Thatched roof tops open-air Japanese restaurant for Mexico’s Hotel Escondido
RIBA set to introduce mandatory competency tests for architects as part of “once in a generation” reform
Klemens Schillinger creates Off-Grid Lamp for Austrian castle
Decada Muebles spotlights local craft inside Mexico’s Escondido Oaxaca Hotel
Héctor Zamora erects curved brick wall Lattice Detour on The Met rooftop
Timber-lined walkway allows sea breeze into Australian beach house by David Boyle
Ying Chang creates furniture out of paper for Malleable State collection
Gitai Architects builds rammed-earth observatory in the Negev desert
Luigi Rosselli Architects creates wave-like facade for Bondi Bombora house in Sydney
IKEA and Lego release Bygglek storage boxes that double as toys
Studio PKA turns heritage building in Mumbai into own architects’ studio
Nine examples of spherical architecture from around the globe
Dutch Invertuals designs Tiny Offices from corrugated aluminium plates
Richard Rogers steps down from Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners after 43 years
Five designs with a sense of humour by EJR Barnes
OMA creates three open-air terraces for Prince Plaza in Shenzhen
Ten architect-designed swimming pools for cooling off at home
Sarah Willemart and Matthieu Muller transform Samsung Eco-Package boxes into animal toys
Desai Chia Architecture perches black Ledge House on rocky hillside
Seven dental clinics designed to take the pain out of check ups
Clothing racks move along wheeled tracks in Los Angeles athletic store Reigning Champ
Cecilie Manz’s flat-pack Plint table for Takt is made up of two parts
This week, Rolls-Royce had a rebrand and NASA’s Mars mission got a logo
