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LBR&A Arquitectos has completed a three-sided skyscraper in the heart of Mexico City that rises 246 metres, making it the tallest tower in the sprawling metropolis (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

New York firm Studio Zung has reinterpreted the traditional wooden barns of Long Island to design this house in one the high-end seaside communities of the Hamptons (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Swedish designer Fredrik Wallner has created more customisable bathroom furniture in block colours for Stockholm brand Swoon (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brexit design summit: UK design businesses are considering opening offices in the EU to maintain close ties with overseas clients in the event of Brexit. (more…) View the full article

Rio 2016: more than half of the buildings set to house athletes during the Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro are still not fully ready, with less than two weeks to go until the start of the games. (more…) View the full article

Belgian designer Pierre-Emmanuel Vandeputte has created a portable desk divider that allows users to actively isolate themselves from the noise around them (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brexit crisis: the Royal Institute of British Architects has drawn up a list of demands for the UK government, including freedom of movement and national investment, to help architects deliver economic growth when the country leaves the European Union. (more…) View the full article

London studio 51 Architecture has combined digital fabrication with boatbuilding techniques to create a sculptural timber staircase at the centre of a family home (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week, as part of our roundup series of American houses from each of the 50 states, we're featuring Maine, home to a house raised on stilts above a bay and a black cabin in the woods (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British designer Tom Dixon has opened a new store in the SoHo neighbourhood of Manhattan, which features a room with faux-fur walls and a space that resembles a "torture chamber" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Rio 2016: a 2.5 million-square-metre area west of Rio de Janeiro has been transformed by Brazilian firm Vigliecca & Associados to become one of two major locations during the city's Olympic and Paralympic games (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Local architect Marlon Blackwell has created a pool house in the back yard of an Arkansas residence, featuring an overhanging sleeping loft that contains bunks designed "like a ship's cabin" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London-based studio Emil Eve Architects has transformed a heritage-listed building in Somerset into a lifestyle store, cafe and bed and breakfast (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Comments update: readers were almost unanimous in their praise for a graduate designer's idea to create a colostomy bag for "intimate moments", as they contemplated the merits of choosing the right projects to address with design. (more…) View the full article

World Heritage Corb: the long-neglected housing complex designed by French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier for workers of a sugar factory outside Bordeaux, recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, has found a new life as desirable apartments. (more…) View the full article

An exhibition dedicated to the friendships and rivalries between designers has seen the likes of Philippe Malouin and Bethan Laura Wood come together to create collaborative pieces (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brexit design summit: how has the EU referendum affected the UK's architects and designers and what will Brexit mean for the sector? Dezeen convened a summit of leading practitioners, retailers, writers and lawyers to discuss the implications and explore what action can be taken. (more…) View the full article

Charred larch slats now cover the exterior of this Modernist house in north London, thanks to a "macabre" upgrade intended by architecture studio Denizen Works to reference the nearby Highgate Cemetery (+ slideshow) (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian brand Ceramiche Refin has created a new collection of slate-like porcelain tiles, including versions featuring patterns of lines and grids that look as if they were hand-drawn in chalk (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Space Copenhagen paired deep blue velvet seating with mirrored accessories for this restaurant and cocktail bar in the Danish capital. (more…) View the full article

Rio 2016: the handball arena set to host events during the Rio Olympics next month is designed to be taken down and rebuilt as schools around the city (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Studio Mumbai founder Bijoy Jain has revealed his design for this year's MPavilion, billed to become the largest bamboo structure ever built in Australia (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

As the Fire Island Pines resort off New York's Long Island recovers from its annual summer party, architect and Pines Modern founder Christopher Rawlins has chosen 10 of his favourite Modernist retreats dotted among the dunes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A+Awards: the next project in our collaboration with Architizer is a tinted concrete and steel crematorium in Holsbeek, Belgium, which was named as one of the winners in the religious buildings and memorials category at the 2016 A+Awards (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This proposal for a concrete chapel by Joaquim Portela Arquitetos is designed to reach up towards the sky from its site in the Swiss Alps (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article