The current way architecture is critiqued and presented at biennials and exhibitions is ugly, but it doesn't need to be, argues Aaron Betsky. More about "We have to do better than ugliness and incoherence. We can be woke and good designers as well"
American firm Lever Architecture used weathering steel and original timber in the adaptive reuse of two factories built over 70 years ago for a hay-baler manufacturer. More about Lever Architecture transforms Portland industrial buildings into creative workspace
Hunters Point Library in New York's Long Island City by Steven Holl Architects has been hit with a class action lawsuit for its "total disregard" of people with mobility disabilities. More about Hunters Point Library slapped with lawsuit for inaccessibility issues
Italian architect Renzo Piano has completed his 565 Broome Soho – a New York condominium development comprising two identical glass towers. More about 565 Broome Soho is Renzo Piano's first residential project in New York City
New York fashion brand The Arrivals has created a puffer jacket with a Faraday pocket that blocks cellular and GPS signals on smartphones, to encourage wearers to switch off and "reconnect with the outdoors". More about The Arrivals designs Aer parka with pocket that blocks mobile phone signal
Protruding corner windows that are set at different angles front this timber-framed, three-sided building in northern Portland designed by American firm Works Progress Architecture. More about Works Progress Architecture creates triangular Portland Flatiron building for unusual site
IKEA has redesigned the tiny living pod on the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, filling its interior with space-saving furnishings. More about IKEA prioritises space for overhaul of living pod in Mars Desert Research Station
SCI-Arc founding director and celebrated Californian modernist Ray Kappe has passed away aged 92, leaving behind "a body of architecture of the highest level". More about SCI-Arc founding director and "unparalleled" architect Ray Kappe dies aged 92
Architecture practice Mutuus Studio used rustic materials and earth tones to create a "sense of timelessness and comfort" within a Seattle farm-to-table restaurant. More about Dark oak and aged copper create cosy atmosphere in Samara bistro by Mutuus Studio
This exhibition at the Judd Foundation in New York pairs together furniture by architect Alvar Aalto and paintings by sculptor John Chamberlain from late American artist Donald Judd's archive. More about Donald Judd's collection of works by Alvar Aalto and John Chamberlain go on show in New York
Musician Solange has sent us behind-the-scenes photos of the performance she directed at the Richard Meier-designed Getty Center in Los Angeles. In this interview she tells Dezeen why she's targeted major art museums with her music. More about Solange directs Getty Center performance to be "extension of Richard Meier's architecture"
Long Island architecture studio Kevin O'Sullivan + Associates has created a house in Amagansett, New York with wood prevalent inside and out to highlight the vernacular architecture in the region. More about KOS+A builds cedar-clad Amagansett house with wood interiors
This artist's studio, which architecture firm FAR has added to a Los Angeles house, includes a large plastic door that folds in half and a rooftop covered in blue tiles. More about FAR adds studio with corrugated plastic door to artist's Los Angeles residence
American firm Olson Kundig Architects has revealed plans for an after-death facility in Seattle where human bodies will be composted and turned into soil. More about Olson Kundig unveils Recompose Seattle facility for composting human bodies
Brooklyn company Air Co has developed a process for making vodka that converts carbon dioxide into alcohol. More about Air Co launches as "world's first carbon-negative vodka"
Turkish artist Refik Anadol has used artificial intelligence to turn millions of photographs of New York into the Machine Hallucination film. More about Refik Anadol uses AI to create mesmerising film of New York City
Squirrel Park is a scheme of four houses made from converted shipping containers in Oklahoma City, USA, by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. More about AHMM unveils shipping-container housing development in Oklahoma
These photographs taken by Yueqi "Jazzy" Li capture the "mesmerising" dappled light inside Herzog & de Meuron's Dominus Winery. More about Herzog & de Meuron's Dominus Winery photographed 20 years after completion
Wooden decor and glass vitrines feature in this cannabis shop in the Pacific Northwest, which was designed by US studio Graham Baba Architects to provide a "personalised, leisurely browsing experience". More about Graham Baba Architects creates relaxed atmosphere within Seattle cannabis dispensary
Architecture and design magazine Metropolis has been acquired by media company Sandow. More about Sandow acquires Metropolis magazine