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Architect Daniel Zamarbide and Leopold Banchini Architects have designed a concrete house in Lisbon with a central core of local pink marble. Read more

Recessed arches, free-standing stone plinths and hanging rooftop plants are designed to recall the ancient ruins of Babylon inside a restaurant and bar in Sydney. Read more

This week on Dezeen, we announced the shortlisted architecture, interior and design projects that are in line to win Dezeen Awards in 2019. Read more

Designers Marco Merendi and Diego Vencato have collaborated with Italian firm Gypsum to develop a dirt-resistant concrete, which they used to create a collection of bathroom furniture suitable for outdoor use. Read more

Wooden cladding and large stretches of glass form the facades of this residence by CCY Architects, which is angled downward to follow the gentle slope of the terrain. Read more

Delicate beadwork, plant-stuffed plastic jackets and dangling threads flowed down the runway at Parsons School of Design's graduate show in New York this week, where collections with intricate details were among US reporter Bridget Cogley's highlights. Read more

MDDM has revealed visuals of a subterranean business park that is set to reinvigorate Oscar Niemeyer's unfinished Rashid Karame International Fair expo site in Lebanon. Read more

Dezeen promotion: sustainable designs from Rossana Orlandi's Ro Plastic Prize competition will be exhibited at Istituto Marangoni London as part of this year's London Design Festival. Read more

SO&CO has slotted a skinny office building into an alley between two buildings in Tokyo, Japan, which contains five tiny concrete workspaces. Read more

Designer Thomas Heatherwick has defended the controversial Hudson Yards development in New York City, saying people "shouldn't underestimate what it takes" to build public spaces with private money. Read more

A new generation of Danish designers is helping the country move on from midcentury modern, according to Copenhagen-based designer Maria Bruun. Read more

Pictures have been revealed of the ring made by Apple's departing design chief Jony Ive and his frequent collaborator, renowned designer Marc Newson, from a single enormous diamond. Read more

Zaha Hadid Architects principal Patrik Schumacher will speak at the Dezeen Day conference in London on 30 October. Read more

The Chart art and design fair in Copenhagen featured a range of designers creating furniture and homeware as if they were sculptures. Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson picks out 10 of the most impressive. Read more

People without access to healthcare can use bicycle parts and other scrap material to make their own DIY prosthetics, using a system designed by Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology graduate Desiree Riny. Read more

Chinese practice LUO Studio has designed a glass and metal shed-like structure to provide a temporary home for the Shengli Market in Puyang City, China, while its original site is redeveloped. Read more

American firm Tower Pinkster has designed a school in Michigan with the aim of reducing the number of student casualties in the event of a terror attack. Read more

Donald Trump's head and hands adorn this IUD, which was created as a commentary on the US president's regulations of women's access to birth control services. Read more

A pavilion of woven bamboo and steel by Zuo Studio arches over a body of water to create a shady place to sit in Huludun Park in Taiwan. Read more

The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly includes the shortlists for Dezeen Awards 2019 and a first-look at designs for a space hotel. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly >

Toronto practice Building Arts Architects used a small watercraft and boats to transport prefabricated elements to build this boathouse on a site only accessible by water in Ontario. Read more

Dezeen promotion: Herman Miller and Vitra have released a limited run of Eucalyptus LTR Tables – a version of Charles and Ray Eames' design with a top made from trees felled at the Eames House. Read more

Snøhetta has completed the sustainable Powerhouse Brattørkaia office in Trondheim, Norway, which produces more than double the amount of electricity it consumes daily. Read more

The Dezeen Awards 2019 studio shortlist has been announced. Established studios Studio Gang, Barber & Osgerby, Note Design Studio and and emerging talents Child Studio and Estudio MMX have all made the shortlist. Read more

The emblem for the upcoming FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be a figure-of-eight-shaped white band based on the form of shawls often worn in the gulf region. Read more