A perforated metal facade wraps this angular apartment building in Belo Horizonte designed to offer views from the inside while protecting the residents' privacy. More about Gisele Borges Arquitetura wraps tapered apartment block in perforated "second skin"
Iridescent aluminium sheets clad the rhomboid-shaped D2 building, a creative workplace by Cambridge studio Mole Architects that forms the latest addition to London's Design District. More about Mole Architects completes iridescent building in London's Design District
Serpentine Pavilion designer Theaster Gates explains the role of architecture in his artistic practice in this exclusive video interview produced by Dezeen in collaboration with the Serpentine Gallery. More about "I am careful never to call myself an architect" says Theaster Gates in exclusive video interview
The co-founder of co-working company WeWork Adam Neumann is launching a new venture called Flow that is aimed at transforming the rental housing market in the US. More about Adam Neumann launches housing startup Flow as "first venture since WeWork"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating two stories we published further exploring plans for the 170-kilometre-long Saudi city The Line. More about "Limiting any experimental city model is a mistake" says commenter
Architect, educator and former Allies and Morrison director Diane Haigh, who led projects including the refurbishment of London's Royal Festival Hall, has died aged 73. More about British architect Diane Haigh dies aged 73
A 10-year-old timber-and-steel bridge in Norway has collapsed into a river while vehicles crossed, causing two drivers to require a dramatic rescue. More about Norway to inspect timber bridges after 10-year-old glulam crossing collapses
Dezeen Courses: fashion, art and design university Istituto Marangoni has presented a selection of undergraduate and postgraduate design programmes on Dezeen Courses. More about Five design courses at Istituto Marangoni on Dezeen Courses
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have developed a robotic four-legged dog that uses an algorithm to learn to walk from scratch "like a baby giraffe". More about Morti is a robot dog that can learn to walk in an hour
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has formed a wall from 2,000 life jackets that were used by Syrian refugees while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea as part of an installation in Quebec City. More about Ai Weiwei covers historic Quebec City rampart in refugee life jackets
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the longlists for this year's Dezeen Awards. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the Dezeen Awards 2022 longlists
Architecture studio SAW incorporated curved elements and multiple staircases in its renovation of a 1930s dwelling that is meant to reconsider the "notion of groundedness". More about SAW revamps Spanish-style Wraparound House in San Francisco
Irish studio Clancy Moore Architects has created The Writing Room in the garden of a Dublin home from recycled aluminium and red-stained beech. More about Clancy Moore Architects adds angular writer's hut to Dublin home
UK studios Hugh Broughton Architects and Pearce+ have collaborated with artists Ella Good and Nicki Kent to create an inflatable building that explores how people would live on Mars. More about Golden Martian House inflated on Bristol dockside
American baby footwear company Woolybubs has created a range of baby shoes that can be broken down in hot water after the wearer has outgrown them to help eliminate waste. More about Woolybubs baby shoes can be dissolved in boiling water
The Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo could soon be replicated in both real space and the metaverse, as its original architect Kisho Kurokawa's studio is auctioning the rights to rebuild it. More about Rights to rebuild Nakagin Capsule Tower for sale
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has revealed the Oasis Towers development in Nanjing, China, which is comprised of two L-shaped skyscrapers with angular cliff-like facades. More about MVRDV unveils pair of skyscrapers with "stratified cliff" facades
University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have invented a biofilm that sticks to the skin like a Band-Aid to harnesses sweat for electricity that could power wearable devices. More about Biofilm developed to power wearable electronics with sweat
Mexican architecture studio Team 730 has completed a pavilion within Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo that offers new exhibition spaces and refurbishes an existing welcome building. More about Team 730 adds steel entrance pavilions to Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo
A cluster of gabled pavilions clad in grey panels and golden-toned cedar form a Michigan home for a creative family designed by architecture firm Iannuzzi Studio. More about Harry Potter books influence design of Briarcliff house by Iannuzzi Studio