Tadao Ando-designed home in California. More about "Kan-ye not?" asks commenter
A mint-green lounge pit and custard-yellow home office are among several colourful set pieces installed by designer Sabine Marcelis on the top floor of Vitra's Herzog & de Meuron-designed flagship store in Weil am Rhein, Germany. More about Sabine Marcelis creates colour-blocked scenography for VitraHaus loft
The UK's Design Council has announced a mass upskilling target to prepare one million designers for the green transition, starting with a call to reverse the "critical decline" in design and technology education. More about Design Council launches plan to upskill one million designers by 2030
LA studio PlayLab and construction company California Skateparks have created Checkered Future, a temporary skate bowl in front of the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris for footwear brand Vans. More about PlayLab designs "scenically sculpted" Sacré-Cœur skatepark to resemble stone
An Egyptian-style, postmodern home designed by British architecture studio John Outram Associates in Oxfordshire has been Grade II-listed. More about John Outram's Sphinx Hill house becomes youngest listed building in UK
US studio Susan T Rodriguez Architecture & Design has incorporated local materials and energy-saving features into a Maine building that is meant to be "a new benchmark for academic buildings in northern climates". More about Ecology centre in coastal Maine is "model of holistic sustainability"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a home surrounded by concrete blocks by design studio Nendo. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features forest house with "brutal privacy screens"
Promotion: Urban design brand Urbidermis has created a series of short documentary videos on designing greener and more sociable cities. More about The Living City video series explores designing urban environments that are "more human"
A series of staggered, multi-level courtyards animate the plan of In-between Gardens, a house in the town of Tiptur, India, designed by architecture studio A Threshold. More about Courtyards create "communal atmosphere" at Indian house by A Threshold
A boom box made with mycelium and a teeter-totter that reaches across the US-Mexico border are some of the projects from the 10 independent design studios from San Francisco presented as part of our North American Design 2024 series. More about Ten independent design studios to watch in San Francisco
Architecture studios working on Saudi giga-project Neom are maintaining their silence over human rights concerns despite mounting pressure from campaigners. Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft reports. More about Is it time for architecture studios to walk away from Neom?
Architecture studios involved in Neom should either campaign for the release of people imprisoned for protesting against the Saudi mega-project or walk away, says human rights campaigner Lina Alhathloul in this interview. More about Neom being "built on the blood of Saudis" says ALQST's Lina Alhathloul
Details of the controversial Neom project in Saudi Arabia have become clearer over the past year, with 23 architecture studios believed to be working on the multi-region mega-development. This is what they are saying about it. More about Which architecture studios are working on Neom?
The London School of Architecture has created the timber Dalston Pavilion in London as part of this year's London Festival of Architecture. More about London School of Architecture creates A-frame pavilion as a "platform for local outreach"
Architects Sou Fujimoto, Li Hu and Huang Wenjing, designer Qiong Er Jiang and interior designers Steve Leung, Tao Liu and Chunyan Cai have been named the first judges for Dezeen Awards China 2024. More about Sou Fujimoto and Qiong Er Jiang announced as judges for Dezeen Awards China 2024
Artist Carsten Höller has created a spiral staircase with an incline of five degrees to make users uneasy at the Palazzo Diedo in Venice. More about Carsten Höller adds Doubt Staircase to 18th century Venetian palazzo
New York-based design studio Oza Sabbeth Architects has wrapped an L-shaped beach house in cedar and topped it with a standing seam gabled roof on Long Island. More about Oza Sabbeth Architects creates East Hampton house with cedar cladding