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Patterned tiles, geometric screens and a bright yellow staircase were added to this apartment in Athens by local studio Point Supreme (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A team of scientists at Tufts University in the US have created xenobots, tiny robots made from frog skin and heart cells that can walk, work together and heal themselves. Read more View the full article

Architecture firm Haworth Tompkins has installed a bright red auditorium amongst the brutalist concrete of London's National Theatre (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Hector Esrawe's design studio has completed its first residence – a red-brick house in Mexico City that encloses a lush courtyard at its centre. Read more View the full article

London restaurant Dirty Bones took inspiration from 1970s Brooklyn for its new space in Soho, which features velvet seating, a wood-panelled bar and a toilet hidden behind a faux bookshelf. Read more View the full article

Taking the top spot in our August popular stories is House T by Hiroyuki Shinozaki, a house in Tokyo with large openings in the walls and floors, while the news was dominated by the preview of the Venice Architecture Biennale. (more...) View the full article

A pair of cabins heated by a sauna stove, a zero-impact reflective cabin in the Swiss Alps and treetop cabins on stilts are among this year's 10 standout cabins choosen by Karen Anderson, as we continue our review of 2019. Read more View the full article

Israeli architect Moshe Safdie has designed a skyscraper for Sri Lanka comprising one tower slumped against another. (more…) View the full article

Slices of wood are layered in different combinations to make each animal in this toy menagerie by London design studio Yang:Ripol. (more…) View the full article

The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly includes "one of the best inventions ever made" according to one of our readers and the UK's best house of the year as named by the Royal Institute of British Architects. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Dezeen has been named Digital Business Publisher of the Year 2012 by the Association of Online Publishers. Judges of the AOP 2012 Awards described Dezeen as “A smart entrepreneurial brand, with beautifully designed products – from websites to pop-up shops. Strong evidence of experimentation, fast growing revenue and audience”. (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Universal Design Studio, Henning Larsen Architects and Architonic, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Marc Newson, Tord Boontje, dRMM and more… (more…) View the full article

Motorola has thrown its hat into the folding smartphone ring with a revamped version of its Razr flip phone that was first launched 15 years go. Read more View the full article

This week a team of London-based designers unveiled a 3D-printing pen that allows users to create solid doodles in the air (pictured) and preservationists proposed a system to safeguard Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House from flood damage. Read on for more of the week's top architecture and design news, plus our Dezeen Music Project featured track. (more...) View the full article

News: architects, curators and students can now apply to participate in the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, which takes place from 12 September to 15 December 2013. (more…) View the full article

The next movie in a series about the buildings of Slovenian practice OFIS Arhitekti features a social housing block on the outskirts of Ljubljana with a latticed facade inspired by local Alpine hayracks. (more…) View the full article

These hand-drawn illustrations by Hackney design studio Something & Son explain the designs for a temporary spa that opens tomorrow in Barking, east London. (more…) View the full article

The OMA-designed headquarters for the Rothschild Bank in London is one of the six buildings shortlisted for the 2012 Stirling Prize (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dozens of rectangular openings reveal a glazed inner skin behind the yellow granite facade of this canteen building, designed by German studio Knowspace for a Chinese research campus (+ 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

The movements of visitors navigating this installation, by architects Herzog & de Meuron and artist Ai Weiwei, are tracked by drones and played back to them – in a comment on surveillance in public spaces. Read more View the full article

Here are some photos of Zaha Hadid’s installation in the Arsenale at the Venice Architecture Biennale, comprising a huge pleated metal funnel. (more…) View the full article

Creative agency Virtue has partnered with Copenhagen Pride to develop the world's first genderless voice, which aims to eradicate bias in technology. Read more

London studio Seymourpowell has designed concepts for a wearable collar and chaise longue powered by AI, which use atomised cosmetic products to protect city-dwellers from harmful pollutants. Read more View the full article

Chilean architects Alejandro Soffia and Gabriel Rudolphy designed this house in Santo Domingo as a cluster of prefabricated modules. (more…) View the full article