Wall-to-wall glass and a material palette informed by local vernacular define Zen House, a 33-square-metre micro home on stilts in Austria, completed by Czech studio Jan Tyrpekl. More about Jan Tyrpekl raises glass micro home on stilts in rural Austria
Stone has the potential to become a go-to, low-carbon structural material, but barriers around quarrying and a lack of awareness must be overcome to make this a reality, experts tell Dezeen in this Stone Age 2.0 feature. More about Why aren't more architects using stone as a building material?
Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia, in this Stone Age 2.0 interview. More about Sagrada Familia shows stone "can return to being used as a structural material"
Networking platform Archiboo presents an annual Activism Award. Here, its founder Amanda Baillieu selects six architects that embody the ideals of activism. More about Six activist architects "whose actions help effect social change"
Biomaterials have the potential to significantly cut carbon emissions but designers should approach them with caution to avoid creating a whole new set of problems, warns Sioban Imms. More about "The allure of the 'bio' prefix must be taken with some healthy scrutiny"
Danish architecture studio CEBRA has revealed its designs for three visitor centres in Albania, which will be topped with protruding concrete slabs that reference "shifting tectonic plates". More about Concrete slabs will enclose national park pavilions by CEBRA in Albania
Graphic designer Micha Weidmann has used vibrant abstract forms to craft this year's Dezeen Awards campaign. Here, he explains how the identity took shape. More about Dezeen Awards 2024 identity "embraces inclusivity"
Designer Fernando Laposse has created a 40-metre-long tapestry in avocado dye and a cabinet with avocado skin to raise awareness of the social and ecological impacts global avocado consumption has in Mexico. More about Fernando Laposse draws attention to impact of "conflict avocados" in Melbourne exhibition
Ambient music pioneer Brian Eno is exhibiting an updated version of his illuminated record player composed of two eccentric Perspex circles at London's Paul Stolper Gallery. More about Brian Eno's light-up turntable changes colour in "complex and unpredictable" patterns
Bijoy Jain, founder of Indian architecture practice Studio Mumbai, has created a series of structures and furniture made from natural materials for the Breath of an Architect exhibition at Paris's Fondation Cartier gallery. More about Bijoy Jain creates bamboo hut and stone furniture for Paris exhibition
Swedish designer Fredrik Paulsen has teamed up with auction house Bukowskis on Foundation of Joy, a playful furniture series featuring neon colours, tree branches and chains. More about Fredrik Paulsen creates 33 unique Joy Objects in 33 days
New York-based Crosby Studios has utilised gold accents and rich-red fabrics and lights informed by director David Lynch for the interiors of Silencio nightclub in Manhattan. More about Crosby Studios looks to the "signature red" of David Lynch for Silencio New York
New York art collective MSCHF has created a "Frankenstein" handbag by asking a series of global factories to create an object through prompts, including references to well-known products by designer brands. More about MSCHF creates handbag to highlight "hidden creative labor" of global factories
American studio SOM has created a "vertical campus" for the US Department of Transportation in Massachusetts that features aluminium fins on its sides and a landscape installation by designer Maya Lin. More about SOM puts Department of Transportation "on display" at Cambridge building
Five interconnected, angular volumes form this library and tea-tasting room designed by Chinese architecture studio Atelier Xi on an ice-chrysanthemum plantation in Xiuwu, China. More about Atelier Xi creates angular library within Chinese tea plantation
The sustainability of structural stone is dependent on how and where it is quarried and its reputation as an infinite material is misleading, warns Slovak-British architect Natalia Petkova in this Stone Age 2.0 interview. More about "I would caution against claims of stone being a revolutionary sustainable material" says Natalia Petkova
Swedish furniture brand IKEA has released two images from a series of photographs taken by Annie Leibovitz, its first-ever artist-in-residence, showing people in their homes across the world. More about IKEA unveils "powerful" first photos by artist-in-residence Annie Leibovitz
Architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has completed a terminal at Zayed International Airport in the UAE with an undulating roof informed by sand dunes and geometric patterns. More about KPF tops Abu Dhabi airport with undulating roof informed by sand dunes
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a monolithic concrete concert hall in the coastal resort of Aranya in Qinhuangdao, completed by Chinese studio Vector Architects. More about "Some of the most interesting work published these days" says commenter
The Oscar-nominated set design for Poor Things aimed to create a "1930s studio movie with today's technology", the film's production designers have told Dezeen. More about Shona Heath and James Price "spliced up" architecture for Poor Things sets