Italian fashion designer Alessandro Michele has stepped down as creative director at Gucci, a role he has held at the fashion house since 2015. More about Alessandro Michele steps down as Gucci creative director after "extraordinary journey"
Dezeen has teamed up with hotel One Hundred Shoreditch to launch an exhibition showcasing the work of five rising design talents from the London borough of Hackney. More about Dezeen spotlights upcoming designers with Designed in Hackney exhibition
Melbourne-based Studio Tate has used raw and tactile materials to create "a soothing urban oasis" for the Relinque spa in Melbourne. More about Studio Tate creates "textural earthiness" for Relinque wellness spa
Designer Ony Yan has created a two-part system that can be installed in single-person households to notify neighbours in the event of their death, and was designed to "encourage a community to look after each other". More about In Memoriam device detects when someone dies alone
Architecture studio Snøhetta has carried out a series of renovations to the postmodern 550 Madison skyscraper in New York, which was formerly known as the AT&T building. More about Snøhetta completes "surgical" renovation of Philip Johnson's AT&T building
Operable glass walls flank the living spaces of this sprawling Texas ranch, which was designed by Sanders Architecture to appear "like it rose up from the land". More about Sanders Architecture combines rustic and contemporary materials for Texas ranch house
Dezeen School Shows: a winery that focuses on minimal intervention winemaking and a regeneration project that promotes the return of native Australian animals are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Monash University. More about Ten postgraduate architecture projects from Monash University
Swedish practice Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has completed a cluster of timber-clad housing blocks in Ystad, Sweden, with facades of folding glass screens that allow their balconies to be turned into sheltered winter gardens. More about Johan Sundberg Arkitektur designs "accessible yet exceptional" housing blocks in Sweden
Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind's studio has designed a contemporary extension to the iconic Boerentoren tower in Antwerp, Belgium, which was once Europe's tallest high-rise. More about Studio Libeskind set to add angular extension to Antwerp art deco tower
British studio Foster + Partners has unveiled plans for The William, which will be made from cross-laminated timber and become the studio's first timber office building in the UK. More about Foster + Partners to design "one of London's largest timber buildings"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Danish architecture studio BIG's 222-metre-high Telus Sky Tower in Calgary and other top architecture and design stories. More about Commenter thinks BIG's Calgary skyscraper has "more a wine bottle than feminine shape"
Dezeen Showroom: Versus wall tapestries by designer Margrethe Odgaard aim to capture the colours of Kathmandu, Nepal, and were created with Himalayan craftspeople for Danish brand Ca'lyah. More about Versus tapestries by Margrethe Odgaard for Ca'lyah
Curator Kathryn Johnson explains the story behind surrealism and its impact on design in this video Dezeen produced for the Design Museum about its latest exhibition. More about Design Museum's Objects of Desire exhibition explores "what surrealism is and why it matters now"
Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh is set to create a timber pavilion sheltering a low circular table for next year's Serpentine Pavilion. More about Lina Ghotmeh reveals design for 2023 Serpentine Pavilion
Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled its masterplan for the refurbishment of the Aqaba Container Terminal at Jordan's only port to transform it into a hub for the local community. More about BIG to transform Jordan port terminal into solar-powered community hub
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has created an installation named Shadows Travelling on the Sea of the Day comprised of twenty circular structures during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar . More about Symmetry and reflection define Qatar desert installation by Olafur Eliasson
New York-based studios Ennead Architects and Rockwell Group have converted a 19th-century train warehouse into the headquarters for a charitable organisation in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighbourhood. More about Ennead Architects and Rockwell Group unveil food distribution centre in Brooklyn
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Studio Sofields' interiors for the world's skinniest skyscraper. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda features "gilded age" interiors for world's skinniest skyscraper
US architecture studio GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century home in Erie, Pennsylvania into an educational facility with a glass bridge connection and metal-clad, barn-like structure. More about GBBN expands historic Pennsylvania residence with metal-clad education facility
Dezeen School Shows: students and faculty members from VCUarts Qatar present a light installation called Virga, which was built in collaboration with design studio Atelier La Juntana and is featured as Dezeen's latest school show. More about VCUarts Qatar and Atelier La Juntana present a light installation informed by virga clouds