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The American Institute of Architects has called for Donald Trump to reverse his "shortsighted decision" to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement amid the global climate crisis. Read more View the full article

A canopy supported by slim white columns covers a hotpot restaurant by MUDA Architects in Chengdu, China which hugs the edge of a lotus pond in a eucalyptus forest. Read more

Translucent polycarbonate panels are used to separate different shopping zones outfitted to specific weather conditions in this pop-up shop in New York designed by fashion brand The Arrivals. Read more View the full article

Canadian studio D'Arcy Jones Architects has designed this clifftop house in Vancouver to be "part look-out tower, part courtyard and part landform". Read more View the full article

Slideshow: stairs might be perfectly practical but moving from room to room via a skateboard, slide or climbing wall is far more exciting so here’s a roundup of homes and offices from the pages of Dezeen that feature extreme ways of getting around. (more…) View the full article

Another pop-up project built of shipping containers: architects Softroom have built a temporary Mexican restaurant outside the Southbank Centre in London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

ÉCAL graduate Alexandre Picciotto collaborated with French technology firm Oledcomm to design a LiFi emitting lamp for libraries. Read more View the full article

Swedish firms Johan Sundberg Arkitektur and Blasberg Andréasson Arkitekter used sheets of perforated metal to create a faceted facade for this office extension on a Lund industrial estate, helping to "break up the area's mediocrity" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Kengo Kuma & Associates has designed a kindergarten in the Japanese city Saitama with a series of roofs that pitch steeply in opposing directions. Read more View the full article

We've selected the top five roles in architecture, interiors and design on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions at Safdie Architects and Gianni Botsford Architects. Read more View the full article

Sports brand Nike is raffling limited editions of the self-lacing shoes that feature in sci-fi film Back to the Future II (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Readers' reactions to Apple's iOS 7 software design revealed earlier this week lead Dezeen Mail issue 156, which also includes all the latest news, jobs and comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 156 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

News: architecture firm BIG has unveiled a proposal for an apartment block in the Bahamas featuring a honeycomb facade where every balcony contains a swimming pool (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

New York 2016: 11 international designers and studios have produced a range of simple furniture and homeware based on the American Shaker movement (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Canadian architecture studio Scott & Scott used materials that "wear-in with use" for the interior of this pan-Asian restaurant in Vancouver (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Interview: over dinner in an apartment inside a historic clock tower, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky told Dezeen how two young design graduates built the home-booking website that is now bigger than most hotel chains. (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

News: the latest Maggie's cancer care centre designed by Frank Gehry opened in Hong Kong yesterday, becoming the first of the charity's units outside the UK. (more...) View the full article

Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has created a golden hued events pavilion with a broad scooped roof in the grounds of a historic chateau near Maastricht. Read more View the full article

The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles has acquired an archive of work by architect Frank Gehry that spans his first 30 years in practice. Read more View the full article

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

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

San José-based practice Studio Saxe has designed this hotel in Costa Rica so that guests can perform yoga flows or rigorous boxing workouts in a studio surrounded by lush vegetation. 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

A red brick building designed for one of the UK's oldest libraries will be the first new addition to Lambeth Palace – the historic home of the Archbishop of Canterbury – in almost two centuries (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article