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London and St Louis-based design studio Kiku Obata & Company is overseeing the redevelopment of an ageing downtown district in the US heartland, in a rural town where big-box stores have taken over (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A folded fabric canopy helps to shade the interior of this glazed extension to a nursery in Paris by local firm h2o Architectes (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This blackened-timber boathouse and pavilion designed by Weiss Architecture occupies a cedar jetty that projects out from the rocky coastline of an Ontario island (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Chinese designers Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu discuss the disappearing village cultures of China in their lecture at Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2019. Watch the livestream here from 12.00pm UK time. Read more

All 450 seats at Dezeen Day, our agenda-setting architecture and design conference, have now been sold. Thanks to everyone who bought a ticket! Read more View the full article

Ren Pepe Arquitetos has converted part of a former bank in Porto into a dental surgery, featuring geometric patterns that reference the city's many tiled frontages (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch architecture firm OMA has published a series of previously unseen concepts for fashion retail spaces and catwalk shows, including a vortex-like set in the middle of Paris' River Seine. (more…) View the full article

Architects Herzog & de Meuron have uncovered three underground concrete tanks at the Tate Modern gallery in London to create new spaces for art and performance, which open this week (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

With Coachella now over, Aaron Betsky questions the value of the festival's temporary sets and large-scale installations, and if the strain that their construction and destruction places on the planet is worth it. Read more

Slideshow feature: this week marks the completion of the gigantic red ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture at the London 2012 Olympic park. The tower is the last of the permanent structures to be completed for this summer’s games, so here’s a roundup of them all including sports venues by the likes of Zaha Hadid and Populous. (more…) View the full article

London designer Andy Martin used coloured resin for this series of tables that create visual effects. Read more View the full article

Pathways slice through the grounds of this hotel and health farm in Portugal's Penafiel region, leading to the entrances of partly submerged buildings designed by Porto firm AND-RÉ (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Co-working company WeWork has completed these headquarters in New York's SoHo for a wellness venture led by Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington. Read more

German designer Johanna Schmeer has created a set of traps for catching genetically modified mice. (more…) View the full article

The latest Dezeen competition offers readers the chance to win a stay at a hotel in a converted Tuscan palazzo in Florence, Italy. Read more View the full article

Two brass tables adorned with dried wheat make up The Blessed Lands collection, which Esvednâme is presenting at VDF x Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an architectural designer at New York-based studio CAZA, whose 100 Walls Church in the Philippines is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

These photographs show the bulbous form of Renzo Piano's almost-complete Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé, which nestles within a Parisian urban block. (more...) View the full article

Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao refuses to produce computer visualisations of designs still in progress. She says that making collages helps her to develop more exciting buildings. Read more View the full article

News: the iconic 1920s Moscow home of Russian avant-garde architect Konstantin Melnikov is showing signs of serious structural damage as work continues on a large complex next door, warn heritage experts and international architects including Rem Koolhaas and Álvaro Siza. (more...) View the full article

This week's issue of Dezeen Mail leads with a giant mirror installation that shows visitors scaling a London townhouse (pictured) and features all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 158 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Opinion: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs reports from Milan design week, where he finds a city seemingly determined to make life unbearable for visitors. (more...) View the full article

News: the #milanuncut debate that exposed the poor royalties designers earn has inspired the launch of Crowdyhouse, a new crowdfunding platform that helps designers find funding for their products. (more...) View the full article

Sheets of tarpaulin roll up to reveal shelves for pots and condiments at a Seoul restaurant inspired by street food stalls by Lim Tae Hee Design Studio (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: Japanese architect Terunobu Fujimori worked with students from Kingston University to create this tiered pavilion, which is clad in pieces of charred timber, zinc and chestnut wood (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article