The haughty dismissals of this year's Venice Architecture Biennale by western critics overlook the welcome involvement of African architects, argue Kabage Karanja and Stella Mutegi. More about "We should allow an African curator to turn the whole thing on its head"
Dezeen Showroom: Barcelona design studio Altherr Désile Park has created a lounge chair for Arper that is made of solid wood and takes inspiration from traditional woven straw chairs. More about Kata chair by Altherr Désile Park for Arper
Twenty graphic designers have reinterpreted moments from UEFA European Championship football history on a set of beer mats, with proceeds going to grassroots football charities. More about Iconic moments from the Euros celebrated on beer mats by David Shrigley, Pentagram and more
Midcentury designer Verner Panton's curving modular sofa system is among 13 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom this week. More about Outdoor spring collection for Verpan among new products on Dezeen Showroom
Bookshelves made from perforated aluminium and quartz stone double as partition walls in this maze-like Shanghai bookstore by local architecture studio Wutopia Lab. More about Wutopia Lab's latest bookstore in Shanghai borrows from traditional Chinese garden design
US firms Miller Hull Partnership and Lord Aeck Sargent have designed a highly sustainable building at Georgia Tech university that generates more electricity and recycles more water than it uses. More about Giant photovoltaic canopy tops net-positive Kendeda Building in Atlanta
Green onyx lines the floors and walls of this fashion boutique in Rome by creative duo Giada Forte and Robert Vattilana. More about Fashion brand Forte Forte "drowns" its Rome store in green onyx
For our latest lookbook, we've found ten projects in the Dezeen archive where kitchens and dining rooms have been combined into one practical and sociable space. More about Ten beautiful and practical combined kitchen dining rooms
A stone courting bench and a giant teacup are among nine imaginative seating designs that architects and designers have created for the London Festival of Architecture. More about Emerging designers brighten London's streets with playful City Benches
Canadian studio F2A Architecture has completed Malinka Gallery – an extension to a private home on a rocky ledge that was designed by the firm's founder years ago. More about F2A Architecture creates mirrored addition for house in British Columbia
Architects Valeria Presicci and Carlo Pantanella D'Ettorre have completed a house in Orbetello, Italy, featuring a simple stone exterior and pared-back interiors. More about Presicci + Pantanella D'Ettorre Architetti creates minimalist Tuscan farmhouse
This lookbook highlights ten examples of peninsula kitchens, which have the functionality of kitchen islands but are a more space-saving solution. More about Ten space-saving peninsula kitchens designed by architects
This week on Dezeen, Es Devlin created the Forest for Change at the London Design Biennale and Superflux installed fire-blackened pine trees at the Vienna Biennale for Change 2021. More about This week temporary forests were installed in London and Vienna
Spanish design agency Masquespacio has created the interiors of Italian fast food chain Bun's Turin branch that combines blocks of pink and green with a blue seating area designed to look like a swimming pool. More about Masquespacio designs colour-blocked burger joint in Turin
A dark exterior contrasts with light-toned finishes inside a compact, floating home in Washington designed by Studio DIAA co-founder Suzanne Stefan as her own home. More about Studio DIAA designs floating home for Seattle’s Lake Union
German brand Axor has presented five collections of bathroom products on Dezeen Showroom, including water-saving accessories by Barber Osgerby and free-standing faucets by Antonio Citterio. More about Water-saving and temperature-controlled bathroom products from Axor feature on Dezeen Showroom
A simple gabled barn structure frames half interior, half exterior spaces in this rural Japanese home by Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects. More about Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects marries indoors and outdoors with Half Barn in Hashimoto
Architecture studio HAL has created a 35-metre-high transparent swimming pool bridge between two buildings at the Embassy Gardens development in Battersea, London. More about Fully transparent Sky Pool provides "a swim like no other" between two housing blocks in London
We've rounded up ten pavilions from the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale that respond to this year's theme of How will we live together? More about Ten pavilions to visit at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale
Design studio Superflux has set up hundreds of trees damaged by forest fires around an oasis of living plants for an installation called Invocation for Hope at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. More about Superflux creates forest of over 400 fire-blackened pine trees at Vienna Biennale