Local studio Stephen Phillips Architects has completed a black duplex in San Francisco that aims to challenge the city's standard housing typologies (+ slideshow). More about Stephen Phillips clads modern San Francisco townhouse in black zinc
Guests are invited to sleep under the stars in this open-air hotel, which is located 6,463 feet above sea level in the mountains of Graubünden (+ slideshow). More about Null Stern's hotel with no walls allows panoramic views of the Swiss Alps
French architect and Confluence Institute founder Odile Decq has called for entrepreneurial skills to be taught in architecture schools to help architects navigate the "broken" global economy. More about Architecture schools need to teach entrepreneurship, says Odile Decq
Most Loved: Brazilian designer Humberto Campana explains why the Favela Chair is one the designs he is most proud of in the next movie from our exclusive video series. More about The Favela Chair influenced a generation of designers, says Humberto Campana
South Korean studio Shinslab Architecture sliced off one end of a rusty old ship and turned it upside down to form this installation for the Seoul edition of MoMA's Young Architects Program (+ slideshow). More about Rusty ship transformed into cavernous pavilion for MoMA's Young Architects Program in Seoul
This series of images by photographer Jérémie Souteyrat captures the everyday activities of people living in contemporary Japanese houses (+ slideshow). More about Jérémie Souteyrat photographs 20 contemporary Japanese houses and their owners
This tiny prefabricated dwelling by Estonian design collective Kodasema is designed to allow its residents to up sticks and move to a new location in less than a day (+ slideshow). More about Kodasema creates tiny prefabricated house that moves with its owners
As London enjoys a mini heatwave, we're celebrating the belated arrival of summer by dipping into some of the best rooftop swimming pools from our archive, including an infinity pool with views of the Tel Aviv skyline and a bathing spot in the Brazilian jungle (+ slideshow). More about 11 of the best rooftop swimming pools on Dezeen
Heritage body UNESCO has added 17 projects by 20th-century French architect Le Corbusier to its list of internationally significant architecture sites, including the Unité d'Habitation housing in Marseille – arguably the most influential Brutalist building of all time (+ slideshow). More about UNESCO adds 17 Le Corbusier projects to World Heritage List
Just two weeks after the release of Nintendo's mobile game Pokémon GO, designers have created an array of products aimed at making it easier for players to "catch 'em all". More about Five products that have already been designed for Pokémon GO
Renzo Piano Building Workshop has released new images of its 30-storey Soho Tower in New York, which will be the firm's first residential project in Manhattan. More about New images revealed of Renzo Piano's 565 Broome Soho tower in New York
Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have built a house in São Paulo that is covered in palm fibre to give it a hairy exterior (+ slideshow). More about Campana brothers use palm fibre to give hairy texture to São Paulo house
Amsterdam-based designer Germans Ermičs has created a collection of coloured glass furniture with strong pigments that fade to clear (+ slideshow). More about Germans Ermičs creates coloured glass furniture collection
Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld has been chosen to design the interior for New York's The Four Seasons restaurant when it relocates from its iconic Seagram Building home. More about Isay Weinfeld to design relocated The Four Seasons restaurant in New York
Vietnamese studio Tropical Space has completed a cube-shaped sculpture workshop for artist Le Duc Ha, which hides an elaborate bamboo shelving grid behind its perforated brick walls (+ slideshow). More about Tropical Space uses perforated brickwork to build riverside pottery studio in Vietnam
New York studio Alexander Gorlin Architects has completed a Bronx apartment block with small studios for low-income tenants, including those who were once homeless (+ slideshow). More about Alexander Gorlin creates colourful affordable housing for single adults in The Bronx
MVRDV has moved into a new studio in central Rotterdam, featuring multicoloured meeting rooms, a plant-covered chandelier, an oversized dining table and a staircase that doubles as a seating area (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV creates home-inspired rooms for its new Rotterdam office
Taiwanese studio A Little Design has renovated a 22-metre-square micro apartment to serve every need of its occupant (+ slideshow). More about A Little Design maximises space in tiny 22-metre-square Taiwan apartment
Swooping steel-clad walls support the cross-shaped roof window of Kenzo Tange's 1960s St Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo, documented in these new images by architecture photographer Edmund Sumner (+ slideshow). More about Edmund Sumner photographs Kenzo Tange's "brutal classic" St Mary's Cathedral
Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins graduate Julius Breitenstein has created a device that performs the activities an intern would usually do in a design office. More about Julius Breitenstein creates Unpaid Intern device to aid designers