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US firm Modus Studio has extended a rustic studio and workshop building in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to add a shop, guesthouse and entertaining areas within a steel structure built by the owner (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The lower level of The Met Breuer museum in New York now houses a space for visitors to dine and drink in the surrounds of the brutalist-style building. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Young Architects Competitions is inviting architects and designers to come up with ideas for transforming the ruins of a medieval castle in Italy into a holiday destination. Read more View the full article

We've created a new Pinterest board showcasing a range of Swiss architecture from this grey-tiled home in the Alps by JM Architecture to Peter Zumthor's famous Therme Vals spa, recently photographed by Fernando Guerra. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

These photographs by Yueqi Jazzy Li show the monumental form of IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art, eight years after the building completed in Doha, Qatar. Read more View the full article

This week on Dezeen, the RIBA named the UK's best new buildings and Diébédo Francis Kéré revealed his Serpentine Pavilion in London. Read more View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Jiaji Shen has proposed transforming a disused pier on London's River Thames into a workshop for a designer who makes jewellery with items scavenged from the mud. Read more View the full article

American studio WOJR has designed a black house with a roof shaped like half-pipes at a skate park, for a site in Silicon Valley originally earmarked for a Spanish-style residence. Read more View the full article

Grey cabinetry, brass accents and ash flooring have refreshed a kitchen within a 1960s home, updated by Canadian studio Robitaille Curtis. Read more View the full article

Designer Kevin Freitas Conlin has created a skeletal mask for Brooklyn-based drag queen Aquaria, who is competing in tonight's final of reality TV show RuPaul's Drag Race. Read more View the full article

American studio Anacapa Architecture has designed a low-slung home in central California, with light-filled rooms that open onto a backyard with a fire pit and an outdoor shower. Read more View the full article

The Royal College of Art in London has announced plans to expand its science and technology programme, and revealed that student applications from within the European Union have risen in the past year. Read more

Three red brickwork volumes form this cultural centre in New York, which Brooklyn-based studio nArchitects designed to commemorate the state's fight for social equality. Read more

With hot-desking, working from home and co-working on the rise, Space10 co-founder Simon Caspersen calls for the end of the open-plan office. 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

Marcus Field spent six years in an off-grid home. With architecture's contribution to carbon emissions in the spotlight and children striking against climate change, he asks if climate activists are prepared for the sacrifices needed to live sustainably. Read more

Tel Aviv designers Gilli Kuchik and Ran Amitai have used magnesium, one of the lightest metals, to create a stacking chair that weighs just 2.5 kilograms. Read more

This week on Dezeen, Clerkenwell Design Week took place in London and the 58th Venice Art Biennale opened its doors to a host of exhibitions, pavilions and installations. Read more

Beauty brand Glossier has teamed up with landscape architect Studio Lily Kwong to create a pop-up shop in Seattle that is filled with plant-covered mounds and splashes of pink and purple. Read more

British artist and designer Gerry Judah has created a sculpture to celebrate the Aston Martin DBR1 car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Read more

A glazed extension helped London-based Applied Studio brighten the light-starved interiors of this Hackney home, which boasts black-timber decor details and a sauna in the back garden. Read more

Samira Rathod Design Associates have completed a terracotta school building in Gujarat, India with lopsided vaulted roofs that take their shape from a child's doodles. Read more

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

Nettles taken from Prince Charles' Highgrove estate were transformed into a collection of garments by sustainable design duo Vin + Omi, for a London Fashion Week show. Read more

Three internal courtyards in a timber-clad bungalow designed by Osaka-based practice Arbol in Akashi, Japan, provide space for growing food and drying clothes. Read more