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Zurich citizens can now relieve themselves at a pink marble public pissoir, installed at an open-air car park by local architecture firm Bureau A (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Shanghai studio Ares Partners has converted a group of disused farm buildings into a boutique resort nestled among the rocky pinnacles of China's Yangshuo County (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno has created a pair of air-filled globes that he eventually plans to sail across the sky. (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a senior visual designer at online fashion title Vogue.com in New York. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge has moved one step closer to reality with the appointment of a building contractor, despite calls for the project to be halted from a number of key figures. (more…) View the full article

One corner of this aluminium-clad children's centre in Copenhagen by Danish architect Dorte Mandrup dips down to let sunlight pass into a courtyard behind. (more…) View the full article

New York 2016: Chinese designer Zhoujie Zhang has created a series of mirrors, using the results of computer algorithms based on the natural movements of water (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Instagrammers have been sharing images of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, conceived by Bjarke Ingels as an "unzipped" wall of bricks – including construction snaps by the Danish architect himself. (more…) View the full article

Comments update: readers have been hotly contesting the safety of autonomous vehicles this week after the first death caused by a self-driving car was reported. (more…) View the full article

A+Awards: next up in our collaboration with Architizer is this energy-efficient wooden home on the outskirts of a small village in the Czech Republic, which was one of the private houses recognised in this year's A+Awards (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architect Santiago Calatrava is set to create a grass-topped office block on the plaza in front of his Stadelhofen Station in Zurich with public parking for 1000 bicycles on the ground level. (more…) View the full article

BuzzFeed designer Mark Davis has made a freely available font version of US presidential candidate Donald Trump's handwriting, and used it to annotate a Dezeen article. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a middleweight industrial designer at Industrial Facility, which created a modular seating system for US furniture brand Herman Miller (pictured). Read more stories about Industrial Facility or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Amsterdam-based Standard Studio has transformed a stable into an off-grid showroom and home for the owners of an interior design shop in Ibiza. Read more View the full article

Hungarian designer Krisztina Czika's cups might resemble familiar IKEA mugs but they're actually made from human hair embedded in wax. Read more View the full article

A research team from ETH Zurich used 3D-printed moulds to make the skeletal framework for this all-concrete boat, which won first prize for design innovation at the Concrete Canoe Regatta. Read more View the full article

London designer Lee Broom has created all-black versions of his most iconic furniture and lighting pieces in celebration of his studio's 10th anniversary. Read more View the full article

In our latest competition, we have teamed up with publisher Gestalten to give five readers the chance to win a copy of Bohemian Residence, a book that explores eclectic city dwellings. Read more View the full article

Layers of metal mesh are used to regulate the level of privacy and daylight for glazed creative studios added to a residential building in Beijing by local architecture firm Remix Studio. Read more View the full article

The latest concept vehicle from German auto brand Mercedes-Benz is made up of modular components, meaning it can morph from a car into a van. Read more View the full article

Digital platforms and AI could be the future of customising prefabricated modular housing if we are less wary of technology, says Patrik Schumacher. Read more

Breaking news: Karl Lagerfeld, the iconic fashion designer and creative director of Chanel, has died aged 85. More information to follow.

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Los Angeles duo the Haas Brothers have imagined this set of homeware as little "otherwordly" monsters roaming the arid California desert. Read more

Jose Sanchez creates educational, architecture-led video games at design studio Plethora Project. He tells the Dezeen Jobs careers guide how he applies an architectural mindset to the gaming industry. Read more