A converted Belgian barn and a pine-lined house in Japan are among the residential interiors featured in our latest lookbook, which contains homes defined by staircases that incorporate bookshelves. More about Ten bookshelf staircases that add clever storage to living spaces
This week on Dezeen, a mass-timber skyscraper in Milwaukee was certified as the world's tallest timber building. More about This week we revealed the world's tallest timber building
Construction has begun on the 126 East 57th Street skyscraper designed by architecture studio ODA on New York City's Billionaire's Row. More about ODA's "fractal" skyscraper latest addition to Billionaire's Row
Danish architecture studio BIG is designing a road, air and hyperloop-capable autonomous vehicle for the new US city of Telosa currently being planned for five million people in an unconfirmed desert location. More about BIG designing Ground to Air driverless vehicle for American desert city Telosa
Promotion: global bathroom brand Kohler's "intelligent toilet designs" are designed to combine sleek design with advanced technological features. More about Kohler's "intelligent toilets" are equipped with advanced technological features
An exposed steel structure and perforated copper cladding bring an industrial feel to The Dyson Building at Gresham's School in Norfolk, designed by architecture studio WilkinsonEyre. More about WilkinsonEyre uses industrial finishes for arts and engineering building in Norfolk
Video game designer Dan Douglas has recreated MVRDV's Marble Arch Mound within a modified version of 1990s video game Duke Nukem so that disappointed visitors can blow it up. More about Marble Arch Mound can be blown up in video game as "cathartic moment for disappointed visitors"
Students from Imperial College London have moved to block the installation of an Antony Gormley sculpture they claim looks like a man with an erect penis. More about Students outraged by proposed Antony Gormley sculpture with "erect phallus"
Automotive company Volkswagen has launched a fully working prototype for an automated flying car, an electric vehicle that the company describes as a "state-of-the-art passenger drone prototype". More about Volkswagen launches working prototype of Flying Tiger electric flying car
Architecture studio Snøhetta has revealed the design for a skyscraper in Tokyo, named Shibuya Upper West Project, which is intended to be "a sanctuary of peace and relaxation in the bustle of the city". More about Snøhetta unveils 36-storey "urban retreat" in Tokyo
Designers and academics have created a series of objects, including a bright-red wooden chair based on a medieval design, to furnish a 700-year-old castle in Northumberland, England, for the (Re)imagining Aydon exhibition. More about Modern design objects feature in exhibition informed by 13th-century English castle
Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has used traditional Chinese roof tiles as the key material at Blue Bottle Coffee's latest shop in Shanghai to celebrate local culture. More about Traditional Chinese roof tiles decorate the interior of Blue Bottle Coffee shop in Shanghai
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled designs for the Sixth and Blanco restaurant, shop and hotel development in Austin, which will incorporate existing stores and houses. More about Herzog & de Meuron reveals mass-timber design in existing Austin street front
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features 10 proposals for futuristic cities. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate newsletter features 10 proposals for futuristic cities
Gradient Architecture has used a planning rule from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy to help revitalise an unused lot in New York City's Red Hook neighbourhood, which was severely affected by the 2012 storm. More about Gradient Architecture designs brick home on existing footprint after Hurricane Sandy
Dezeen School Shows: a house informed by the playfulness of the game hide-and-seek and a textile collection that combines hand-manipulated and digital techniques are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students presented by the Design Institute of Australia. More about Design Institute of Australia spotlights eight award-winning student projects
An open-air platform for meditation is elevated above the treetops at Zenbo Seinei, a wooden retreat that Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has completed on Awaji Island in Japan. More about Shigeru Ban creates wooden Zenbo Seinei retreat on Japanese island
Architect Gae Avitabile has designed the interior of Civico 29, a sea-informed cocktail bar in the coastal town of Sperlonga, Italy. More about Cocktail bar "suspended between sea and sky" draws upon nearby Mediterranean
Dutch studio MVRDV has begun construction on a mixed-use building in Tirana, Albania, which it has modelled on a bust of the country's prominent historical figure Gjergj Kastrioti. More about MVRDV models Skanderbeg Building on head of Albania's national hero
Two years on from the devastating explosion that destroyed much of Beirut, architects and designers have shared first-hand accounts of how everyday life in the city continues to be profoundly affected by the disaster. More about Beirut explosion was "the funeral of my hometown"