Formafatal has constructed twin villas out of rammed earth on a jungled hillside in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica, which open to the Pacific Ocean with expansive frameless glass. More about Formafatal creates pair of rammed-earth villas in Costa Rica
Dezeen School Shows: we've picked nine design projects featured in Dezeen School Shows that explore new ways for children to learn and play in addition to projects that aim to improve mental and physical health. More about Nine student design projects that aim to enhance children's learning, play and health
Promotion: the world's largest platform for Scandinavian design, Stockholm Furniture Fair returns for 2023, and will see more than 400 exhibitors from 31 countries take part in the event. More about Twelve highlights from Stockholm Furniture Fair 2023
Austrian studio Juri Troy Architects has completed Straw Flea House, an angular cabin in the historic village of Murstetten built using locally-sourced timber and straw. More about Juri Troy Architects uses timber and straw for holiday cabin in Austrian village
Morphosis founder Thom Mayne, who is reportedly working on Saudi megacity The Line, explained his desire to work on complex, city-scale projects in a talk in New York City. More about Architects need to "take responsibility for shaping the world" says Thom Mayne
Residents of the luxury Neo Bankside flats live as though they are "on display in a zoo" because of the Tate Modern's Herzog & de Meuron-designed extension, the Supreme Court has ruled. More about Tate Modern loses privacy feud with Neo Bankside residents over viewing platform
Architects have a duty to use their skills to help solve societal problems even if it means thinking beyond designing buildings, ProxyAddress founder Chris Hildrey tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "An architect who only designs buildings is like a doctor who only prescribes paracetamol" says ProxyAddress founder
London's Design Museum has crowned Marco Campardo the winner of its annual Ralph Saltzman Prize for emerging designers. Here, the Italian designer walks us through five of his key projects and explains why he is "not a very decorative guy". More about Five unembellished furniture designs by Saltzman Prize-winner Marco Campardo
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing MVRDV's envisioning for Vancouver's waterfront in the year 2100 and the "world's most aggressive SUV". More about "An awfully idyllic response to climate change" says commenter
Irish designer Domhnall Nolan has created the Play Pieces range of modular sex furniture that takes cues from retro gym equipment and aims to be gender-inclusive. More about Domhnall Nolan designs modular sex furniture for "any kind of person"
Architecture studio Enter Projects Asia has completed a private gallery for a collector in Chiang Mai, Thailand, featuring an undulating rattan structure designed by an algorithm that weaves its way in and out of the building. More about Sculptural rattan installation meanders through Thai art gallery by Enter Projects Asia
Stockholm Design Week, Object Rotterdam, Modernism Week and Nomad St Moritz are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. More about Six architecture and design events in February from Dezeen Events Guide
Models in the latest menswear show from Dutch brand Botter at Paris Fashion Week wore 3D-printed trainers with ridged soles, created in collaboration with sportswear company Reebok. More about Reebok and Botter unveil vibrant 3D-printed trainers informed by seashells
Studio CL has created a concrete apartment block in Chile made out of precast concrete that was designed as a prototype for a multi-family housing unit. More about Studio CL creates Santiago apartment building as "exercise in micro-density"
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Invisible Studio's announcement that it is moving its operations out of the UK as a response to Brexit. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Brexit survey and Invisible Studio saying it "wouldn't mind" never working in the UK again
California studio Bittoni Architects has completed Common Melrose, a communal living complex with 23 bedrooms that is meant to be an "affordable alternative to traditional living arrangements". More about Bittoni Architects designs co-living project geared toward LA newcomers
Promotion: Dezeen has teamed up with watch brand Nomos Glashütte to put together a Valentine's Day gift guide featuring four hand-wound watches "made from the best materials and high-tech production methods". More about Nomos Glashütte's Valentine's Day gift guide features watch that may be "blushing but is by no means shy"
Folding glass doors and perforated metal screens allow for the mediation of light, ventilation, and noise at the J House in Bien Hoa, Vietnam, designed by local studio CTA. More about CTA uses screens and skylights to draw light into narrow Vietnamese home
International architecture studios including Adjaye Associates, Morphosis, Studio Fuksas and Coop Himmelb(l)au have been named in a Riyadh exhibition as working on The Line megacity in Saudi Arabia. More about Adjaye Associates, Coop Himmelb(l)au and Morphosis named among architects working on The Line
From a Japanese residence with a cartoonish facade to a pared-back villa in coastal Italy, here are Dezeen's top five houses of the month for January. More about Dezeen's top five houses of January 2023