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Dezeen promotion: a stress-busting phone case, a huggable toy and a storage solution for wireless earbuds are among the finalists in the Samsung Mobile Design Competition accessories category, revealed today. Read more

Students from Barcelona’s Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia have built a robotic 3D printer that creates architectural structures from sand or soil (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Jac Studios has designed minimal glass display cases for an exhibition in a Tadao Ando-designed museum – a project that has just won top prize at the Inside awards. Read more

The Passivhaus and high-density Goldsmith Street social housing scheme designed by Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley has been awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize 2019. Read more

Copper panels and local timber clad the exterior of this houseboat in the Netherlands by BYTR Architects, which is moored beside a wooded parkland (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen speaks to Google's head of hardware design Ivy Ross, trend forecaster Li Edelkoort and The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond about how technology and lifestyle design can become more integrated. Tune in from 4:00pm UK time to watch the talk live from Milan. Read more View the full article

Caged balconies provide open-air corridors that are sheltered from harsh sunlight and tropical rain at this school in Vietnam by architects Vo Trong Nghia. (more…) View the full article

Movie: in this exclusive interview Australian architect Richard Francis-Jones explains the importance of local materials at Auckland Art Gallery, which was crowned World Building of the Year at World Architecture Festival in Singapore earlier this month. (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

News: a conceptual proposal for huge buoyant umbrellas that rebuild polar ice caps has been awarded first prize in this year's eVolo Skyscraper Competition. (more...) View the full article

A tomb that was designed but never realised by modernist architect Adolf Loos has been built by British architect Sam Jacob in a historic London cemetery. (more…) View the full article

News: Zaha Hadid Architects has designed three residential towers to sit on a riverfront site in Brisbane, Australia, as part of a AUS$420 million development (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

An immersive experience by Campaign and The Future Laboratory that takes visitors on a journey to find a scent that matches their personality opens this week at London department store Selfridges (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Australian studio Biasol paired worn concrete walls with pink marble and rich red accents for the interiors of this Italian restaurant in Melbourne, which takes visual cues from Ancient Rome. Read more View the full article

Our job of the week is a position for a designer at Morgans Hotel Group in New York. The group has previously worked with well-known designers such as Philippe Starck, Tom Dixon and Marcel Wanders, who designed the Mondrian South Beach hotel in Miami (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse many other architecture and design job opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. 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

Amelia Tavella Architects has transformed a ruined 1950s residence on Corsica's coastline into a light-filled holiday home with simply furnished interiors. Read more View the full article

French office Topos Architecture used timber cladding and a pitched roof to give this kindergarten in Mayenne, France, a domestic appearance that the architects thought would be more welcoming to children (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Garcia Tamjidi Architecture Design has created a black and white office space for beauty brand incubator Kendo, featuring glossy surfaces that reflect views of San Francisco's skyscrapers. Read more View the full article

JC Architecture has converted a 90-year-old dormitory building in Taipei into a contemporary family home, to serve as a blueprint for reviving similar neglected historical properties throughout the city. Read more

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Hopkins Architects, who designed the Velodrome for the London 2012 Olympic Games (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

New York architecture studio Forma has created contrasting orange and grey-coloured rooms for Yale University's student-run radio station. Read more View the full article

Slatted timber shutters fold back to reveal the boxy first-floor balcony of this family house in Portugal, designed by E348 Arquitectura to adapt to the changing climate (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Glass bottles rest on rows of hand-made iron nails along the walls of this Aesop skin and haircare shop in Paris by French designers Ciguë (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Interlocking volumes clad in zinc, cedar, stucco and glass form this family dwelling in northern California by US studio Aidlin Darling Design. Read more