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Caruso St John Architects has won the RIBA Stirling Prize 2016 with the "highly accomplished and expertly detailed" London gallery it designed for British artist Damien Hirst (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

With the demand for minimalist homes increasing, architects are coming up with innovative ways to hide bulky appliances and storage units. We've rounded up 10 of the most stripped-back kitchens on Dezeen, including one concealed behind perforated metal screens and another crafted from raw materials (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

International font company Monotype has worked with Google to create one typeface that can be used by everyone in the world, writing in any language (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Biennale Interieur to give away five travel packs to this year's event, including transport, accommodation and dinner. (more…) View the full article

EU students are deferring or cancelling their offers from UK design schools over Brexit with major implications for the future of the sector, according to London Design Festival co-founder and UAL governor Ben Evans. (more…) View the full article

Architect Bing Thom, designer of several major buildings in Vancouver, has died aged 75 following a brain aneurysm. (more…) View the full article

A house with a climbing wall up one side and a home wrapped around a giant boulder both feature in this Wyoming-focused edition of our series about residential architecture from different US states (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: this year's Global Futures Forum will feature workshops, debates and presentations lead by creative industry professionals, including London Design Festival director Ben Evans and Wired UK editor David Rowan. (more…) View the full article

Wilkinson Eyre created a dramatic lightwell and a rooftop reading room for its revamp of a Giles Gilbert Scott-designed library at the University of Oxford – one of the six projects vying for the Stirling Prize later today (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designer Richard Clarkson has created a small, remote-controlled cloud for the home that plays music and flashes while hovering a few centimetres from the ground (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

The Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology by Amanda Levete's firm AL_A has opened to the public, coinciding with the start of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A translucent fold-up doorway separates a studio from a living room in this apartment created for a São Paulo-based illustrator who works from home (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British designer Tom Dixon has launched his first collection of office furniture, which includes a minimalist lamp and a workstation based on archetypical Victorian school desks. (more…) View the full article

This 120-year-old Kyoto townhouse was once used as a seed plantation, but has been carefully restored to create a guesthouse that celebrates Japanese interior design traditions (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

US studio Abramson Teiger has created a rural Wyoming home that consists of low-lying volumes made of glass, concrete and weathering steel (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Google has upgraded its thrifty cardboard VR headset with a fabric version named Daydream View, which is designed to work with the company's first own-brand smartphone (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

It may look like a minimal speaker, but this new product from Google promises to harness the search giant's data troves to provide all-knowing assistance in the home (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Design Week Mexico 2016: the contrasting halves of these perfume bottles can be repurposed separately, or in combinations as vases and incense holders (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A "data centre" provided the backdrop for Chanel's spring summer 2017 show, which included models dressed as robots and bags with flashing LED displays (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Google has made a push for Apple's significant share of the smartphone market with the launch of its self-branded Pixel and Pixel XL (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

ABIR Architects used pebbles found on the beach to create the layered facade of this house in the English seaside town of Shoreham – which featured in last night's episode of UK television show Homes By The Sea. (more…) View the full article

London's latest crop of skyscrapers don't give enough back to the city according to British sculptor Antony Gormley, who claims the British capital is growing at the expense of its citizens (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: well-known designers including Ross Lovegrove, Jürgen Mayer H, Job Smeets and Joyce Wang will speak at this year's Inside festival seminar programme. (more…) View the full article

Dutch design studio Overtreders W has used a bold colour palette and an elaborate pipe network to give a concert-hall cafe a cheap but cheerful makeover (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

American firm Rapt Studio has designed the interiors for tech company Ancestry's new office, which features comfy lounge areas, communal dining tables and art installations that refer to genealogy (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article