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Paint-splattered surfaces, spaghetti-print bed sheets and neon wall art all feature in Studio Job's new base in Antwerp, Belgium, in a design that founder Job Smeets describes as being "like a visual assault". Read more View the full article

Jun Takahashi's cult fashion label Undercover has released a down jacket with a hood based on an astronaut's helmet. Read more View the full article

Balconies with adjustable covers pepper the brick facade of the Habitat for Orphan Girls designed by ZAV Architects in Khansar, Iran. Read more View the full article

Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs is proposing "unprecedentedly" tall timber buildings, sprawling public spaces, and heated pavements to melt snow, for the first neighbourhood in its major development on Toronto's waterfront. Read more View the full article

A magazine founder, a chef and a bassist are among the diverse team that has torn down an old motel in western Massachusetts to make way for this wood-clad inn, based on "the aesthetic of a classic American motor lodge". Read more View the full article

Architecture firm Gensler has completed an office, and hotel with interiors by Yabu Pushelberg, in Kuwait City with facades that recall traditional Arabic screens. Read more View the full article

In the first of our Spirit of the City talks held at creative space A/D/O, designers discuss the creative scene in New York, and their experiences of living and working in the city. Watch the livestream here from 7pm Eastern Time. Read more View the full article

The bucolic terrain of Canada's Fogo Island and China's landscaped gardens provided the cues for the textural flourishes that Toronto studio Hi Thanks Bye has included in this simple steel furniture collection. Read more View the full article

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects' vast transit hub in downtown San Francisco will eventually connect 11 regional, state and national public transport modes, and is topped with a public park. Read more View the full article

IKEA has enlisted the help of Dutch design duo Scholten & Baijings to create fresh takes on its Klippan sofa and Poäng armchair by adopting the widespread trend of hacking. Read more View the full article

The Space Needle observation tower in Seattle has reopened to the public following an extensive overhaul by American firm Olson Kundig Architects, which involved adding "the world's first and only revolving glass floor". Read more View the full article

Microsoft has rethought the packaging design for its Xbox Adaptive Controller, in a bid to make it easier to open for gamers with limited mobility. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are concerned for the planet, and festival goers at Burning Man. Read more View the full article

Brazilian firm Studio Arthur Casas has worked with a startup to create a highly flexible, prefabricated home that avoids the "negative surprises" typical in conventional projects. Read more View the full article

Bureau Rhizome's interior for this contemporary Russian restaurant is influenced by a neighbouring Danish design school. Read more View the full article

ÉCAL graduate Yesul Jang has designed a bed with storage capacity for millennials with limited space in urban dwellings. Read more View the full article

Tell us what you think about Dezeen! Take part in our audience survey and you could win one of three Urbanears speakers. Read more View the full article

The Croono makeup brush by Central Saint Martins graduate Taeheon Kim is an attempt to break down gender barriers by redefining masculinity through objects. Read more View the full article

London-based Henley Halebrown referenced both Georgian and modernist buildings when creating this Stirling Prize-shortlisted group of brick-clad student halls at the University of Roehampton's parkland campus. Read more View the full article

The number of architecture projects comprising series of cubes or cuboids to look like digital pixels, or half-finished games of Jenga, is stacking up fast. Here are 10 examples from studios including Herzog & de Meuron, OMA and MVRDV. Read more View the full article

Aaron Betsky examines the emergence and popularity of Jenga-style towers and pixelated buildings around the world, and hopes that future examples don't tumble into mediocrity. Read more View the full article

Remote-controlled ceramic models of military vehicles by Bezalel Academy graduate Oz Biri aim to open discourse on the "absurdity" of war. Read more View the full article

Venezuelan officials have claimed a thwarted assassination attempt was made against President Nicolás Maduro using explosives strapped to drones. Read more View the full article

US architecture studio Davidson Rafailidis has retained peeling paintwork, uneven concrete flooring and rough wooden beams while converting a garage in Buffalo, New York, into a live-work space. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed visualisations of a 112 metre-high tower, planned for Paceville on the northern coast of Malta, which would be the country's tallest building. Read more View the full article