Dutch designer Richard Hutten worked with Lensvelt to create 27,000 new seats for Amsterdam's Schiphol airport that make use of the building's existing resources. More about Richard Hutten melts down airport's old chairs for "radical" new seating system
Architecture studio OODA has designed a cube-shaped office above a green-roof covered museum for the governing body of Portuguese football. More about OODA reveals football museum and HQ for Liga Portugal
São Paulo's Estudio Flume and architect German Nieva have refurbished and extended the Babassu flour factory in Serra, Brazil to create a better workspace for the quebradeiras who turn babassu nuts into oil and flour. More about Estudio Flume completes Babassu flour factory in Serra
Christopher Patten has redesigned the mail-in envelopes for North Carolina ahead this year's US presidential election to make them clearer so the chance of votes not counting is reduced. More about Good design can reduce voter errors says postal vote envelope designer
Dezeen promotion: art marketplace Fine Art America has curated a collection of photography by Slim Aarons and made it available to purchase as wall art and prints. More about Slim Aarons' photography made available as prints by Fine Art America
Seattle architecture studio Wittman Estes drew on ancient Chinese landscape paintings and principles of garden design for this black house in Washington. More about Gardens bookend Yo Ju Courtyard House in Washington by Wittman Estes
Voice-activated technology and space-saving furniture helped Sim-Plex Design Studio turn a two-bedroom home in Hong Kong into Smart Zendo, a four-bedroom apartment with hidden storage. More about Sim-Plex Design Studio creates a four-bedroom smart home in Hong Kong
Tactile bricks and pinewood partitions decorate the La Nave apartment, which Nomos has slotted into the concrete shell of a disused workshop in Madrid, Spain. More about Old Spanish workshop converted into tactile family home by Nomos
Pritzker Prize-winning architecture studio SANAA has unveiled its design for an extension to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, which is currently under construction in Sydney. More about SANAA reveals Sydney Modern art gallery expansion
A clashing mix of pea-green walls, leopard-print furnishings and candy-striped beds feature in this hotel that British designer Luke Edward Hall has completed in Paris. More about Luke Edward Hall stirs print and colour inside Hotel Les Deux Gares in Paris
Finnish brand Light Cognitive has created a circular LED skylight that gradually changes colour according to the time of day, in a bid to bring the benefits of natural light to a windowless retail space in Barcelona. More about Light Cognitive develops artificial skylight that mirrors the actual colour of the sky outside
Nicolas Pople Architects has created a facetted cross-laminated timber chapel for a church in the town of Stroud in southwest England. More about Nicolas Pople Architects creates vaulted CLT church in Stroud
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the imminent demolition of a house designed by David Adjaye. More about "Looks like the unwanted child of Villa Savoye and a trailer" says commenter
Swedish furniture retailer IKEA is introducing a new initiative in time for Black Friday that will see it buy back customers' unwanted IKEA products for up to 50 per cent of the original price. More about IKEA launches Buy Back initiative for unwanted furniture
Dezeen promotion: Geberit's state-of-the-art technology, including touch-free flush plates and toilets with user recognition, can help architects design next-level bathrooms for hotels. More about Touchless technology from Geberit pushes the boundaries for hotel washrooms
A diagonal atrium enclosed by faceted glass protrudes from the exterior of the Axel Springer building, which OMA has completed in Berlin, Germany. More about Faceted glass atrium bisects OMA's Axel Springer building in Berlin
New York architect and designer Jes Paone has created a collection of lights in collaboration with his aunt, the ceramicist Anne Paone, which feature cracked, wobbly porcelain shades. More about Jes Paone's Desert lights resemble dried-out river beds rendered in porcelain
The coronavirus pandemic will not fundamentally change cities, but could lead to more sustainable buildings, a "renaissance" for urban farming and a "new future" for monorails, says Norman Foster. More about "Is Covid-19 going to change our cities? The answer is no," says Norman Foster
The ascetic lifestyles and diets of Korean Buddhist monks influenced the interiors that Limtaehee Design Studio has created for DooSooGoBang restaurant in the city of Suwon, South Korea. More about DooSooGoBang restaurant in South Korea references Buddhist practices
In this live conversation by Exhibit Columbus and Dezeen, a panel of experts discussed how cultural organisations and communities can work toward creating equitable civic spaces across the US. More about Third talk in Exhibit Columbus series explores community and the arts in the American Midwest