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The Yale Center for British Art, designed by architect Louis Kahn, has reopened following a refurbishment that "sets a new standard for the stewardship of modern architecture" according to Robert AM Stern (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The interior of this Hong Kong restaurant by architect Nelson Chow was inspired by Malaysia's bustling night markets and traditional coffee shops (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans for a city near China's Liuzhou, featuring towers completely covered in trees and plants to combat air pollution. Read more View the full article

Here are some more images of Zaha Hadid's Milanese shoe boutique for American footwear designer Stuart Weitzman. (more...) View the full article

A skylit stairwell ascends through the split levels of this tall and narrow house in Seoul to a roof terrace with separate entrances for people and cats. Read more View the full article

A glazed reading room appears to float over the still waters of a shallow pool at this town library in Maranello, Italy, by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki and Italian architect Andrea Maffei (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This organic food-processing plant in China's Hebei Province has been designed by Beijing practice Arch Studio as a series of individual buildings set around courtyards. Read more View the full article

Brooklyn-based Caliper Studio has renovated the former home and studio of American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, adding a rooftop sculpture garden and a pair of "eyebrow-shaped" skylights. (more...) View the full article

This year's Lisbon Architecture Triennale chief curator Diogo Seixas Lopes, who has been described as one of the most important thinkers on Portuguese architecture, has died. (more…) View the full article

With the Fifa World Cup 2018 final taking place this Sunday between France and Croatia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, we've rounded up eight of the best illustrations that represent the highs and lows of the tournament. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Hall McKnight in Belfast, whose projects include a house bridging a stream. Read more stories about Hall McKnight or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

This week on Dezeen: Danish brand Hay revealed its redesign of Ikea's iconic blue and yellow bag this week, as part of a new collaboration with the Swedish furniture giant, while BIG founder Bjarke Ingels showcased his huge undulating Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London (pictured). (more…) View the full article

Dutch architecture firm OMA has updated the Saks Fifth Avenue department store in Manhattan with a glass escalator that appears multicoloured from different angles. Read more

These glass and timber holiday cabins by Norwegian architect Snorre Stinessen overhang the coastline of Norway's Manshausen Island, providing a base for Arctic Circle explorers (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Photo essay: for the last four years Hannes Coudenys has been photographing houses across Belgium but, instead of selecting the best examples, he only shoots those he deems ugly. (more…) View the full article

Vienna design collective Mostlikely modelled this Alpine lodge on the wooden agricultural barns of surrounding mountain villages. (more...) View the full article

Chinese firm MAD has today unveiled plans for a village of towering apartment blocks beside the Huangshan Mountains in eastern China (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A ring, glasses, earbuds and an oven are among the new voice-controlled Alexa devices that Amazon has released to offer "even more ways to add Alexa to your daily life". Read more

This glazed pavilion-like living space by Argentinian studio Alarciaferrer Arquitectos traverses a shallow ravine that runs through a eucalyptus forest to the shore of Lake Los Molinos (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

PES Architects used custom-developed ceramic tiles and louvres to create the curving lines of the Strait Culture and Art Centre in Fuzhou, China. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival: data streams from all over the city are visualised on the faceted surfaces of Japanese designer Keiichi Matsuda‘s installation inside the cupola of the V&A museum for the London Design Festival. (more…) View the full article

Architecture firm APA has transformed a London warehouse space into an apartment for two theatre and film directors, adding a raw steel volume that houses a movie archive and a bathroom (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Wedge-shaped chunks are carved out of the marble-clad volume of this house in Bangkok, Thailand, which was designed by local studio Openbox Architects. Read more View the full article

As London Design Festival approaches, Dezeen's Jennifer Hahn picks the 12 best things to see and do during the week-long event, from a circular bamboo nest by architect Kengo Kuma to grow-it-yourself couture. Read more

This range of flat-packed furniture by Benjamin Vermeulen does away with little bags of screws, fastenings or Allen keys and simply snaps together with super-strong magnets (+ movie). (more...) View the full article