Dezeen promotion: architect-led tours, open offices and a pumpkin carving competition are among the events that will take place in New York for the city's month-long architecture festival Archtober. More about New York's Archtober festival includes tours of buildings by Studio Gang, Steven Holl and OMA
Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Studio Libeskind and MVRDV are among six teams that have revealed their competing proposals for a museum and memorial dedicated to the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Studio Libeskind and MVRDV compete to build museum for Orlando Pulse shooting
To explore the possibilities of mud architecture, Rael San Fratello has created 3D-printed prototypes that take cues from historical earthen construction built along the Rio Grande river. More about Rael San Fratello 3D prints earth structures to demonstrate potential of mud architecture
Los Angeles university SCI-Arc has granted Frank Gehry an honorary masters degree in recognition of his "unparalleled" impact on architecture. More about SCI-Arc awards Frank Gehry honorary masters degree in architecture
Skyscraper-shaped dildos and a sculptural butt plug are among the silicone erotic toys created by design studio Wolfgang & Hite to critique New York's high-end real estate projects. More about Wolfgang & Hite models sex toys on Foster, Heatherwick and Diller Scofidio + Renfro buildings
Brooklyn Museum has revealed its plans to stage a major showcase focused on the history and influence of legendary New York nightclub Studio 54 next year. More about Brooklyn Museum to stage Studio 54 exhibit exploring club's "groundbreaking aesthetics"
The Gun Violence Memorial Project at this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial is an installation of houses filled with items belonging to victims of gun violence. More about MASS Design Group builds glass memorial for victims of gun violence at Chicago Architecture Biennial
Northern California's coastal landscape and foggy weather influenced the design of the latest office by Canopy, a co-working company founded by designers Yves Behar and Amir Mortazavi, and entrepreneur Steve Mohebi. More about Yves Behar opens third Canopy co-working location in historic San Francisco building
San Francisco's Carpenters Workshop Gallery is staging an exhibition of works by French-Swedish artist Ingrid Donat that includes furniture detailed with interlacing loops and lines influenced by tribal patterns and 1920s Art Deco. More about Carpenters Workshop Gallery exhibit celebrates 30 years of work by Ingrid Donat
Soho House has turned a former warehouse in Downtown Los Angeles into a new spot for its members, featuring a rooftop pool, hotel rooms and garden. More about Soho House opens second Los Angeles outpost in Downtown warehouse
Finnish studio JKMM Architects built a timber sauna in the desert for over 1000 revellers to sweat it out during this year's Burning Man festival. More about "Bringing a sauna into the desert was so mad that we had to do it" say Burning Man pavilion designers
Sea urchins, mussels and crabs are among the marine creatures that are expected to take up residence in a floating structure in the San Francisco Bay that was created by a multidisciplinary team at the California College of the Arts. More about Float Lab designed to serve as "new kind of architecture for climate adaptation"
Dutch footwear brand United Nude, headed by architect Rem D Koolhaas, and model Shaun Ross have designed a heeled boot "with no particular individual in mind." More about Rem D Koolhaas and supermodel Shaun Ross launch unisex high-heel boot
A chandelier crafted from chicken coop mesh and a leather stool made from fish skin are among the pieces showcased in this exhibition of Dutch designers organised by Ventura Projects and Colony. More about Seven Dutch designers exhibit experimental works in New York
Los Angeles' Studio Sucio used a "mish-mash" of styles for the apartments it has created inside a 1960s Holiday Inn in Downtown Los Angeles. More about Modernist Holiday Inn becomes Los Angeles apartment complex
Steven Holl Architects has completed a concrete public library in New York's Long Island City featuring large irregular windows that offer views of the waterfront and Manhattan. More about Steven Holl punctures concrete New York library with "sculpted cuts"
As one of a few female CEOs in the design industry, Jessica Walsh, founder of creative agency &Walsh, has faced criticism from women as well as men. In this interview, she tells Dezeen how she has tackled it. More about "A lot of the hate I got in the design world was from other women", says Jessica Walsh
Artist Benjamin Langholz created a circular staircase of stepping stones to allow revellers to tune out the immersive atmosphere at this year's Burning Man and focus on themselves. More about Benjamin Langholz's circular staircase at Burning Man creates "an alternate reality"
Architecture firm Michaelis Boyd has unveiled its design for the interiors of Brooklyn's upcoming residential tower 11 Hoyt by Studio Gang, which offers two contrasting palettes for condos. More about Michaelis Boyd reveals interiors for Studio Gang-designed Brooklyn tower
Three charred wood structures with brass interiors form a memorial that pays homage to African American history at the entrance to a school and park in Washington DC. More about After Architecture couples charred wood and brass for Camp Barker Memorial