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British architecture firm Foster + Partners has revealed plans to build an 80-storey skyscraper that is set to become Canada's tallest habitable building. (more…)

Dezeen promotion: designers and architects including Nicholas Grimshaw, Michael Young and Tomas Alonso will take part in talks and discussions during this year's Clerkenwell Design Week from 19 to 21 May (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

The windows of this extension to a 1920s bungalow in Tasmania sit within faceted timber reveals, contrasting with the white-painted weatherboard walls (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Herzog & de Meuron has completed a concrete apartment building on the outskirts of Zurich, which has staircases housed in four cylindrical corner towers (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese houses are a perennial favourite with Dezeen readers, but the country's architects also apply similar design principles to hair salon interiors. Examples include a minimal salon in Osaka with space for just one customer, a hairdresser's divided with plants and mirrored screens, and a beautician's featuring crimped screens and golden curtains. See more Japanese hair salons » View the full article

Referencing the stone tracery of an adjacent church, the aluminium lattice covering the facades of this university building in Sheffield, England, incorporates windows of varying sizes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has begun work on a granite clubhouse and spa complex, which will be set in the centre of a lake in southern China to serve the residents of exclusive villas. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: Australian designer Ross Gardam has created a desk lamp with a mirrored shade that can be rotated to adjust light and shadow (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has sculpted marble into a convincingly rippling pool for his Petite Loire installation, created for this year's International Garden Festival (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

EU referendum: architects and designers in the UK should stop complaining about the outcome of the EU referendum and instead start fighting for better post-Brexit policies for their industry, according to a former senior policy adviser to the government. (more…) View the full article

Spanish architect Raúl Sánchez has overhauled a long and narrow apartment in Barcelona to create a sequence of rooms lined in patterned tiles, micro-cement, marble and wood (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This Ukranian house by Azovskiy & Pahomova Architects features a staircase with cantilevered wooden treads, as well as a hay-bale seating area and glass-fronted shower in the living room (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen: this week British designer Thomas Heatherwick presented a structure comprising 154 staircases for a vast development Manhattan's West Side and we geared up for next week's London Design Festival. (more…) View the full article

The Open House programme, which gives the public a chance to see buildings and sites that are usually off limits, comes to New York this weekend. Here's 10 places we recommend to explore over the next two days. Read more View the full article

UNStudio founder Ben van Berkel's opening seminar at World Architecture Festival 2016 will examine how architects can support new egalitarian ideals for living. Tune in here to watch it live from Berlin. Read more View the full article

A darkened brick tower and a glass volume form this extension by Gundry & Ducker, added to the rear of a north London residence to create a kitchen and living room with garden views. Read more View the full article

Thin copper shelves match cylindrical sinks at this store close to San Francisco's waterfront, designed by New York studio Tacklebox for skincare brand Aesop. Read more View the full article

Rooms topped with chimney-like roofs surround a secluded courtyard to from this house in Kent, England, which takes its angular form and russet colouring from the area's hop-drying oast towers. Read more View the full article

Design graduate Ailsa Inglis has created a menstrual cup aimed specifically at young girls, with the aim of normalising alternative period products. Read more View the full article

The all-white panel of architects gathered by Woods Bagot to discuss Los Angeles' future urban development last week was embarrassingly misrepresentative of the city's diversity and needs, argues Janelle Zara. Read more View the full article

New York studio The Extrapolation Factory has won this year's Lexus Design Award, with a project that encourages communities to speculate on the future of cities and daily life. Read more View the full article

An apartment in Berlin's Unité d'Habitation has been refurbished by German-American architect Philipp Mohr to Le Corbusier's original plans. Read more View the full article

The number of architecture projects comprising series of cubes or cuboids to look like digital pixels, or half-finished games of Jenga, is stacking up fast. Here are 10 examples from studios including Herzog & de Meuron, OMA and MVRDV. Read more View the full article

Argentinian firm Adamo-Faiden has built a concrete tower in Buenos Aires, flanked on two sides by metal-grated walls that conceal dozens of private gardens. Read more

In this week's comments update, readers are debating Freddy Mamani's decision to inject colour and personality into Bolivian city El Alto. Read more