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Opinion: the limitless prosperity once promised by urbanisation has failed to materialise, leaving rapidly growing inequality in its wake. It will take more than some clever technology to solve the problems with the world's biggest cities, says Reinier de Graaf. (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Dutch architecture firm UNStudio has designed a skyscraper for Singapore that looks like a cactus. (more…) View the full article

Reservations are now open for guests wishing to stay at Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen's 1960s terminal building at New York's John F Kennedy airport, following a restoration of its modernist details. Read more

The shade of this lamp by Norwegian designer Lars Beller Fjetland resembles a dining cloche lifted up in the air. (more...) View the full article

Canadian designer Philippe Malouin has added a small bowl to new 3D-printed homeware brand Othr's collection of items, as part of its chain of fortnightly product launches (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This timber-clad ski chalet has a crystalline form designed to "shed snow" from the roof and an elevated living room that optimises views across Canada's Whistler Valley (+ slideshow). (more…)

Dezeen promotion: entries are now being accepted for this year's Global Irish Design Challenge – a competition that asks designers to address international issues through innovative products and concepts (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Robots are the future of the construction industry, according to architects including Wolf D Prix and BIG's Kai-Uwe Bergmann. We've rounded up a selection of projects that suggest what the robot-made buildings of the future might look like (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A spiral staircase made from cast concrete leads up to a turfed roof overlooking a pool and polo field at this stables near Buenos Aires, which was designed by local firm Estudio Ramos for a professional polo player. Read more View the full article

Explore our new Pinterest board to see highlights from this year's World Architecture Festival and Inside, including the shortlisted projects and winners of the World Building of the Year and Interior of the Year awards. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

British fashion designer Richard Nicoll has died aged 39 following a suspected heart attack. Read more View the full article

This timber-clad community centre by Bernardo Bader Architects is set at the heart of a village in rural Austria, and designed to reference the surrounding gabled farmhouses. Read more View the full article

Product news: German designer Annika Frye has designed a rotation-moulded lighting range with visible seams (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Thick walls made from locally sourced stone frame courtyards and corridors at this radio broadcasting station in the Nepalese town of Jomsom, designed by Korean studio Archium (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week, Donald Trump's Mexican border wall was envisioned as a Barragán-inspired pink barrier, and Dezeen was annotated using a typeface based on the US presidential candidate's handwriting. Read more View the full article

Square openings form a grid of tiny windows through the screens of this clinic for hair restoration and removal in Tokyo by Japanese studio KORI architecture office (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Studio 34 South has transformed a former garage built in the Dutch city of Den Bosch into a restaurant and bar called Garage Pompen & Verlouw. Read more

Brazilian studio Atelier Branco has completed a glass house among a rainforest in São Paulo with a rooftop terrace for the resident "to read and smoke a cigar looking at the stars". Read more

With the coronavirus crisis readying the world for radical change, designers need to be aware of how their work can harm already marginalised communities, says Design Justice author Sasha Costanza-Chock. Read more View the full article

A horseshoe-shaped courtyard with a matching first floor terrace forms the heart of this remodelled and extended house in Kuala Lumpur, designed by local architect Eleena Jamil (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A candle with a wick made from yarn the same length as US president Donald Trump's proposed US-Mexico border wall was unveiled at Jerusalem Design Week earlier this month. Read more View the full article

American firm Rapt Studio has designed the interiors for tech company Ancestry's new office, which features comfy lounge areas, communal dining tables and art installations that refer to genealogy (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Stockholm designer Thomas Bernstrand has created an outdoor stool that locks up like a supermarket trolley to keep parks and public spaces tidy. Read 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

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a store designer at Nike, whose past interior design projects include a temporary New York space illuminated in lurid colours by Robert Storey Studio (pictured). Read more stories on Nike or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article