A maze of board-marked concrete walls encloses this public toilet in Tokyo, which interior design studio Wonderwall created for the Tokyo Toilet project and modelled on prehistoric Japanese architecture. More about Concrete Tokyo toilet by Wonderwall references primitive Japanese huts
New York architecture studio Worrell Yeung has transformed historic factory buildings near Brooklyn Navy Yard into multi-use workspaces and artist studios featuring time-worn brick walls and weathered beams and columns. More about Worrell Yeung designs industrial artist studios in historic Brooklyn factory buildings
In this week's comments update, readers are impressed by Foster + Partners' latest Apple Store and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "Foster must keep the A-team for its Apple store designs" say commenters
Architecture firms Snøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen have unveiled proposals competing for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota, with designs that draw on the surrounding, rugged Badlands. More about Snøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen unveil designs for Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
The architecture profession needs to face up to the fact that it is dominated by those that went to private schools, according to Open City director Phineas Harper. More about Architecture "is more elitist than the most elite university in the world" says Phineas Harper
Central Saint Martins graduate Yasmina Atta looked to Nollywood film when designing her "shapeshifting" fashion collection, which is an exploration of post-colonial African identity. More about Yasmina Atta's surrealist fashion collection takes cues from African cinema
Dutch architecture studio Waterstudio.NL has created a solar-powered electric yacht-cum-villa with retractable stilts that allow it to be raised fully out of the water to become an off-grid home. More about Waterstudio.NL designs yacht villa that can be raised out of the water
Bands of terracotta and sand-coloured paint wrap around the walls of Trevi House, a one-bed apartment in Rome that's been overhauled by Studio Venturoni. More about Studio Venturoni warms up Rome apartment with earthy hues
Artist Victor Solomon has patched up the cracks in a Los Angeles basketball court with golden resin to highlight the role that sport can play in our collective healing process. More about Victor Solomon mends dilapidated LA basketball court using Japanese art of kintsugi
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki has designed a facility for the Tokyo Toilet project, replacing a public restroom in Tokyo's "Octopus Park" with a new design topped with a thin white roof that it has dubbed the Squid Toilet. More about Fumihiko Maki tops Tokyo toilet with "cheerful roof"
Design collective Framestudio has completed the renovation of this mid-century house near San Francisco, which was designed by architect Henry Hill in a boomerang shape around a swimming pool. More about Renovated Californian house Ridgewood pays homage to its "flamboyant" modernist architect
A rounded polycarbonate-clad pink volume forms a consultation room in a dental office and laboratory in São Paulo designed by local firm SuperLimão. More about SuperLimão converts warehouse into colourful SouSmile dental office
London illustrator Vic Lee has documented his experience of the coronavirus pandemic in a graphic diary, which ended up selling thousands of copies after he shared it online. More about Illustrator Vic Lee publishes hand-drawn Corona Diary documenting his lockdown experience
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has designed two public toilets for the Tokyo Toilet project with transparent glass walls that become opaque when they are occupied. More about Shigeru Ban designs pair of transparent public toilets in Tokyo
A staircase punctured with rectangle-shaped holes is the focal point of this two-storey extension Grey Griffiths Architects has added to a workers' cottage in west London. More about Step House extension built around perforated birch-ply staircase
In this video, Dezeen x Samsung Out of the Box Competition finalist Revaz Berdzenishvili explains how he transformed a box for Samsung's The Serif television into an attractive and practical storage solution called Kibe. More about Revaz Berdzenishvili repurposes Samsung Eco-Package box to create stepped storage unit
Climate change and rising sea levels are impacting the design and shape of our cities. Edward Barsley, author of Retrofitting for Flood Resilience, outlines six key strategies for creating environments that are adapted to flooding. More about Six strategies for creating flood-resilient environments
Barcelona-based designer Sanna Völker has curated a collection of seven furniture and homeware pieces, which were created during coronavirus lockdown to reflect the unique limitations and opportunities of the current moment. More about Seven designers share objects created within a kilometre of home during lockdown
Shanghai architecture studio Atelier XÜK has created a series of timber interventions to turn a former school in Qinyong, China into a hotel while leaving its original, solid masonry structure intact. More about Atelier XÜK converts disused Chinese primary school into boutique hotel
Bright yellow metal grates that take cues from a mango tree detail the facade of this apartment building in Manaus, Brazil designed by local studio Laurent Troost Architectures. More about Yellow grates filter light into apartment building by Laurent Troost Architectures