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News: as the UK government today unveiled its first independent architecture report, project leader Terry Farrell admitted to Dezeen that public expectations for healthcare buildings "are low" and that architects don't have enough influence to change the status quo (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled plans to create a new art gallery at the V&A Waterfront museum in Cape Town by hollowing out sections of a grain silo complex. (more...) View the full article

News: the Museum of Modern Art in New York is to raze the former American Folk Art Museum next door just 12 years after its completion by US architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio Various Associates has fashioned monochromatic interiors with mirrored surfaces and unusual fur-covered partitions, for this womenswear store in Chongqing, China. Read more

Dezeen promotion: A multicoloured pavilion with a wave-like ceramic facade is one of three projects that manufacturer Agrob Buchtal has named as winners of the Tile Award. Read more View the full article

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this exclusive video interview, musician Imogen Heap demonstrates the electronic gloves that allow people to interact with their computer remotely via hand gestures. (more...) View the full article

Advanced farming techniques will be taught to 50 students at a time in the Agriculture Technology Centre, designed by Squire & Partners and SAWA in Krong Samraong, Cambodia. Read more

This week we've selected four promising paid internships on Dezeen Jobs, including positions at architecture studio Studio Nauta and French fashion brand Lacoste. Read more View the full article

A translucent plastic house in the woods is the location for a fantasy movie directed by architect Spanish architect Miguel de Guzmán that features a wolf, three bears and Little Red Riding Hood. (more...) View the full article

Stockholm 2014: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created a set of ceiling-mounted office dividers for Swedish brand Offecct (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Vancouver studio Alyssa.Marcela presents Peel Vase Series, a range of vessels for cut flowers made of paper, as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

This set of highly realistic renderings unveil a cabin that American studio WOJR has designed for a forest clearing in Massachusetts, featuring a large pyramidal metal roof set on concrete block walls. Read more

This school by Studio Weave features a scalloped roofline and double doors that slide back to connect the classrooms with a woodland setting on the outskirts of London. Read more View the full article

This swinging sofa by Berlin-based Studio Aisslinger for design brand Vitra isn’t meant for the garden or conservatory but for weary workers in the office. (more…) View the full article

News: graphic design studio Barnbrook has defaced a classic David Bowie album and upturned a 1970s photograph of the musician to create the covers of his new album and single. (more...) View the full article

Students at this cooking studio in Lithuania can prepare meals at worktops with knife-shaped legs, before sitting down to eat in a dining room carpeted with fake grass. (more…) View the full article

American firm David Baker Architects has completed an eco-hotel in Sonoma County that features board-marked concrete walls, a garden courtyard and a brise-soleil made of redwood slats. Read more

We've pinned all the best images of proposed and completed projects by Zaha Hadid Architects onto our first Pinterest board dedicated to a single architecture practice. See our new Zaha Hadid Architects Pinterest board » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See all our stories about Zaha Hadid Architects » View the full article

The panel behind this stark matte steel sink has a patch in the centre that's been polished to shine like a mirror. (more...) View the full article

Argentinean studio Adamo-Faiden has overhauled an ageing townhouse in Buenos Aires with the addition of a rooftop courtyard and an underground yoga room. (more...) View the full article

Japanese architects Sides Core have left the grey wool insulating material exposed on the ceiling of this hair salon, wrapping light fixtures like vines along pipes and suspending light bulbs at different levels (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Edinburgh College of Art student Peter Trimble has built a portable machine for manufacturing furniture from sand, urine and bacteria (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the pocket watch is making a comeback, with designers and watch brands revitalising the classic form and making it relevant for contemporary lifestyles. Read the full story on the Dezeen Watch Store blog » View the full article

The wooden decorative objects in this collection by Madrid-based studio Mad Lab form a set of a scaled-down "buildings" with arched details. Read more

Studio Tom Emerson and Taller 5, Mediated Matter Group at MIT and Branch Studio Architects have won awards for the best projects of the year at Dezeen Awards 2019. Read more View the full article