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A moody bar and sun-lit restaurant were among the spaces added during the renovation of this hotel, which encompasses 25 historic canal houses in Amsterdam. Read more View the full article

Five years ago Daniel Libeskind designed his first piece of commercial furniture, the Campana Brothers presented plastic garden furniture wrapped in wicker and Zaha Hadid recreated some of her buildings as three-dimensional wall art. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen archive: following Sam Jacob's Opinion column about plans to extend the copyright term for design in the UK, here are all the stories on Dezeen about copying in architecture and design. See all our stories about copying » See all our archive stories » View the full article

Eyeballs, tentacles and weird machinery inhabit the peculiar forest Roof Studio designed for Empire of the Sun's High and Low music video. Read more View the full article

The dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas has resigned over a new state law that will allow students to carry guns on campus. (more…) View the full article

This family house by architect Naoko Horibe features a traditional Japanese-style room with tatami mats inside a protruding, timber-clad mezzanine. (more…) View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with O'Donnell + Tuomey, Studio Arthur Casas and the AA School of Architecture, from which a group of students suspended a translucent pyramid from tree trunks (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with the RIBA, Allied Works Architecture, WilkinsonEyre and more... (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publisher Owl & Dog Playbooks to give away five copies of a children's book filled with pre-scored sheets for making folded paper models of fish (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week we reported on Patrik Schumacher's rant against critics, proposals by Snohetta (pictured) and SANAA for a new Budapest museum, and all the highlights from Milan's annual design week. Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news. (more…) View the full article

Elon Musk has realised his vision for a "one-stop solar and storage experience", combining camouflaged roof tiles with an updated version of the energy-storing Powerwall. Read more View the full article

The trophies awarded to musicians at next year's Brit Awards will have been designed by the late Zaha Hadid. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: water becomes the main character in this black and white music video created by director Albert Sala for John Matthias's Spreadsheet Blues. (more...) View the full article

Multiple European brands came together for MUT Design's Das Haus installation at IMM Cologne to create hybrid indoor-outdoor furniture prototypes that are now being put into production. Read more View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with New London Architecture to give readers the chance to win one of five pairs of tickets to a lecture delivered by architecture collective Assemble later this month. (more…) View the full article

Design collective Vík Prjónsdóttir has launched two Icelandic wool blankets shaped to look like the wings of a swan and an eider duck as part of a range of avian-influenced covers. (more...) View the full article

Brutalism and underground fight clubs were used as a point of reference for VSHD Design when designing this gym in Dubai. Read more

Dezeen promotion: online retailer Fab is calling for designers to present their work to a panel of experts at The Conran Shop Marylebone on 19 September, during London Design Festival, for the chance to put their designs into production. (more...) View the full article

Architect Simon Astridge employed a varied material palette of plywood, concrete, brick and stone to create this extension to a Victorian terraced house in London (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Readers could not hold back their excitement after plans were unveiled by Kengo Kuma and Associates for an aquatics centre framed by black pyramids in Copenhagen, in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

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

Red steel ribbons are parted like curtains to welcome visitors into this museum in northern Japan by Canadian studio Molo (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A controversial Apple Store designed by Foster + Partners for Melbourne's Federation Square has been cancelled after plans were blocked by Australian heritage authorities. Read more

German designers Elmgreen and Dragset have installed a sculpture that looks like an U-shaped swimming pool outside the Miami Beach Convention Center. Read more View the full article

Dezeen archive: we've featured a few monochrome interiors on Dezeen this week, so this latest look back at the Dezeen archive is dedicated to buildings and spaces in shades of black, white and grey. See more monochrome architecture and design » See all our archive stories » View the full article

Architect Artem Zakharchenko-Halytskyi has designed a system of modular shelves made from wooden blades that can lie flat against the wall or pivot to provide a usable surface. Read more