Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele has designed a pair of neon-coloured, digital-only trainers that people can try on using augmented reality and "wear" in photographs for social media. More about Gucci releases first virtual sneaker that can only be worn in digital environments
Architects can help fight climate change by specifying tropical timber, according to Timber Trade Federation CEO David Hopkins. More about Specifying tropical timber can "play a key role in the climate change battle" says Timber Trade Federation
Artist Joep van Lieshout has designed a brutalist-informed residential neighbourhood and a cluster of cultural buildings in Rotterdam as a "new model for urban renewal" that aims to foster an artistic community. More about Atelier Van Lieshout designs Brutus neighbourhood for artists in Rotterdam
Dezeen can reveal a pair of sketches that show the concept for an electric car and charging station that Heatherwick Studio is designing for newly formed Chinese car brand IM Motors. More about Sketches reveal concept for Heatherwick Studio's electric car
Satish Jassal Architects has remodelled a four-storey Victorian house in north London and added an oak-framed extension at the rear. More about Satish Jassal Architects adds oak framed conservatory to renovated London townhouse
Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects clad this Texas performing arts venue in reflective metal panels with horizontal stripes that recall rocky canyons. More about Diamond Schmitt covers Buddy Holly Hall in gleaming facade
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes twenty of the world's leading designers giving their views on how coronavirus has changed the world. More about Virgil Abloh shares his thoughts on the impact of Covid-19 in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
New York architecture studio SO-IL has created Pebble House, a flower-shaped prefabricated house, for the Los Angeles Accessory Dwelling Units scheme. More about SO-IL designs prefabricated backyard home for Los Angeles
A cultural exchange between two regions underlies the work of design studio Bahraini-Danish, whose furniture features in the Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project collaboration. More about Bahraini-Danish creates architecture-inspired bench and bedside tables
Swedish music streaming brand Spotify is to improve the cosiness and acoustics of its offices to mimic domestic workspaces used by employees during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Spotify to make its offices feel more like home as it introduces "work from anywhere" policy
Danish architect and developer Tommy Rand has built a house for himself and his family in Denmark, featuring a spiral staircase made from 630 pieces of CNC-cut plywood. More about Tommy Rand's self-build house features a CNC-cut spiral staircase
Beijing-based IS Architecture and Design has created a hair salon and cosmetic spa in Beijing with avocado-green interiors informed by space-age design. More about IS Architecture and Design creates "space age" interiors for Beijing hair salon
French luxury house Hermès has partnered with biomaterials company MycoWorks to reimagine its Victoria shopper bag in a leather alternative grown from mycelium. More about Hermès creates mycelium version of its classic leather Victoria bag
Dezeen promotion: Hong Kong's "dynamic cultural and creative energy" has driven London design practice Bompas & Parr to set up its first international studio in the city, one of a number of global creative companies to do so. More about Creative environment and "can do" attitude attracts design studios to Hong Kong
Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter, in collaboration with Marshall Blecher and Einrum Arkitekter, has created a family home made entirely from cross-laminated timber that has been clad in weathering steel. More about Villa Korup is a weathering steel-clad home on the Danish island of Fyn
New images of the interiors of 130 William, architect David Adjaye's concrete skyscraper in New York, show repeating arch motifs that recall the tower's facade. More about David Adjaye unveils more interiors for 130 William skyscraper in New York
The 1.7-kilometre Stad Ship Tunnel, which will have a pair of stone entrances designed by Snøhetta, has been given the green light and construction is now set to begin in 2022. More about "World's first full-scale ship tunnel" gets go ahead to be built in Norway
Showcased as part of our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration, Chair 02 shows young Danish studio Archival Studies taking an architectural approach to furniture design. More about Archival Studies explores plywood construction with Chair 02
Lacaton & Vassal's Pritzker Architecture Prize win reinforces the need to focus much more on our city's existing buildings, says Phineas Harper. More about "Awarding the Pritzker to a team synonymous with refurbs marks an important shift in architectural values"
Dezeen Showroom: Pearson Lloyd has designed the wooden Cross chair for Danish furniture brand Takt to be easily taken apart, repaired and recycled. More about Cross chair by Pearson Lloyd for Takt