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KoningEizenberg founders, Hank Koning and Julie Eizenberg, have been awarded the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal for 2019. We've rounded up seven of their key projects. Read more

Ancient sundials and puzzling video games informed the interiors of this restaurant and bar southwest of New Delhi, designed by architecture studio Renesa. Read more

A group of survivors from the deadly 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida are protesting the creation of a museum and memorial for the tragedy – which firms including Studio Libeskind and Diller Scofidio + Renfro are vying to build. Read more

Discarded cow intestines are given a new life in the intricate lighting installations of Danish designer Kathrine Barbro Bendixen. Read more

Microsoft has revealed the design of the Surface Duo, a dual-screen Android folding phone, which can be opened down the middle like a book. Read more

A cluster of rustic rooms forms the new Lost Villa Boutique Hotel in Zhongwei, China, designed by DAS Lab to blend into the desert landscape. Read more View the full article

Hopkins House was designed by Michael and Patty Hopkins as their own home. We take a look at the lightweight steel and glass house as part of our series on high-tech architecture. Read more View the full article

Studio Sain worked with one of Austria's last remaining woodturners to develop this collection of hand-turned wooden products that feature moving parts or modular components. Read more View the full article

Norm Architects has worked alongside furniture brands Menu and Dux to curate an installation that resembles eclectic living quarters as part of Stockholm Design Week. Read more View the full article

The Venice Architecture Biennale has unveiled details of this year's programme, which opens on 23 May, without mentioning the threat of Italy's coronavirus outbreak. Read more View the full article

Aaron Betsky, president of Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin, is leaving the post after a bitter fight to save the experimental institution. Here he details the behind-the-scenes battle to save the school. Read more View the full article

Chinese designer Kiran Zhu has created the Handy Capsule sanitation kit in a bid to encourage better public health habits in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: bold, graphic lines define these Giga earrings by Scottish jewellery brand Nmarra, which are made from gold-plated brass. Read more View the full article

Czech studio Refuel Works took cues from buildings by Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha to design this concrete villa nestled into the jungle in Costa Rica. Read more View the full article

Livaria de Vila is a book shop in São Paulo where the store front is made of revolving bookcases, designed by Brazilian studio Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Amsterdam studio Crafted Works has designed a timber cabin in the Netherlands, which has a structural frame that is exposed throughout its interior. Read more View the full article

Milan 2010: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón created an installation for Italian energy company Enel at the Interni Think Tank in Milan last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rotterdam designer Roeland Otten has designed a collection of 26 chairs, each spelling out one letter of the alphabet. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DMY Berlin 2010: Maastricht designer Christoph Seyferth presented a tower of tables made of folded sheet steel as one of the satellite shows of DMY Berlin last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house in São Paulo by Brazilian architect Flavio Castro consists of a cubic volume perched on two yellew beams that straddle the garage below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Hiroyuki Miyabe of Speac Inc. has renovated this house covered in ivy by stripping it back to its structural elements. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Julien Renault presented this chair with a circular frame at Interieur 2010 in Kortrijk last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a selection of our favourite Christmas e-cards sent in by designers, including this one from UK designers Lazerian. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Estonian firm Salto Architecs have completed a sports hall in Tartu, Estonia, where the concave rectangular structure appears to be draped over the undulating landscape. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch studio Knevel Architecten have completed this villa located on IJburg, a new residential district in Amsterdam built on a series of artificial islands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article