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New York firm SO-IL has envisioned a six-storey, concrete apartment building that is meant to offer an alternative solution for Mexico's low-cost housing shortage. Read more

New Korean Garden is an "Instagrammable" meeting and events space proposed for a rooftop in Seoul, South Korea, which is made from turquoise, pebble-like inflatables. Read more

This week we've selected the five roles for visualisers on Dezeen Jobs, including vacancies at British architecture studios Caruso St John and Grimshaw. 3D visualiser at Caruso St John Caruso St John is seeking a 3D visualiser to work on client presentations and project reports at its London studio. The architecture firm designed Newport Street Gallery, an exhibition space for artist Damien Hirst in south London. Find out more about this role › CGI visualiser at Grimshaw Global architecture firm Grimshaw was behind the design of the Eden Project, an ecological park contained under geodesic domes in Cornwall. The practice has an opportunity for a CGI visualiser …

The 10 winning architecture projects for Dezeen Awards 2019 have been revealed. They include a cultural centre overlooking the Persian Gulf and a locomotive shed that has been transformed into a public library. Read more

Architects should embrace ideas of cruising and sex in public places in their designs, say the curators of an exhibition at ArkDes in Stockholm. Read more View the full article

Pazdigrad Primary School in Split, Croatia has been designed by architects X3M to include public squares, one of which is painted bright yellow Read more View the full article

Dutch architectural practice UNStudio has created three curved, glass boxes that "mimic billowing transparent cloth" from the facade of a store on PC Hooftstraat in Amsterdam. Read more View the full article

To kick off the new year, we've selected the top architecture and design positions on Dezeen Jobs, including opportunities at architecture firm Takero Shimazaki Architects and set designer Es Devlin's eponymous studio. Read more View the full article

MIT engineers have found a new way to create aerospace-grade carbon-fibre composites using only one per cent of the energy of current methods, and none of the ovens and autoclaves. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are debating a suggestion that dams be built around the North Sea in a bid to protect northern Europe from rising sea levels. Read more View the full article

This week, readers pondered the long-term impact of the coronavirus and shared their opinions of Frank Gehry's twisting tower in France. Read more View the full article

The latest episode of Dezeen's Face to Face podcast features architectural designer John Pawson, who recounts his brief spell as a Buddhist monk, how Calvin Klein changed his life and explains how minimalism helps calm his "untidy mind". Read more View the full article

People have become more sensitive to noise during the coronavirus pandemic, highlighting the importance of good sound design, according to sound artist and designer Yuri Suzuki. Read more View the full article

Dutch designers Atelier Van Lieshout will unveil an eight metre-tall sculpture featuring oil drums and human figures in Rotterdam tomorrow. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Week eight of Virtual Design Festival featured a programme curated by Milan design platform Alcova and interviews with Ilse Crawford and Farshid Moussavi, plus a full-day takeover by Stockholm's ArkDes museum. Read more View the full article

Design students Leon Li and Ryan Ran have designed a range of wooden office furniture incorporating tree branches. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An exhibition of iconic furniture by Danish-born designer Jens Risom will be on show at Rocket gallery in London next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: British architect Lord Norman Foster has surrendered his seat in the House of Lords in order to retain his “non-domiciled” tax status and avoid paying full British taxes. Foster will be able to retain his title despite his resignation – The Press Association. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Korean architects VOID planning have completed this stone clad gallery in Seoul, Korea, punctuated by a giant window. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This row of prefabricated houses with facades that look like numbers are by Japanese studio Mitsutomo Matsunami Architect & Associates. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with designers Beta Tank to give away five signed copies of their new book Taxing Art. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: In this interview filmed in Milan last month, London designer Philippe Malouin tells us about The Yachiyo metal rug, which is handmade from galvanised steel wire. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: the 3D-printed bikini by Continuum Fashion (bottom left) has been our most popular design story of the week, so we’ve compiled a selection of stories from the Dezeen archive about 3D printing. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designer Hiroyuki Miyake‘s calendar works like a retractable tape measure, with one centimetre for each day of the year. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Polygonal timber plates give this pavilion at the University of Stuttgart a skeleton like a sea urchin’s. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article