In this video produced by Dezeen for OPPO, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma describes how he worked with the smart device brand to create Bamboo Ring, an installation currently showing at Milan design week. More about Kengo Kuma and OPPO pair traditional materials and technology to create "spiritual experience"
Dezeen promotion: in this Venice Biennale talk by Therme Art and V–A–C, 11 experts from the fields of architecture, design and technology discuss how we can reimagine our cities while giving back to nature. More about Watch a talk with Stefano Boeri and Joseph Grima about creating cities in symbiosis with nature
Architecture and design studio The DHaus Company has overhauled The Bull and Last pub in north London, adding boutique hotel rooms and a pair of Japanese-inspired duplex flats. More about The DHaus Company adds hotel and Japanese-informed homes to London pub
This Dezeen video showcases the five architecture pavilions at this year's Chart art fair in Copenhagen, including a restaurant covered with microgreens and a structure made out of inflatable bags. More about Chart Art Fair installs five "social architecture" pavilions in Copenhagen
Architecture studio Squire and Partners has added a co-working facility to its own London office, in a new building framed by cross-laminated timber. More about Squire and Partners uses mass timber to add co-working facility to its London office
Dezeen promotion: the educational foundation set up by architect Norman Foster has released an online masterclass series focused on topics related to contemporary cities, with lectures given by experts including architects Sou Fujimoto, Francis Kéré and Deborah Berke. More about Norman Foster Foundation presents free On Cities masterclasses
Last week, we ran a webinar on how to use architectural visualisation tool Twinmotion for those interested in entering our Redesign the World competition. The workshop is now available to watch in full here if you missed it the first time around. More about Watch our Redesign the World workshop on how to use Twinmotion
British architecture studio Gort Scott has installed a house on a rocky outcrop in the Canadian mountain resort of Whistler, offering impressive views over Alta Lake. More about Concrete house by Gort Scott hugs rocky crag in Whistler
In the final instalment of our exclusive video series with Counterspace founder Sumayya Vally, the South African architect discusses the role of recipes in her Material Histories project for the Istanbul Design Biennial. More about "Recipes are important archives of where we come from and how we've evolved" says Sumayya Vally
In the third of our series of exclusive video interviews with Sumayya Vally, the architect discusses how her studio Counterspace's Children's Courtroom project aimed to teach kids about the law, rights and equality. More about Counterspace's Children's Courtroom installation "teaches children about the justice system"
In the second part of our exclusive video series with Sumayya Vally, the architect discusses how her studio Counterspace's project Folded Skies addresses the complex geographies of Johannesburg. More about Counterspace's Folded Skies installation aims to explore "the complexities of land"
In the first of a series of exclusive video interviews with Sumayya Vally, the Serpentine Pavillion 2021 architect says her studio Counterspace was founded out of a desire to create the kind of architecture she felt was missing from her formal education. More about "Counterspace was born out of a desire to create a different canon" says Sumayya Vally
Chinese company Broad Group has erected a modular 10-storey apartment block, named the Living Building, in just over a day in Changsha, China. More about Ten-storey stainless-steel apartment block built in 28 hours
Glass elevators and an observation deck are under construction at the top of Kohn Pedersen Fox's supertall skyscraper One Vanderbilt in New York. More about Kohn Pedersen Fox adding glass elevator to supertall skyscraper in New York
HomeForest, an app that uses smart devices to bring the restorative effects of nature into the home, has been named as the winner of the inaugural Davidson Prize. More about Davidson Prize winner HomeForest uses smart tech to recreate "forest bathing" in your home
In this exclusive video produced by Dezeen, Sumayya Vally of Counterspace explains how her design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion references the architecture of London's migrant communities. More about Serpentine Pavilion celebrates "places with a history significant to migration" says Sumayya Vally
This video shows a swimmer in a transparent swimming pool made entirely from acrylic panels that was recently built between two buildings in London. More about Watch a swimmer in London's fully transparent Sky Pool
DGN Studio has extended and renovated a Victorian semi-detached terraced house in East London, introducing a sunken concrete floor to maximise the ground floor ceiling height. More about Sunken concrete floor expands Victorian terrace house in London
The Italian government has approved plans designed by architecture studio Labics and Fabio Fumagalli with engineering firm Milan Ingegneria to create a remote-controlled, retractable floor within the Colosseum arena in Rome. More about Plans revealed for Colosseum amphitheatre's retractable floor
In this video produced by Dezeen for TP Bennett, the architecture firm explains how its design for a new office building in London's Square Mile "sets a new benchmark" for the area. More about EightyFen by TP Bennett is a "refreshing alternative" to traditional city towers