Dezeen School Shows: a thermo-electric charger for smartphones and deconstructed wind instruments are featured in Dezeen's latest school show by object design students studying at Lucerne School of Art and Design. More about Lucerne School of Art and Design presents nine student design projects
Promotion: the development of a new biodegradable corn-based adhesive and an initiative that allows art collectors to directly trade artworks for cars are just two of a growing number of artistic projects undertaken by electric vehicle brand Polestar in recent years. More about Polestar uses art to help share sustainability message
Local practice GinnerupArkitekter has designed a stone-clad house atop a concrete plinth on the coast of a small island in Denmark. More about GinnerupArkitekter designs stone-clad summer house on Danish island
Zaha Hadid Design co-directors Woody Yao and Maha Kutay have selected 10 highlights from an exhibition of the design studio's objects at Roca London Gallery. More about Ten Zaha Hadid Design products that go "beyond a simple translation from sketch to object"
Members of parliament in Ghana have accused the president of illegally hiring David Adjaye's studio to design the National Cathedral of Ghana in Accra and are asking for the studio to return its fees. More about Adjaye Associates caught up in National Cathedral of Ghana funding dispute
A low-energy infill dwelling in London and a pink coastal residence in East Sussex are among 20 homes vying to win RIBA's House of the Year for 2022. More about Top 20 British homes revealed in RIBA House of the Year 2022 longlist
Unknown Untitled's proposal to create a family of electric autonomous refuse trucks with compact footprints for the narrow streets of Paris has been awarded second place in Dezeen's Future Mobility Competition powered by Arrival. More about Unknown Untitled's vision to overhaul refuse-management vehicles in Paris takes second place in the Future Mobility Competition
New Delhi-based architecture and interior design studio Renesa juxtaposed terracotta and terrazzo materials to design a space that acts as a cafe by day and a bar by night. More about Renesa uses contrasting terracotta and terrazzo materials to create all-day cafe in New Delhi
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's steel sculpture Arch has been installed outside the Nationalmuseum gallery in Stockholm, ahead of getting a permanent home in the city. More about Ai Weiwei unveils cage-like Arch installation in Stockholm
Canadian architecture studio HCMA has completed the Wii Gyemsiga Siwilaawksat student housing and cultural center in Terrace, British Columbia. More about HCMA embeds "Indigenous design principles" in British Columbia student housing
Wooden slats wrap around indoor and outdoor gathering spaces for an angular pavilion in Winnipeg's Crescent Drive Park that can be "submerged without decay" during floods. More about Public City Architecture creates Winnipeg pavilion to withstand flood conditions
Dezeen School Shows: a seesaw design that transforms street bollards into public play spaces and furniture made from discarded wood are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Lucerne School of Art and Design. More about Lucerne School of Art and Design spotlights nine design objects
Deep eaves shelter openings connecting indoor and outdoor spaces at this kindergarten in Maebashi, Japan, which architecture studio Hibinosekkei designed to enhance awareness of the changing seasons. More about Hibinosekkei designs MS Kindergarten to help children feel closer to nature
State-owned Chinese firm The Architectural Design and Research Institute of HIT has completed a theatre in Henan Province with a metal-clad exterior informed by the sails and hulls of ships. More about Zhengzhou Grand Theatre's sail-like forms reference a "majestic ship"
Mike George's proposal for an autonomous fleet of modular emergency vehicles that can be arranged to form an on-the-go hospital has been awarded third place in Dezeen's Future Mobility Competition powered by Arrival. More about Proposal for modular emergency vehicles that can form pop-up hospitals wins third place in the Future Mobility Competition
Architecture and interior design studio Frederick Tang Architecture has transformed a 19th-century building into a Lebanese restaurant in Brooklyn with "an abundance of textures". More about Frederick Tang Architecture turns Brooklyn building into restaurant celebrating owners’ Lebanese roots
Interiors studio VSHD Design has added a curved ceiling and boulder-like marble counters to this minimalist coffee shop in Dubai. More about Weathered rocks inform interior of Orijins coffee shop by VSHD Design
London studio Emil Eve has retrofitted its Hackney office to include a striking green-painted floor and modular birch plywood furniture designed to be "reconfigured or adapted as the needs of the users change". More about Emil Eve Architects retrofits own office in brutalist building in Hackney
Repurposed materials and decadent accents come together in this Buenos Aires restaurant and bar that fits within a historic house overhauled by local studio Hitzig Militello Architects. More about Hitzig Militello sets restaurant within historic Buenos Aires home
Dezeen school shows: a zero-waste cutting pattern and 21st-century neck ruffs feature in Dezeen's latest school show by textile design students from the Lucerne School of Art and Design. More about 13 textile design projects from the Lucerne School of Art and Design