Architecture studio Snøhetta has created a cloud-like form that reflects the purpose of the La Nube children's centre in El Paso, USA, while emphasising the transnational constituency of the Texas border city. More about Snøhetta creates cloud-like children's museum in El Paso
Scottish designer David Taylor unveiled 25 handcrafted aluminium objects during Stockholm Design Week. Here, the trained silversmith reveals the secrets behind his process. More about Crafting aluminium is "like silversmithing on steroids" says David Taylor
Global architecture and engineering company HDR has created an interactive museum and workshop for children with a dynamic aluminium facade in Omaha, Nebraska. More about HDR references Midwestern machine-sheds for Kiewit Luminarium in Omaha
Local practice Studio Ellsinger has topped a small holiday cabin on Sweden's west coast with a hat-shaped aluminium roof to "trigger curiosity" and offer protection from its wild surroundings. More about Hat-shaped metal roof shelters Hee House by Studio Ellsinger
Dutch designer Paul Coenen has used plastic film to create a wrinkled pattern on the anodised aluminium surfaces of furniture and lighting pieces he presented during Dutch Design Week. More about Paul Coenen adds "shrink-wrap" pattern to aluminium furniture collection
Swedish architecture studio Elding Oscarson has created a cube-shaped church and community centre in Gothenburg, Sweden, which is clad in diagonal aluminium bars to create a moiré effect. More about Elding Oscarson completes "open and free" Frihamnskyrkan church in Gothenburg
Perforated aluminium screens envelop the exterior of Darlington Public School in Sydney, Australia, which has been redesigned by architecture studio Fjcstudio. More about Fjcstudio wraps Sydney school in perforated aluminium facade
Australian designer Tom Fereday has collaborated with Tasmanian audio brand Pitt & Giblin to create the Cast speaker, clad almost entirely in marine-grade aluminium. More about Tom Fereday unveils metal speaker designed to be "celebrated not hidden"
London design studio Blond has developed a range of sustainable packaging products for skincare brand Daisyface, featuring flower-shaped aluminium vessels that contain recyclable refills. More about Blond creates "beautiful and long-lasting" refillable skincare packaging for Daisyface
Designer Rachel Griffin discusses the "utopian qualities" of aluminium for Hydro's 100R exhibition, which is captured in this video produced by Dezeen for the brand. More about Hydro showcases "revolutionary" aluminium design pieces at London Design Festival
Architecture studio Bureau des Mésarchitecture has completed an apartment block in Leiria, Portugal, wrapped in concrete and gold aluminium shutters. More about Gold aluminium shutters create "defensive" facade for Portuguese housing block
Future Facility has created a conceptual artificial intelligence device that aims to provide a "calmer" relationship with technology for ASUS Zenbook and Dezeen's Design You Can Feel exhibition, which opens tomorrow at London Design Festival. More about Future Facility uses Ceraluminum to create AI device that aims to "bring about calmness"
Promotion: Italian company Fast has embraced its values of local production and sustainability to create long-lasting outdoor furniture. More about Fast crafts tactile outdoor furniture made from aluminium
Mexico-based Garza Studio has created a solid aluminium bench topped with two seating plates that move on top of a plane of steel bearing balls for the Collectible design fair in New York City. More about Garza Studio creates bench with seats that move on steel bearing balls
South Korean designer Jeonghwa Seo has used purpose-cast aluminium tubes to create a collection of tables and benches, with their structure obscured behind frosted acrylic. More about Metal tubes poke through slabs of acrylic in furniture by Jeonghwa Seo
A jagged form clad in perforated aluminium marks the Baroque Museum of Catalonia entrance in Manresa, Spain, which has been updated by local architect David Closes. More about David Closes adds jagged metal entrance to museum in Catalonia
Dezeen Showroom: steel and aluminium are among the metals used in the design of these eight furnishings and products that are listed on Dezeen Showroom. More about Eight items made from metal that combine utility and refinement
Staggered volumes organised around a rounded courtyard form the net-zero Westmark Lower School, which was designed by architecture studio NBBJ to "reduce anxiety and stress" for students with learning differences. More about NBBJ completes nature-infused California school for neurodiverse students
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has unveiled the Audeum audio museum in Seoul, which is wrapped by layers of suspended aluminium pipes. More about Kengo Kuma shrouds Seoul museum in cascading aluminium pipes
British-Ghanaian designer Giles Tettey Nartey has used welded aluminium to craft his Serwaa chair, which reinterprets the traditional wooden Lobi stool native to West Africa as an "industrial product". More about Giles Tettey Nartey reimagines traditional West African chair in aluminium