Create Streets founder Nicholas Boys Smith has been appointed by UK housing secretary Robert Jenrick to lead a national design body that has been tasked with "driving up design standards" for planning applications. More about Nicholas Boys Smith to lead new government task force to "embed beauty" in the planning system
Dezeen promotion: materials developer Rieder has created a three-dimensional facade from tailor-made, precast concrete panels for the Lichtfabrik office block in Berlin. More about Rieder's sculptural concrete cladding wraps Berlin office block
Fletcher Crane Architects has designed The Water Gardens Pod, a three-bedroom house below a seventeen-storey high-rise on the Water Gardens estate near Hyde Park, London. More about Water Gardens Pod underneath high-rise seems to be "excavated from the tower block"
Fashion brand Off-White's first store in Milan uses natural materials to add warmth to a paired-back store that has white walls broken by Patagonia granite cabinets. More about Patagonia granite and wooden logs decorate Off-White's first store in Milan
American architecture studio SOM has created a design for a ventilated, high-ceilinged, modular classroom for schools that need temporary accommodation. More about SOM unveils modular School/House classrooms in response to coronavirus
Ortraum Architects has built an asymmetric studio called 12 in the garden of a house in Helsinki, Finland, to provide its owners with space to compose music and make ceramics. More about Ortraum Architects builds timber music studio beside house in Helsinki
The Dezeen x Planted collaboration during this year's London Design Festival is highlighting Form & Refine, a Danish furniture brand that uses carefully sourced materials. More about Form & Refine makes homeware from sustainably sourced wood and clay
A collection of conceptual aluminium furniture by designers Orson Oxo Van Beek and Quinten Mestdagh straddles "the boundary between aesthetic and function" through its excessive decoration. More about Ornamentum furniture collection is decorated "to the point of being functionless"
Double O Studio has designed Trefoil House in Aroeira, Portugal, as a series of overlapping concrete shapes topped by a long swimming pool. More about Double O Studio tops trefoil-shaped concrete house with rooftop pool
American practice CCY Architects has renovated and extended a house dating from the 1880s in Aspen, Colorado, adding a music room with a piano-themed perforated metal facade. More about CCY Architects adds extension with musical facade to Victorian house in Aspen
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Heatherwick Studio's skyscraper in Singapore and sharing their views on other top stories. More about Singapore skyscraper is a "breath of fresh air" says commenter
Gardening and lifestyle brand Niwaki is showcasing a pair of rattan-wrapped shears as part of the Dezeen x Planted collaboration during this year's London Design Festival. More about Gardening gear by Niwaki takes cues from Japanese culture
Dezeen promotion: Clarion Housing Group is calling on architects and designers to enter this year's William Sutton Prize for Placemaking and Affordable Housing Design, ahead of the 30 September deadline. More about Last chance to enter The William Sutton Prize for Placemaking and Affordable Housing Design
Dutch architecture practice UNStudio has collaborated with the Qatar Rail Architecture Department to create 37 stations for the driverless Doha Metro system, which has opened in Qatar. More about UNStudio creates 37 vaulted stations for Doha Metro
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has revealed three concepts for zero-emission commercial aircraft that would be powered by hydrogen and could be in service by 2035. More about Airbus unveils concept for world's "first zero-emission commercial aircraft"
The next Open House London documentary offers a glimpse of Neasden Temple, a place of worship in northwest London that was built using ancient Hindu texts and 26,000 pieces of stone. More about Neasden Temple is built from over 5,000 tonnes of hand-carved stone
Design studio Destilat drew focus to the art of winemaking by applying a "reduced colour language" inside Clemens Strobl winery in northeast Austria. More about Grey shades permeate interiors of Austria's Clemens Strobl winery
Chinese designer Huachen Xin has created Pollution Ranger and Smog Shade, an installation that monitors and visualises the air pollution levels in cities. More about Pollution Ranger and Smog Shade installation visualises air quality data in realtime
Dezeen promotion: Design China Beijing 2020 will be one of the first trade shows to take place in China since the outbreak of Covid-19, presenting over 100 design brands alongside a programme of talks and exhibitions. More about Design China Beijing trade show to be a "testament to the strength of the design market in China"
London architecture studio WilkinsonEyre and Copenhagen-based Urban Agency have designed the Lille Langebro bicycle bridge as a convenient route across Copenhagen's inner harbour for cyclists and pedestrians. More about WilkinsonEyre and Urban Agency design curved Lille Langebro cycling bridge in Copenhagen