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Forbo has launched Mamoleum Marbled, a new collection of marbled lino floor coverings designed to help create homely interiors. Read more

Architect Daniel Zamarbide worked with Leopold Banchini to design a pared-back Lisbon house with glass-walled rooms overlooking a full-height living space, as his own home. Read more

As the countdown for next year's Tokyo 2020 Olympics continues, we have rounded up five standout designs for the much-anticipated summer Games, from Kengo Kuma's Olympic stadium to a duo of service robots by Toyota. Read more

Visitors to the Mauritshuis museum can use their smartphone to experience Rembrandt van Rijn's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp in augmented reality, thanks to Dutch design agency CapitolaVR. Read more

Frida Escobedo explains how one of her first residential projects, Casa Negra, was influenced by the function of a camera obscura, in the third instalment of a series of short movies about the Mexican architect. Read more

Glossy green paint coats the bottom half of this bright white restaurant in Athens, which design studio AK-A has finished with deep red accents. Read more

Matt Gibberd combined his passion for contemporary architecture with his editorial experience, to launch design-led estate agency The Modern House. He reveals how in this interview for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. Read more

Research collective Synflux has developed a system of digitised couture that reduces the amount of fabric needed to make clothes by creating garments that exactly fit the wearer's body. Read more

Dutch House is a pair of brick apartment blocks in Moscow designed by Rotterdam studio Paul de Vroom Architecten + Sputnik to directly reference the architecture of the Amsterdam School. Read more

Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has agreed to pay all staff working on his design for the Serpentine Pavilion, following a row over unpaid internships at his studio. Read more

American architecture studio Thomas Phifer and Partners included a pointy chapel among the tiny black buildings that form this residence in a clearing in Upstate New York. Read more

New York City has released a report detailing a proposal to redesign the "vulnerable" shoreline of the city's Lower Manhattan neighbourhoods, in order to make it more resilient to rising sea levels caused by climate change. Read more

Robots made by Japanese automaker Toyota will be deployed across the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic sites to provide assistance to workers and attendees at the Games next year. Read more

Our new captioned movie shows MIT's "virtually indestructible" Mini Cheetah robot performing a host of athletic manoeuvres, including stretching, running and jumping. Read more

In this week's comments update, readers are having a whale of a time making puns about an underwater restaurant designed by Snøhetta. Read more

US firm Norman Kelley has merged old and new elements inside the flagship store for clothing retailer Notre, which is housed inside a 113-year-old building in central Chicago. Read more

Overtreders W employed the principles of a circular economy when designing the temporary RAUM pavilion in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Read more

Apple has made its first foray into financial services with a numberless credit card that CEO Tim Cook calls the most significant change to card payments in 50 years. Read more

The City of London has said that Foster + Partners' 305-metre-high The Tulip has "the potential to become an architectural icon", in its planning report on the proposed tourist attraction. Read more

This movie shows the completion of Europe's first underwater restaurant, designed by Snøhetta, as it is submerged off the coast of Båly, Norway. Read more

In the second of a series of short movies about Frida Escobedo, the Mexican architect describes the architecture scene in her home country. Read more

AI development should not be left in the hands of mega-companies like Facebook and Google, warns Ine Gevers, curator of an exhibition in Eindhoven that examined the importance of emotion in the relationship between humans and robots. Read more

Light-up walls, mirrored partitions, and colourful stone surfaces help channel a "cool bar" aesthetic inside this dental office in Berlin, which has been completed by Studio Karhard – the designers of renowned nightclub Berghain. Read more

US bike brand Bontrager has launched an improved bicycle helmet that they say is 48 times more likely to prevent concussion than standard foam versions. Read more

A long run of gabled volumes clad in honey-coloured wood has been designed by Tracks Architectes for a kindergarten in France called La Ruche, which translates as The Beehive. Read more