Mexican architect Inca Hernández has renovated and refurbished a crumbling historic building to create apartments in Mexico City. More about Bright white walls contrast historic facade of MM34 apartments in Mexico City
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the homes David Adjaye and Aston Martin have designed for a New York skyscraper and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "Luxury these days has become tiresome" says commenter
Mexican industrial design studio Jorge Diego Etienne has created a collection of "unpretentious" furniture for Techo – a non-profit that builds prefabricated housing for people living in slums across Latin America. More about Building material offcuts from affordable housing project used to create Tempo furniture collection
Dezeen promotion: flooring manufacturer Interface's latest collection NY+LON Streets features a new backing containing carbon-negative materials. More about Interface creates carpet tile backing using carbon-negative materials
Chinese studio MAD has converted an 18th-century courtyard building in Beijing into the YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten, which is topped with a playspace for the children. More about MAD tops Beijing kindergarten with red rooftop playground
For the first time, two human passengers have travelled in one of Virgin's levitating hyperloop capsules, which was sent at 100 miles per hour through a near-airless tunnel in the Nevada desert. More about First human passengers travel in BIG-designed Virgin Hyperloop pod
This short film provides a brief tour of Safdie Architects' Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore, which is home to the world's tallest indoor waterfall. More about Video offers glimpse inside Safdie Architects' Jewel Changi Airport
Feilden Fowles and J & L Gibbons have unveiled plans to overhaul the gardens at London's Natural History Museum to create a hub for education and biodiversity called the Urban Nature Project. More about Feilden Fowles to redesign gardens at London's Natural History Museum
Indian designer Sachi Tungare collected five kilograms of cigarette butts by hand to create her Jugaad collection of multi-coloured bowls and vases. More about Sachi Tungare forms swirly vessels from discarded cigarette butts
Italian architecture office La Macchina Studio has renovated a 1950s apartment in Rome, revealing original terrazzo floors and adding bold colours. More about Retroscena is a colourful apartment renovation by La Macchina Studio
Cuban-American artist Edel Rodriguez has created cartoons lampooning president Donald Trump as a toppling statue and a fired employee after he lost the 2020 US election to Joe Biden. More about Edel Rodriguez creates "You're fired" graphic after Donald Trump loses 2020 US presidential election
UK company Metalysis has been awarded a European Space Agency (ESA) contract to develop technology that turns lunar rock into oxygen and building materials, which could enable astronauts to set up a base on the moon. More about Metalysis to extract oxygen from moon rock to support future lunar habitation
In our latest competition, we have teamed up with Gubi to give away a Bestlite 90th anniversary floor lamp in nickel. More about Competition: win a Bestlite 90th anniversary floor lamp
New photos have been released of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando's cylindrical He Art Museum, which has reached completion in Guangdong, China. More about Photos reveal Tadao Ando's completed He Art Museum in China
Electric-car brand Tesla has launched its own branded tequila, which comes inside a lightning-bolt-shaped bottle, after founder Elon Musk suggested the idea as a joke on 1 April 2018. More about Elon Musk launches 0 Teslaquila following April Fools' Day joke
RIBA has announced that Hugh Pearman, editor of architecture magazine The RIBA Journal, will be stepping down from the role in December 2020 after 14 years. More about Hugh Pearman to retire as The RIBA Journal editor
AHEAD announced the best new hotel designs in the Middle East and Africa region in a video ceremony broadcast by Dezeen for the hospitality awards programme. More about AHEAD Middle East and Africa 2020 awards winners announced in video ceremony on Dezeen
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Tadeas Podracky rejected formal design methods when creating these unconventional furniture objects, which he made by layering materials like "a bird weaving its nest". More about Tadeas Podracky's The Metamorphosis furniture rejects mass-produced design
French architecture studio AW2 has revealed its design for a glamping resort made up of 47 luxury tents in the AlUla desert in Saudi Arabia. More about AW2 designs Bedouin-informed tent resort in Saudi Arabia's AlUla desert
American studio MW Works has converted and refurbished a large beachside apartment on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida, using tropical hardwood and sand-coloured plaster. More about MW Works uses dark wood and sandy walls for interiors of Ocean Drive apartment in Miami Beach