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The UK government's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, has recommended urban orchards and incentivising developers by fast-tracking planning for attractive housing. Read more View the full article

An overhanging canopy shades the cascading exhibition spaces and outdoor terraces that make up Shigeru Ban's gallery at the Tainan Art Museum. Read more View the full article

Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan's first female architect, has been awarded the Jane Drew Prize 2020 for raising the profile of women in architecture. Read more View the full article

Swedish furniture brand Massproductions is set to release an outdoor sofa at Stockholm Design Week that mimics the welded steel barriers that are often erected at concerts to manage the crowd. Read more View the full article

A bubblegum-pink kitchen and stripey watermelon-green floor are some of the features inside this Tokyo apartment, which designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has completed in a sugar-sweet colour palette. Read more View the full article

New Togolese contemporary art centre the Palais de Lomé has opened with a retrospective of one of its nation's creative stars, the industrial designer Kossi Aguessy, who died in 2017 at just 40 years of age. Read more View the full article

We've selected five roles in PR and marketing available on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions with Adjaye Associates and WilkinsonEyre. Read more View the full article

A courtyard lined in pale Omani stone and with a fountain and trees sits at the centre of a pair of houses in Kuwait City by Studio Toggle. Read more View the full article

Architect Ben Aranda has described the closing of Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin as a "tragedy" and demanded more information. Read more View the full article

Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects has revealed a new building for Ottawa's public library system, featuring a curvilinear roof and glass walls that offer expansive views of the city. Read more View the full article

US firm Olson Kundig Architects has created a family cabin with a compact footprint and a tall profile, enabling it to serve as an "intimate gathering place in the trees". Read more View the full article

UK charity Art Fund has released photos of filmmaker Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, England as part of its fundraising campaign to prevent the renowned house and garden from being sold. Read more View the full article

Work has halted on the 45 Broad Street skyscraper in Downtown Manhattan by New York architecture firm CetraRuddy, which was expected to become the second tallest building in the area. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: UK manufacturer Forbo Flooring has created a range of textile entrance flooring from regenerated industrial and post-consumer waste, which can reduce cleaning time for businesses. Read more View the full article

A Dutch hospital that dates back to 1845 is the unconventional setting for co-working company Fosbury & Sons' first international branch, which features interiors by Going East. Read more View the full article

Set designer Shona Heath's exhibition design for the Tim Walker exhibition at London's V&A reflects the many outlandish sets she has created for the fashion photographer. Read more View the full article

Stone colonnades frame the open-plan interiors of Town House, the mixed-use teaching building by Grafton Architects for Kingston University in London. Read more View the full article

More than 40,000 jobseekers from over 130 countries are now signed up to Dezeen Jobs – and to celebrate, we're offering companies a free company profile when they book a package of job ads. Read more View the full article

Monochrome tiles and rich-green fixtures pervade this much-loved neighbourhood cafe in Melbourne, which has been revamped by Australian design studio Biasol. Read more View the full article

The latest collection from Chinese furniture brand Maisondada includes a seating series that references a David Bowie track and an armchair inspired by sumo wrestling. Read more View the full article

A cantilevered upper floor and a glazed gable end feature in a house in Berkshire, England, by architecture practice Spratley & Partners. Read more View the full article

The School of Architecture at Taliesin, which Frank Lloyd Wright established nearly 90 years ago, will shut in June, after failing to come to a financial agreement with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are divided over China's decision to rapidly build a hospital for the treatment of patients with suspected coronavirus. Read more View the full article

Mexican architect Alberto Kalach has built a 22-metre-tall chimney for children to make ceramics on the site of the Casa Wabi artist retreat designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. Read more View the full article

Everything from rugs to armchairs is clad in Lego pieces inside a series of shipping containers, which French designer Camille Walala has transformed into a life-sized toy house. Read more View the full article