Architecture student David Guambo has built himself a small studio in rural Ecuador with a straw roof and wood framing. More about David Guambo builds his stilted studio Kusy Kawsay in Ecuadorian hillside
House in Fontaínhas by architecture studio Fala Atelier is a home in Porto, Portugal, featuring a striped concrete roof accented with pops of sugar-pink and powder blue. More about Fala Atelier renovates house in Porto with candy-coloured accents
This week on Dezeen, climate activists pressured Foster + Partners to pull out of a private airport project while tech company Apple committed to going carbon neutral by 2030. More about This week, Foster + Partners faced calls to drop an airport project as Apple pledged to go carbon neutral
After rebranding with three-dimensional, chrome-effect logos in the 80s and 90s, carmakers from Nissan to BMW are reverting to flat designs to retain relevance in the digital world. We've rounded up seven examples. More about Seven car brands that have returned to flat logo designs
American artist Janet Echelman has installed a woven sculpture composed of blue fibres on a site in Florida with history that traces back to the American Civil Rights Movement. More about Janet Echelman installs woven sculpture in Florida to honour Civil Rights Movement
Brooklyn's Wythe Hotel has teamed up with workplace designer Industrious to create rentable offices in its guest suites to cater to those who are working from home during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Brooklyn hotel bedrooms converted into offices for remote workers
White-brick walls enclose gardens and outdoor walkways of this house in Amatepec, Mexico, designed by Manuel Cervantes Estudio to create "a game between light and shadows". More about White brickwork encloses gardens of Mexican house by Manuel Cervantes Estudio
Dezeen has teamed up with global technology company OPPO to present seven products designed by postgraduate Royal College of Art students that could help "integrate technology into our lives more seamlessly". More about RCA students collaborate with OPPO to design products focused on humanising technology
A ventilation shaft for the UK's new HS2 high-speed railway has been designed by British architecture practice Grimshaw to resemble a barn clad in zinc and bronze. More about Grimshaw unveils design for HS2 ventilation shaft disguised as barn
The Architectural Association's governing council should resign for its "inept and obviously prejudiced" sacking of director Eva Franch i Gilabert according to Elia Zenghelis, a former teacher at the London school who helped write its rulebook. More about AA council has put the school "in serious jeopardy" by dismissing director and should resign, says Elia Zenghelis
Swiss chocolate maker Milka cannot make square chocolate bars after Germany's highest court declared the distinctive confectionary configuration is the sole property of Ritter Sport. More about Ritter Sport wins exclusive right to square chocolate bars over Milka
Dutch studio Unknown Architects used four oxide-red steel columns to open up the previously constricted interior of this apartment in Amsterdam. More about Unknown Architects overhauls Amsterdam apartment with red steel columns
Georgian designer Sandro Lominashvili has created an angular chair from 18 segments of wood, which are pieced together to form a structure that bears resemblance to the body of an insect. More about Sandro Lominashvili's ant-like Allo chair is constructed like a puzzle
Aurora Arquitectos has united two classroom blocks at the Artave music school in the village of Caldas da Saúde, Portugal, with a bright yellow extension and stair tower. More about Aurora Arquitectos connects classroom blocks with bright yellow stair tower
The United States Space Force has unveiled a black and silver logo, following an earlier design released by president Donald Trump that proved controversial. More about US Space Force unveils logo
Architects have designed these five houses for themselves in New York State to escape city life, including a Catskills home with concrete-block walls and a retreat on Shelter Island. More about Five New York houses architects have built for themselves
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes 12 back-garden offices ideal for working from home. More about Back-garden offices feature in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
US architecture firm Olson Kundig has connected three pavilions with covered glass walkways to form this house in Utah surrounded by mountains. More about Three pavilions form Wasatch House by Olson Kundig in Utah
Photographer Cristobal Palma has captured late Chilean architect Cristián Boza's cliffside retreat, which was built in the 1990s and features a winding yellow wall and circular swimming pool. More about Photographs reveal curved yellow wall wrapping rooftop terrace of Los Vilos House by Cristián Boza
Dezeen promotion: research conducted by Europe's largest roofing and waterproofing company BMI Group reveals the opportunities presented by "active" blue and green roofs. More about BMI Group showcases blue and green roofs that double as water reservoirs and gardens