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Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has defended his decision to meet with Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and says he intends to work in the country in the future. Read more View the full article

Angular balconies extending from the front of this apartment block in Paris are framed by white concrete screens featuring a perforated pattern that resembles brickwork. Read more View the full article

Interieur 2012: objects that seem like half-finished sketches of candle holders, vases, bowls and bottles won British designer Maya Selway second prize in the Object category of the Interieur Design Awards at the Interieur design biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium, last week (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A Japanese-style reading nook and a sculptural wooden staircase feature in this 1970s Los Angeles house, which has been overhauled by local studio Dan Brunn Architecture to "pay homage" to its original architect Frank Gehry. Read more View the full article

Milan designers Spalvieri / Del Ciotto have created a range of calculators, clocks, torches and radios that are made of corn starch. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The New York Public Library is posting versions of classic books and accompanying animations to its Instagram stories, encouraging the digital generation to read more. Read more View the full article

Underwear, vegetables and carrier bags could all be used in the fight against coronavirus, suggests designer Max Siedentopf. Read more View the full article

High-tech architecture has strayed far from its environmentally conscientious beginnings, but could rise again if it returns to them, writes Phineas Harper. Read more View the full article

The wonky look of this chair by Danish designer Rasmus B. Fex actually makes it stronger. (more…) View the full article

Are drones becoming a threat to society? Dezeen's Tom Ravenscroft and Calum Lindsay will be taking to Twitter on Thursday 3 October at 4pm UK time to discuss the impact of drones on cities and city design. Join in using the hashtag #dezeenchat. Read more

Dezeen Awards 2020 will open for entries on 4 February, with the discounted early-entry period running until 31 March. Read on for all the key dates for this year's architecture, interiors and design awards programme. Read more View the full article

The seventh entry in our A-Zdvent calendar is the Garden Egg chair by Hungarian designer Peter Ghyczy, which demonstrated new techniques for plastic production in the late 1960s. (more…) View the full article

A series of triangular and rectangular platforms create numerous floor levels inside this house in Osaka, Japan. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are riled up by Christo comparing the creation of his work to building a skyscraper. Read more View the full article

A series of digital triggers set off several hundred events in the video for Ok Go's The One Moment, which was filmed in just four seconds. Read more View the full article

A bubblegum-pink kitchen and stripey watermelon-green floor are some of the features inside this Tokyo apartment, which designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has completed in a sugar-sweet colour palette. Read more View the full article

Wearers of luxury fashion brand Vetements latest collection can learn about the history of Georgia by scanning QR codes incorporated into the items. Read more View the full article

What could possibly be bad about recreating an example of great design, asks Michael Miner, who was criticised by Aaron Betsky for wanting to resurrect a Frank Lloyd Wright building. Read more

Opinion: this year's SXSW technology conference may have had Barack Obama as its headliner, but the tone was still surprisingly sombre, says Kieran Long. Are the tech evangelists as worried about the future as the rest of us? (more…) View the full article

Foster + Partners has unveiled a proposal for Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba's headquarters in Shanghai that will be built within a giant grid. Read more View the full article

Snøhetta has been granted planning permission for an indoor garden at New York's 550 Madison, which forms part of its overhaul of the postmodern tower. Read more View the full article

Opinion: as architects in Chicago prepare to protest against declining working conditions, Mimi Zeiger argues that the industry needs to take radical action to gain the recognition it deserves. (more...) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a visual artist with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, whose cylindrical skyscraper design proposed for London's Canary Wharf is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

The two rehearsal rooms of this Brazilian music school are covered with chalkboards on the outside and oriented strand board on the inside. (more…) View the full article

Renzo Piano designed one of high-tech architecture's seminal buildings – the Centre Pompidou. Continuing our high-tech architecture series we profile the Italian architect who was a key figure in the largely British-led movement. Read more View the full article