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Hungary has revealed plans to build a new carbon-neutral greenhouse-filled farming city that will be powered by renewable energy sources. Read more

News: there aren't enough opportunities in Europe for talented young architects, according to Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey, winners of this year's RIBA Royal Gold Medal (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

Behind the aged stone walls of an old tannery building in northwest Spain, Arrokabe Arquitectos has created a small events venue that opens onto a neighbouring park (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designer Reiichi Ikeda has come up with a shop for Japanese fashion brand Wonderland that has a small wooden house inside. (more…) View the full article

Movie: Nike Flywire cables that tighten on impact are built into these shoes specifically designed by Nike for running the 1500m track event, as described by the brand’s global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti in the last movie of our Nike+ House of Innovation series commissioned by Nike. (more…) View the full article

Francesca Gotti has hidden fragrances within seemingly impenetrable concrete-like blocks for Italian perfumer oneofthose. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: products made from HI-MACS acrylic stone will be exhibited at 100% Design trade fair at Earls Court during the London Design Festival from Wednesday. (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival: a community space in Ho Chi Minh City designed by local firm a21studio and built using recycled materials and colourful fabric has been named World Building of the Year 2014 at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week we reported on proposals to turn London's abandoned tube tunnels into an underground cycle network, and the launch of Ikea's "low key" collaboration with British designer Ilse Crawford (pictured). Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news, plus our track of the week. (more…) View the full article

Three-dimensional doodle-like lines form this series of furniture by Korean designer Jeong Greem, which aims to breathe life into mundane, everyday materials. Read more

London-based Latvian designers Arthur Analts and Rudolph Strelis have made a series of bowls from shredded money. (more…) View the full article

Laser-cut leather, wetsuit material and antique metal all feature in designer Damien Fredriksen Ravn's Spring Summer 2013 collection inspired by armour. (more...) View the full article

The fragmented gables that make up this children's centre by Danish studio CEBRA feature matching dormer windows that in some places have been extruded, inverted or turned upside down (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Sarah Reinbold is exhibiting Zwischen Hier und Dort, a collection of ceramic and plaster sculptures, during the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

A vivid green floor covered in semi-precious stones is the focal point of this decadent Asian restaurant in central London, which has been created by The Ivy in collaboration with Adam Ellis Studio. Read more View the full article

This week's Dezeen Mail includes Zaha Hadid's Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul (pictured) and Shigeru Ban's Pritzker Prize win, along with the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 195 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Over 70 architects, critics and preservationists have signed a petition to prevent the "tremendous mistake" of demolishing parts of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, to make way for an expansion by Selldorf Architects. Read more View the full article

Dezeen had another record-breaking year in 2017, increasing unique visitors and visits by 11 per cent and winning a host of awards. Thanks to all our readers! Read more View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions at San Francisco State University, Schmidt Hammer Lasssen Architects and Heatherwick Studio, which recently unveiled a honeycomb of staircases for New York (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with the Foster + Partners, NBBJ, John Smart Architects and more... (more…) View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are impressed with Lego's take on the Cybertruck, but skeptical about a chair made from a cardboard box. Read more View the full article

Spanish studio Lucas y Hernández-Gil looked to the subdued paintings of artist Giorgio Morandi when creating the greyscale interiors of this restaurant in Seville. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2016: co-director of Universal Assembly Unit Samantha Lee unveils the digital art studio's interactive sculpture for London Design Festival in this exclusive movie Dezeen produced for Italian lighting brand iGuzzini. (more…) View the full article

A pair of huge concrete lights drop down over the bar of this restaurant in Mexico City, which was designed by local firm Michan Architecture. Read more

Architecture studio Wutopia Lab has renovated the Hubei Foreign Language Bookstore in Wuhan, China, inserting a shard-like glass lightwell that pierces through six stories. Read more View the full article

Architecture and design studio Softroom has renovated a restaurant beneath the glazed roof installed by Norman Foster over the Great Court of the British Museum in London. (more...) View the full article