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UK studio Foster + Partners has unveiled the design for its first project in Brooklyn: a development of offices and creative workspaces on the Red Hook waterfront. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Rem Koolhaas of OMA is tipped to be director of the next Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014. Among those speculating on Twitter was assistant director for the 2012 biennale Kieran Long, who tweeted “it’s certain to be Rem Koolhaas next time. Done deal say my sources.” Koolhaas was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2010 biennale. The rumours coincide with the news that Koolhaas will receive the Jencks Award at the RIBA in November. Portrait is by Dominik Gigler. See all our stories about OMA » See all our stories about the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012 » View the full article

The American Institute of Architects has announced its top 10 American housing projects of 2016, including a group of treehouse-like cabins in Minnesota woodland and an inner-city development for formerly homeless people in San Francisco (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Aiming to change our attitudes towards menstruation, Central Saint Martins graduate Kaye Toland has developed a tampon delivery system that transforms sanitary products into compost. Read more View the full article

The latest football stadium for the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar has been unveiled, featuring a diamond-patterned exterior based on the knitted white cap traditionally worn by Arab men. Read more View the full article

Illustrations responding to yesterday's terrorist attack in France, a house slotted behind crumbling walls (pictured), and a concept car designed to function as a living room feature in Dezeen Mail issue 235. Click through for all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 235 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Architects and designers including Kengo Kuma, Toyo Ito, Shigeru Ban, MVRDV and Konstantin Grcic have designed a series of downloadable architectural structures that are just for dogs (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British firm Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has confirmed it will no longer be working on Google's new London headquarters, now that the project has been handed over to BIG and Heatherwick Studio. (more…) View the full article

Granite covers almost every surface inside this Sydney Aesop store, which architecture firm Snøhetta has designed to look like a rocky coastline. Read more

French president Emmanuel Macron has promised to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral in time for the Paris 2024 Olympics, but experts warn it is likely to take at least 10 years. Read more

This bicycle that’s designed to grow with your child by Spanish designer Álex Fernández Camps has been awarded the top prize at the Delta Awards for industrial design at FADfest in Barcelona. (more…) View the full article

China is deploying robots and drones to remotely disinfect hospitals, deliver food and enforce quarantine restrictions as part of the effort to fight coronavirus. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: fashion photographer Paul Jung explores the geometric patterns of New York City in this film by Land Rover USA to celebrate the release of the new Range Rover Evoque (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

You have just over 24 hours to complete your Dezeen Awards 2019 entry to have your projects and studio be in the running for a Dezeen Award. Read more

Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher has said he regrets the reaction to his recent speech about London's housing crisis, and claims he only wanted to trigger a discussion. Read more View the full article

News: construction is now underway on a 222-metre skyscraper by New York studios HWKN and Handel Architects that is set to become the tallest building in the state of New Jersey. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Ventura Projects has revealed details of its inaugural Ventura Future exhibition, which will showcase work by emerging designers to tackle important world issues. Read more View the full article

Designed in Hackney: here’s another design classic from the London borough of Hackney – Paul Cocksedge‘s pendant lamp made from heat-shrunk plastic cups. (more…) View the full article

This arched wooden chair by Norwegian designer Stine Aas is intended to evoke the details of classical architecture when a number are stacked on top of one another or arranged side by side. Read more View the full article

In our latest Dezeen x MINI Living movie, architect Oke Hauser and designer Nina Tolstrup explain how MINI's Milan design week installation let visitors design their own micro homes. Read more View the full article

Competition: we've teamed up with London designers Another Studio to give away five model kits of the Crystal Palace, to celebrate the launch of their latest pocket-sized architecture collection. (more...) View the full article

Glass partitions divide up the interior spaces of apartments created within a former school building in the Belgian city of Izegem by local architect Lieven Dejaeghere (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Feeling the urge to downsize? Take lessons from 10 of the best micro homes – including a cloud-shaped holiday home and a 3D-printed urban cabin. Read more View the full article

Koen van Velsen Architects used custom green-tinted brickwork, mirrored panels and glazed courtyards to help this sports centre on the outskirts of Rotterdam blend in with the greenery surrounding it. Read more View the full article

Seven concrete fins provide a green roof that collects rainwater at this new engineering facility for a wastewater treatment plant in Portland, Oregon, by local firm Skylab Architecture (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article