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In this week's comments update, readers are debating the French Senate's ruling that dictates Notre-Dame Cathedral must be built in the same style as it was before the fire. Read more

Timber slats envelope this hydroelectric power plant by Atelier Pierre Thibault, which is stationed near a Quebec "ghost town" on the Ouiatchouan river (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

German graduate designer Christoph Thetard has created a set of pedal-powered kitchen gadgets. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Nitipak Samsen has created a measuring tape to translate the amount of carbon stored in a tree into the amount of carbon emitted by activities like breathing and car journeys. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: the Sugamo Shinkin Bank in Tokyo by Emmanuelle Moureaux is one of our most popular recent stories so here’s a roundup of all our stories about banks. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architects Coo Planning have created this house in Osaka, Japan, with an interior on stepped levels entirely finished in timber boards. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across the Middle East and Africa are invited to submit their entries to the 2020 edition of the AHEAD awards. Read more View the full article

London designer Roger Arquer has designed this vase with a funnel protruding from the side so that the water to be changed without removing the flowers. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Ian McIntyre presented his range of tableware at the graduate show last month, including these cups intended for Chai tea. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

San Francisco studio CCS Architecture have completed a house comprising two buildings in the Santa Cruz mountains of California, where the roof of one extends over the other. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Four courtyards are cut into the asymmetrical white roof of this Portuguese house by ARX Portugal Arquitectos and Portuguese architect Stefano Riva. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week, a pair of towers outside London's Victoria station won the 2017 Carbuncle Cup and children's clothes that grow with their wearers took home the UK's James Dyson Award. Read more View the full article

Japanese designers Torafu Architects have designed a set of paper hooks that like curled pieces of adhesive tape. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British designers Priestmangoode have unveiled a conceptual high-speed train for the UK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris design studio A+A cooren have designed a glass vase where the neck has been turned back inside the vessel to support flower stems. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

As part of their VDF school show, graduates from York St John University are presenting interior designs for the elderly, which tackle loneliness and make life easier for those dealing with dementia or visual impairments. Read more View the full article

American firm Blaze Makoid Architecture has used blackened wood, glass and stone to create a rectilinear, multi-level holiday home near Lake Tahoe that looks toward a mountain range. Read more View the full article

Designer Ini Archibong has launched a fundraiser to build a pavilion for the African diaspora to represent people who "don't have a flag to represent us". Read more View the full article

Photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us some images of a house designed by AGi Architects located next to a beach in Bnaider, Kuwait. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house in São Paulo by Brazilian architect Flavio Castro consists of a cubic volume perched on two yellew beams that straddle the garage below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: designer Paul Cocksedge installed sheets of Corian as though fluttering around a hallway at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London for one day during the London Design Festival last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Juan Alberto Andrade and María José Váscones have built a wooden office in Guayaquil, Ecuador with a wall of angular windows that pop open, as shown in these photos with people wearing coronavirus face masks. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: a limited edition watch that displays the time in eight international cities by British designer Crispin Jones of Mr Jones Watches is now available at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designed in Hackney: illustration collective Le Gun have collaborated with footwear designer Tracey Neuls to create a range of shoes inspired by items discovered inside a suitcase in a Hackney basement. (more…) View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Po-Chih Lai has designed a skateboard that can go down stairs (+ movie). (more…) View the full article