American firms 180 Degrees and CoLab Studio have created an educational facility and a greenhouse in the Arizona desert with polycarbonate facades that bring soft daylight indoors. More about Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix enclosed with polycarbonate walls
Nebbia Works has created a self-supporting pavilion from simple aluminium sheets at the V&A museum as part of the London Design Festival to highlight the material's sustainable potential. More about Nebbia Works constructs mono-material pavilion for V&A from low-carbon aluminium
Architecture studio Wutopia Lab and Office ZHU have used layers of perforated metal to transform two disused buildings on the banks of Taizhou's Yongning River into a bright and modern bookshop. More about Wutopia Lab and Office ZHU wrap bookstore in perforated facade to mimic clouds
Decorative aluminium screens designed to evoke neurons surround the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, completed by architecture studio Foster + Partners in Jerusalem, Israel. More about Foster + Partners wraps aluminium screens around university laboratory in Jerusalem
Design studio Rationale International — Masanori Design Studio has created an office in China with a curvilinear facade and undulating ceiling that draws on the qualities of fabric. More about Runxuan Textile Office features curvilinear aluminium facade
A sculptural aluminium crown tops New York's Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, which has been renovated by Dutch practice Mecanoo and American firm Beyer Blinder Belle. More about Aluminium "wizard hat" tops New York library renovation by Mecanoo
Dezeen Showroom: Copenhagen-based kitchen brand Reform has launched Unit, a "kitchen-come-home office" designed by local studio Aspekt Office. More about Unit kitchen by Aspekt Office for Reform
A 300-kilogram aluminium sculpture contains one centimetre of water for a birdbath in Danish artists Frederik Nystrup-Larsen and Oliver Sundqvist's work, showcased in our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration. More about Birds can enjoy 300kg Beauty Bath by Frederik Nystrup-Larsen and Oliver Sundqvist
In this week's comments update, readers are debating the Luma Arles arts tower by Frank Gehry and sharing their views on other top stories. More about Commenter says Frank Gehry's Luma Arles arts tower is "exciting, daring and brave"
Dezeen Showroom: Madrid-based Mayice Studio has fashioned a collection of outdoor seating from curved aluminium mesh for Spanish brand Gandia Blasco. More about Buit outdoor seating by Mayice Studio for Gandia Blasco
Penda China has built three glazed aluminium-clad entrance canopies to the Haikou Wenming East Road Tunnel in Haikou City, China. More about Penda China creates trio of sculptural shell-shaped tunnel entrances in Haikou City
Dezeen Showroom: Babila is an outdoor lamp and mirror hybrid that was originally created by architect Marco Zanuso Jr. for his own studio and is now being released by Barcelona lighting brand Marset. More about Babila outdoor light by Marco Zanuso Jr. for Marset
Dezeen Showroom: Polish designer Oskar Zieta of Zieta Studio has developed an ultra-light chair by welding together aluminium sheets and blowing them up as if they were balloons. More about Oskar Zieta's Ultraleggera is an inflated metal chair that weighs less than two kilograms
American photographer Kurt Hollander's latest photo series focuses on the aluminium-clad homes in the Colombian city of Quibdo, which he has termed shimmering architecture. More about Kurt Hollander photographs "shimmering architecture" in Colombian rainforest city
Over 13,000 flattened aluminium cans decorate the facade of Dutch fashion label Daily Paper's inaugural shop in the US, which has opened in Manhattan, New York. More about Recycled aluminium cans decorate exterior of Daily Paper's first US store
Shanghai-based studio Lacime Architects has completed The Wave gallery on the coast of Tianjin, China, which is clad in thousands of aluminium tiles and resembles a giant surge of water. More about The Wave art gallery in China is wrapped by aluminium scales
A collection of conceptual aluminium furniture by designers Orson Oxo Van Beek and Quinten Mestdagh straddles "the boundary between aesthetic and function" through its excessive decoration. More about Ornamentum furniture collection is decorated "to the point of being functionless"
Architecture studio Gonzalez Haase AAS used aluminium and translucent sheets of polycarbonate to create the few fixtures and furnishings that appear inside this sparse Berlin office. More about Gonzalez Haase AAS creates minimal interior for Berlin communications office
Bright aluminium pipes that have been hit, folded and welded into crumpled forms make up this furniture collection by South Korean designer Yeon Jinyeong. More about Yeon Jinyeong aims to express "contradictory beauty" with Aluminum Anodized series
Aluminium modules form display cases for this clothing store in London's Covent Garden, which Paris studio Laurent Deroo Architecte designed for French clothing brand APC. More about Laurent Deroo Architecte furnishes APC London store with aluminium "cabin modules"