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First lady of the United States Melania Trump has revealed that a tennis pavilion, which takes cues from the neoclassical style of the The White House, is being built on the grounds of the presidential residence. Read more View the full article

Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes a low-cost ventilator, a hospital in Central Park, Salone del Mobile mask collection and brands including IKEA promoting staying at home. Read more View the full article

Next up our series of roundups of houses from each US state we're looking at Michigan, where residences are designed to make the most of its abundance of shoreline. Read more View the full article

This week, readers are enchanted by an arched public shelter designed to bring the community together in Olot, Spain. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: L02 is a wooden stool designed by Studio Eva Natasa for use as either a seat or side table in any domestic space. Read more View the full article

London designer Benjamin Hubert will present a range of brightly-coloured seating covered in patchwork fabric at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architectural photographer Roland Halbe has sent us some images of an extension to a school in Cuenca, Spain designed by Madrid studio GRG Arquitectos. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve got together with publisher Prestel to give away five copies of Salt Bridges: Changing Perceptions of Art, Architecture and Science, a detailed study of London architects Hawkins/Brown’s new scheme for the Oxford University campus. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These dresses by Dutch designers Studio Roosegaarde and V2_ become transparent when approached. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from Dezeenjobs including positions with architects Mikou Studio in Paris and furniture brand Skandium in London. This is also the last chance to apply to work with Heatherwick Studio, B&B Italia, Henning Larsen, MAD and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This underground railway station with criss-crossing concrete beams is by Hungarian firm Spora Architects and currently under construction in Budapest. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some more images of the lounge designed by Belgian artists Studio Job for the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands (see our earlier story). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this movie recorded at Somerset House in London author Max Fraser talks about his Joy of Living project, where designers including John Pawson, Michael Wolfson and Brodie Neill donated artworks based on graph paper to raise money for a cancer charity. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This Melbourne cafe by French designer Sasufi features a 12 metre-long wall covered in timber offcuts. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This corner house by Sophie Valla Architects is the latest of 670 architect-designed homes to be completed at a new development masterplanned by architects MVRDV in Leiden, the Netherlands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Raw concrete and rough limestone clad the interior of a London ice cream parlour designed by branding studio Vonsung. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year Yves Béhar launched a waterproof sex toy and John Pawson had a solo exhibition of his work at the Design Museum in London. Ole Scheeren opened his new studio, having left OMA in March 2010, Pugh + Scarpa announced their decision to split and Alexis Georgacopoulos was appointed director of ECAL. Meanwhile Foreign Office Architects completed their tile-clad Ravensbourne campus and Eastern Design Office completed a house for a dying client. The Hel Yes! temporary Finnish restaurant opened in London, Studio Toogood released a collection of handles modelled on sticks, stones and bones, and Dutch architects Bureau SLA finished the National Gl…

V-shaped concrete columns illuminated by blue lights give a tennis centre in Beijing the appearance of a spaceship ready for launch. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the developer behind plans for a tower designed by architecture practice AL_A in Shoreditch, East London has withdrawn its planning application – BDonline The design for a twisted tower on a former industrial estate attracted over a thousand letters from local residents. Developers Londonewcastle say they will adapt the proposal before submitting a new planning application early next year. See our previous story on the original design for the Huntingdon Estate here, another AL_A project in London that was scrapped recently here and more projects by AL_A here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> …

Spanish architects VAUMM have completed a golden culinary centre for Basque chefs in San Sebastián. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This desk lamp by Berlin studio Böttcher+Henssler for Slovenian lighting brand Vertigo Bird can be adjusted by sliding the aluminium tube through a hole in the maple base and kept in place by gravity alone. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brooklyn artist Mark Reigelman has installed a wooden hut in an unusual city location – suspended on the side of a San Francisco hotel like a bird box. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Online payment system PayPal have launched PayPal Here, a device designed by San Francisco studio Fuseproject that allows users to make face-to-face transactions by plugging it into the top of a smartphone. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: we’ve already featured three artists’ studios from Canadian Fogo Island, making this wooden hut on legs the fourth (photographs by Bent René Synnevåg). (more…) View the full article

Here’s the line-up for our Designed in Hackney Day on 1 August. This event is FREE! Click here to register now and read on for more details… (more…) View the full article