Bavarian manufacturer Sandhelden has created four 3D-printed trophies made from locally sourced quartz sand from Bavaria, Germany, for a drawing competition by design and architecture collective Archisource. More about Sandhelden and Archisource 3D print sand trophies for drawing competition
San Antonio-based firm Overland Partners has released plans for a binational border park between Mexico and the United States that will be built along the Rio Grande. More about Overland Partners designs binational park "as a prototype for border cities"
European brands intermingle with furniture from US company Haworth in a Michigan hotel that has been reimagined by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola. More about Patricia Urquiola turns Michigan's Haworth Hotel into "design showcase"
Architecture firm Grimshaw has teamed up with Haptic to design a "bold geometric roof" in its latest plans to bring HS2 high-speed railway to London's Euston station. More about Grimshaw's latest design for London Euston HS2 station revealed
A blank exterior clad in corrugated metal conceals a large terrace at this holiday home, which architecture studio UGO has created close to a lake in Wielkopolska, Poland. More about Wooden terrace acts as "additional room" for Polish house by UGO
Jack Young's book The Council House aims to capture the beauty of London's council estates, which he photographed to "look like they could be perched on an Italian hillside". He chooses 10 favourites for Dezeen. More about Ten buildings that showcase the beauty of London's council housing
Televisions that fold into lamps, cabinets with digital displays for doors and screens that roll up into speakers are among the designs shortlisted in Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition, which called for creative uses for OLED technology. More about Twenty innovative designs shortlisted in the second edition of Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition
In this week's comments update, readers are questioning the design of a vulva-shaped spaceship concept and discussing other top stories. More about Commenter wonders if vulva-shaped spaceship colliding with rocket would "lead to big bang"
Dezeen's latest survey shows that the number of women in architecture leadership roles has doubled, but the industry needs to work harder to attract and retain women in senior positions, says Christine Murray. More about "Architecture has run out of excuses when it comes to explaining a lack of gender parity"
Filmmaker and architect Liam Young and sustainable design expert Katie Treggiden will lead the judges for the Dezeen Awards 2022 sustainability and media categories. More about Liam Young and Katie Treggiden are head judges for Dezeen Awards 2022 sustainability and media categories
Legislation is needed to force architects to prevent the mass slaughter of birds that "didn't evolve to deal with glass", experts have told Dezeen. More about Glass facades are "the main culprit" for billions of annual bird deaths
British architecture practice Foster + Partners has revealed its masterplan design for a new 117.4-hectare city in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, that will include residential neighbourhoods, education, medical and leisure facilities. More about Foster + Partners unveils its first city masterplan in Vietnam
American musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and design technology company Kano have launched Stem Player, a pebble-shaped device that allows users to customise songs in the palm of their hand. More about Ye and Kano release MP3 player designed to "challenge what an album can be"
SITELAB Urban Studio has completed the first phases of a mixed-use development called 5M in San Francisco's SoMa neighbourhood with Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) as lead architect. More about SITELAB integrates commercial and public space at 5M in San Francisco
The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an exclusive interview with Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum, who told Dezeen why she only works in her home country. More about An interview with Marina Tabassum features in today's Dezeen Agenda newsletter
US studio Deborah Berke Partners has overhauled a pair of Victorian-era townhouses at the University of Pennsylvania and added a terracotta-clad extension that is meant to be contextually sensitive. More about Deborah Berke Partners renovates and expands historic buildings at University of Pennsylvania
Japanese architect Tadao Ando has transformed a building that was once home to video game giant Nintendo into a boutique hotel. More about Nintendo's former HQ to reopen as hotel designed by Tadao Ando
London-based Studio Seilern Architects has enclosed the Gouna Festival Plaza in the Red Sea resort of El Gouna, Egypt, with a trio of colonnades. More about Studio Seilern Architects surrounds moated plaza with 20-metre-high colonnades
The percentage of women in top jobs at the biggest architecture firms has doubled over the past five years – but men still occupy four out of five key roles, according to research conducted by Dezeen to mark International Women's Day. More about Women make up just one in five top positions at biggest architecture firms despite "huge jump"
Swedish architecture studio ASKA has drawn on the existing 1930s architecture for its refurbishment of Stockholm beauty salon MBS by Malika, adding arched shapes and oak veneer panelling. More about Nordic functionalism informs Stockholm beauty clinic by ASKA