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Opinion: meaningful architectural reactions to crises may take time, but quick temporary structures can be just as effective, and both are far preferable to not responding at all says Mimi Zeiger. (more…) View the full article

Restaurant chain TGI Fridays has ditched its dark wood and red-striped interiors in favour of a muted Scandinavian-style aesthetic at a branch in Corpus Christi, Texas, following similar revamps by McDonalds and Burger King (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

French illustrator and animator Guillaume Kurkdjian made this image to celebrate Dezeen reaching 750,000 followers on Instagram. Follow us here for a stunning curation of architecture, design and interiors images. View the full article

The wood-lined terrace walls of this Australian house angle outwards to provide a shady spot for its owners to take in views of their vineyard (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The world's largest aircraft, Airlander 10, has completed its successful maiden voyage over the UK (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

British designer Tom Dixon has completed his first hospitality project in America: a speakeasy in Atlanta, Georgia, featuring a copper bar and pendants that resemble molten metal (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This rustic residence in Aspen has been renovated by Miami-based Oppenheim Architecture in line with the Japanese principle of wabi-sabi, which acknowledges imperfection as beauty (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

An American startup has installed a tent-like structure in California that aims to provide users with a luxury off-grid camping experience (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Pritzker Prize-winning Australian architect Glenn Murcutt has revealed new images of his first mosque in Melbourne, showing a roof covered in rows of dramatic lantern-like skylights (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Osaka studio Sides Core has created a house in Kobe, conceived as a series of simple wooden containers (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Sydney designer Trent Jansen referenced the aesthetics of Australia in the 1970s to create this sunlounger for outdoor furniture brand Tait (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

It's over to Utah for this week's roundup in our series spotlighting residential architecture across the US. The top five from this western state include a house clad in weathered steel shingles and a spiritual retreat built with stone-filled gabion cages (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This chestnut-clad home by Pad Studio was prefabricated offsite before being craned into a clearing in the New Forest, a stretch of protected woodland in the English county of Hampshire (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Most Loved: in our next exclusive movie, Anna Lindgren and Sofia Lagerkvist of Swedish design studio Front discuss the unexpected reaction to their range of lifesize animal products for Moooi. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Satellite Architects has designed a gridded structure filled with mirrors and vegetation for the entrance to designjunction's event during this year's London Design Festival. (more…) View the full article

Another supertall tower for Manhattan is going ahead, now that legal proceedings stalling KPF's 1,501-foot skyscraper beside Grand Central station have been abandoned. (more…) View the full article

Tel Aviv's apartment buildings are being transformed with contemporary interiors by a wave of local architects and designers. We've rounded up five of the best new apartment designs in the Israeli city, including a renovated space with a dramatic steel staircase and a penthouse with an infinity pool on the roof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

American firm Sparano + Mooney Architecture has covered a family home in Utah with hundreds of weathering steel plates to give the exterior a textured appearance (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Comments update: angry readers took to Dezeen's comments section this week after we reported on the Kardashians' penchant for Modernist architecture, but could exposure to wider audiences actually be a good thing for the profession? (more…) View the full article

World Heritage Corb: the lakeside home Le Corbusier designed for his parents is next up in our series in which we take a closer look at the 17 projects recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage List. (more…) View the full article

Home rentals website Airbnb has created a multipurpose office space based on traditional Japanese interiors and neighbourhoods for its Tokyo employees (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: in this movie, Royal College of Art graduate Johnny Lui explains his concept for a digital planning system, which architects would play like a video game to get projects built in the real world. (more…) View the full article

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has completed a pavilion on the bank of Shanghai's Huangpu River, with thin metal columns surrounding a glass-walled room shaped like a cartoon cloud (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Creatives must "get their act together and speak with a united voice" to protect the future of the sector post-Brexit, according to London Design Festival and Creative Industries Federation founder John Sorrell. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers are invited to submit projects that feature Spanish-made ceramics to the Tile of Spain Awards 2016 (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article