Danish architecture studio BIG has completed the EPIQ tower in Ecuador, which consists of L-shaped stacked blocks that curve as they meet at the structure's centre. More about BIG completes interlocking EPIQ skyscraper in Quito designed as "buildings within a building"
Scientists from South Korea's Yonsei University have invented what they believe to be a sustainable, high-protein food in the form of "beef rice", made by growing cow cells in grains of rice. More about Scientists develop hybrid "beef rice" as future meat alternative
London-based designer Faye Toogood has joined Dezeen Awards 2024 as a judge. Here, she selects five projects that best reflect her work. More about "Everything I do and the studio does is relevant" says FayeToogood
Dezeen has teamed up with Forbo Flooring to challenge architects and designers to create an interior space that promotes wellbeing using the brand's Marmoleum material. More about Forbo Flooring and Dezeen launch Marmoleum Design Challenge
Malmö studio Lab La Bla unveiled Surface Club, a bar and mini-golf course made from waste materials including Tetra Pak packaging, at the Stockholm Furniture Fair. More about Lab La Bla constructs miniature golf course from recycled denim and mining dust
Pale sandstone walls bring a "warm and welcoming" feel to this columbarium in a cemetery in Radom, Poland, which has been completed by local studio BDR Architekci. More about BDR Architekci clads columbarium in Poland with pale sandstone
Google has opened a building serving its North American operations in New York City that is housed in a 1930s rail terminal restored and adapted by architecture studios CookFox Architects and Gensler. More about Google opens New York headquarters built on renovated 1930s train terminal
US studio Inaba Williams Architects has created two mirrored houses with courtyards in Santa Monica, California that are clad in white stucco and have net-zero energy use, according to the studio. More about Inaba Williams creates mirrored stucco-clad residences in California
Dezeen School Shows: in this roundup, we spotlight nine student projects featured in Dezeen's School Shows, which present meticulously detailed architectural models. More about Nine student projects that are represented by intricate 3D models
A team led by artist Caroline Ghosn has unveiled the design of this year's Burning Man temple, a structure combining elements of church architecture and Lebanese weaving techniques. More about Burning Man 2024 temple design balances the "domestic and majestic"
Architecture studio EFFEKT has created a charging station for electric vehicles in Sønderborg, Denmark, which is designed as a park with gardens and seating areas. More about EFFEKT designs EV charging station where drivers can also "recharge mentally"
UK practice Heatherwick Studio is set to turn the 177-metre-high BT Tower in central London into a hotel, following its sale to American hotelier MCR Hotels. More about Heatherwick Studio set to turn "extraordinary" BT Tower into hotel
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Danish architecture studio BIG's recently completed skyscraper in Texas. More about "Interesting, but aesthetically it's already dated" says commenter
Swedish bathroom brand Harvest Moon has launched its first product, a waterless toilet that allows "even the most squeamish" to turn their waste into soil and fertiliser. More about Harvest Moon aims to make compost toilets "a part of everyday life"
UK architecture firm Studio Egret West has shared its plans to create housing within two concrete 1960s buildings in London, which were formerly the headquarters of food company Heinz. More about Studio Egret West to transform former Heinz HQ into London housing
Dutch design firm Studio ThusThat has developed a series of furniture and homeware that was cut from a single sheet of aluminium "crust" – an offcut of the smelting process. More about Furniture made from scrap aluminium carries "traces of giant factory saws"
Harnessing soft whites and gently curving plaster forms, interior designer Johanna Amatoury has brought a holiday-house feel to this apartment in the peaceful Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. More about Paris duplex by Johanna Amatoury references architecture of Greek islands
US studio SILO has created a sculptural, metal-clad home in North Carolina for one of its principals that is meant to break away from the "suburban-type" development emerging in its historic setting. More about SILO creates Steel Louise house for Charlotte neighbourhood with "dramatic contradictions"
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Migaloo's design for a submersible superyacht. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Migaloo's giant luxury submarine
Belgian design collective Zaventem Ateliers has recreated a full furniture show in cardboard after the majority of the pieces it was to show at a Mexico City exhibition were stalled in transit from Europe. More about Zaventem Ateliers recreates furniture collection in cardboard after customs delays