Canada's first Ace Hotel has opened in Toronto, housed in a new building by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects that features a lobby suspended from huge concrete arches. More about Ace Hotel Toronto by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects features a suspended lobby
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the shortlist for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the 2022 Stirling Prize shortlist
The Pratt Institute School of Architecture in New York has announced that British architect and academic Harriet Harriss will not be continuing as dean after three years in the post. More about Harriet Harriss to leave role as dean of Pratt Institute School of Architecture
Dezeen School Shows: a sacred space that aims to inspire faith without using religious symbolism and a venue that combines film and architectural design to provoke emotions in visitors are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Drexel University. More about Drexel University presents 14 architecture and design projects
Brazilian architecture firm Studio MK27 has completed Caza Azul, a concrete home in the state of São Paulo that was elevated from the ground to better integrate with the surrounding landscape. More about Studio MK27 raises house on concrete pilotis in the Brazilian rainforest
The Saudi Arabian government has unveiled visuals of a 500-metre-tall linear city named The Line, which will be built near the Red Sea as part of Neom. More about Saudi Arabia reveals 170-kilometre-long mirrored skyscraper to house nine million people
Following a record-breaking heatwave in the UK and western Europe, with climate change meaning that sweltering temperatures are likely to become more common, Smith Mordak outlines 10 ways to design buildings that remain cool in hot weather. More about Ten principles for designing cool spaces for hot weather
A rattan sculpture winds its way across the ceilings of this office and factory building in Waregem, Belgium, which has been overhauled by Thai architecture studio Enter Projects Asia. More about Enter Projects Asia enlivens Belgian office with "fluid" rattan sculptures
Are you exhibiting at this year's London Design Festival? Get your event listed in our digital guide to the week on Dezeen Events Guide, which will feature the festival's key events. More about Get listed in Dezeen's digital guide for London Design Festival 2022
Decades of harmful policymaking mean America exclusively associates public housing with squalor, but an influx of subsidized homes would make the suburbs infinitely better, writes Dana Cuff. More about "Are we ready to see public housing's beauty and suburbia's impoverishment?"
Architecture studio Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed its design for a headquarters for global technology company Alibaba in Shanghai's Xuhui District. More about SOM unveils "cloud-like" headquarters for Alibaba in Shanghai
A bench made from reclaimed sandstone and a series of marble-patterned chairs are among the seats created for Mount Stuart House's Sitting Pretty installation. More about Scottish designers create benches informed by Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute
Dezeen School Shows: a plastic recycling centre that incorporates waste plastic into the building's structure and a symphony hall designed in anticipation of rising sea levels in Vancouver are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Oregon. More about Ten architecture projects by students at the University of Oregon
Exposed finishes that draw cues from the forests and geology of Canada come together in this remote holiday home by Toronto-based architect Studio Paolo Ferrari. More about Studio Paolo Ferrari combines wood and granite for Canadian lake house
Dezeen School Shows: a project that aims to bring awareness to coral bleaching and an aqua farming-based intervention to improve Rohingya refugees' food security are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at The Design Village. More about The Design Village spotlights 10 design projects
Brazilian studio GOAA has converted a concrete car dealership into a school complete with circus equipment, a glazed elevator and a rooftop ball court. More about GOAA turns São Paulo car dealership into light-filled Camino School
Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled the 13-storey UNIC residential tower in Paris, France, which is its first completed project in Europe. More about MAD surrounds Passivhaus housing block in white curved balconies
British designer John Pawson has revealed designs for two luxury limestone villas, which will be built on the residential Sabina estate on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. More about John Pawson designs pair of "intimate" limestone villas in Ibiza
Copenhagen design brand Frama has contrasted modern furnishings against dark wood panelling inside this hybrid apartment and workspace in Florence, which belongs to Spanish director Albert Moya. More about Frama designs apartment for filmmaker Albert Moya in Renaissance villa
Architect Yussef Agbo-Ola and cacao farmer Tabita Rezaire have designed an installation at London's Serpentine Gallery made of wood recycled from past exhibitions that explores medicinal plants. More about Serpentine installation an "invitation to develop an intimacy with plants"