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UK firm Mole Architects extended a protected farmhouse in south-east England by adding an extension with a barrel-vaulted roof that references local agricultural buildings (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Israeli ceramics designer Shlomit Bauman combined white porcelain with the very last batch of clay from a local pit to make these stretched and distorted objects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

OMA has revealed its plans to renovate and extend three vacant railway buildings in Brussels to create an office for Belgium train operator SNCB. Read more View the full article

British designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby have curated an exhibition at London's Design Museum containing a selection of objects paused part-way through the manufacturing process, which they joked reveals their obsession with aluminium. (more...) View the full article

A giant glass and steel doughnut that will transport passengers up and down a 162-metre-high pole is undergoing final tests ahead of its opening later this summer, according to designer Marks Barfield Architects. (more…) View the full article

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart programmed a robot to wind 60 kilometres of carbon and glass fibre filaments into this pavilion inspired by a lobster's exoskeleton (+ movie + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Australian architecture studio DeciBel has unveiled plans for a cultural complex in Hanoi, featuring six bulb-like structures to reference a floating lotus flower. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: entrepreneur Adrian Cheng has worked alongside Dutch architecture studio Concrete to create a new social space in Hong Kong tower Skypark that meets the needs of its youthful residents. Read more View the full article

Elon Musk's car brand Tesla has unveiled its latest and "safest" all-electric Model Y crossover SUV, which is expected to go on the market in Autumn 2020. Read more

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

In a year that saw Donald Trump brand journalists "enemies of the people", Royal College of Art graduate Armin Peters created a concept car that provides members of the press with an impenetrable space to work and conduct interviews. Read more View the full article

This Corten steel footbridge arches across a new bypass in Spain to connect the small town of Sant Pere Sacarrera with a network of woodland pathways (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Amanda Levete, Grimshaw and Heneghan Peng are among the six teams that have unveiled designs for a new bridge over the River Avon in Bath, England (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Bblur Architecture has won approval to wrap a giant slide around the Anish Kapoor-designed ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. (more…) View the full article

American architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien have been named architecture laureates for the Japan Art Association's 2019 Praemium Imperiale awards. Read more

This week we've selected the best architecture and design positions from around the world on Dezeen Jobs, including vacancies at London practice Waugh Thistleton Architects and furniture brand &Tradition. Read more

Our August World Design Guide update features Brazilian Design Week in São Paulo (pictured) and CU (Creatives Unfold) in Bangkok, plus we've added five new events. (more...) View the full article

British studio Design Engine has won an invited competition against Foster + Partners to design the new UK headquarters for Formula One car designers Gordon Murray Design. Read more View the full article

A curving copper-clad extension punctuated by portholes has been added to a house in Ghent, Belgium, by local studio Atelier Vens Vanbelle, who describe the structure as "a cocktail of science fiction and nostalgia" (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The stark concrete exterior of many of London’s postwar housing blocks could be made more attractive with thatching, proposes architecture student James Kirk (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This spiritual refuge by Aidlin Darling Design at California's Stanford University features vertical cedar slats and thick walls made of soil excavated from the building site (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week we published a beautifully remodelled church by minimalist John Pawson, only to have our wrists slapped for calling him an architect. More picks from the week in architecture and design follow, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Architecture firm Caruso St John has completed a £45 million renovation of London's Tate Britain art gallery, which includes a spiral staircase descending to new underground classrooms. (more...) View the full article

Creative collective 9+1 celebrates the Japanese art of Urushi in its Craft-tech series, which it is presenting as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: Taiwanese designer Shawn Yang has created a giant version of a Spirograph toy that makes three-dimensional patterns on homeware (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article