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The architecture community has paid tribute to William "Bill" Menking, co-founder of The Architect's Newspaper, who has died aged 72 of cancer. Read more View the full article

Airbus has unveiled a bird-like concept for a hybrid-electric airliner that aims to show the potential of using biomimicry in aviation design. Read more

Mexico's luxury resort boom is leading to a surge in demand for locally sourced products, according to Mexican design brand Luteca. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Book of Interviews: our new book featuring conversations with 45 of the most talented and inspiring people from the global design scene is now available with free shipping in the UK. (more...) View the full article

Peter Barber Architects has built a tenement-style housing block at 95 Peckham Road in London that steps back from the street to create numerous, south-facing roof terraces. Read more View the full article

A bulky concrete apartment appears to hover above the glass roof of a patisserie at this combined home and workplace in Chiba Prefecture by Japanese studio Yuko Nagayama & Associates (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

New York City's Pratt Institute has named British architect and professor Harriet Harriss as the next dean of its school of architecture. Read more

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a creative director with skin and hair care brand Aesop, famous for its individual shop interiors. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

With Mexican architect Frida Escobedo set to reveal her Serpentine Pavilion today, here's a look at seven of her most significant projects. Read more View the full article

Fast-food company McDonald's has moved into a new headquarters in Chicago, where employees have access to a multitude of workspaces and new hires are enrolled in a collegiate experience. Read more

Maison&Objet 2015: Basque designer Jean Louis Iratzoki has moulded the shell of a chair from a plant-based polymer that is fully recyclable and biodegradable (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Canadian design studio Moss & Lam rediscovered a traditional craft process to create this collection of patterned side tables. (more…) View the full article

Today's Google Doodle features an illustration of American writer and urban planning activist Jane Jacobs, who successfully campaigned against major infrastructure projects in New York and Toronto. (more…) View the full article

Studio Weave has designed a new roof terrace for London College of Fashion's gallery space, adding brightly coloured decking and seats. (more...) View the full article

Balconies with adjustable covers pepper the brick facade of the Habitat for Orphan Girls designed by ZAV Architects in Khansar, Iran. Read more View the full article

Canadian architectural practice StudioAC has taken cues from the work of late American designer Donald Judd for fittings inside this Toronto home. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: Pritzker Prize laureates paid tribute to Zaha Hadid at a private dinner before this year's Pritzker ceremony in honour of Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, which took place in New York on Monday. (more…) View the full article

A+Awards: angular polycarbonate windows create tessellating shapes across the facade of this gymnasium in France's Champagné region, a winner at this year's Architizer A+Awards. Read more View the full article

Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvær has made a series of sheer silk room dividers in pale, graduated colours. (more…) View the full article

This architecture movie shows A-CH's compact Keperra House, located in a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. Read more

Canadian designer Geof Ramsay has used the notion of staircases that double as seating areas to create a wooden bench from a set of steps. (more...) View the full article

This tiny slatted timber pavilion is intended as a space for contemplation, and was designed by Milanese architect Giovanni Wegher to tour Italy's largest national park (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen's audience grew for the 13th consecutive year in 2019, with record traffic, comments and social media followers. Read more View the full article

Dutch designers Iris van Daalen and Ruben Thier's The Plastic Mine is a series of home accessories made from plastic clumps gathered from a factory floor. Read more View the full article

KC Design Studio has updated a 3.7-metre-wide house in Taiwan with a perforated facade and lightwell to combat the lack of daylight in the island's dense neighbourhoods. Read more View the full article