Dezeen promotion: architect-led tours, open offices and a pumpkin carving competition are among the events that will take place in New York for the city's month-long architecture festival Archtober. More
Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Studio Libeskind and MVRDV are among six teams that have revealed their competing proposals for a museum and memorial dedicated to the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. More
To explore the possibilities of mud architecture, Rael San Fratello has created 3D-printed prototypes that take cues from historical earthen construction built along the Rio Grande river. More
Los Angeles university SCI-Arc has granted Frank Gehry an honorary masters degree in recognition of his "unparalleled" impact on architecture. More
Skyscraper-shaped dildos and a sculptural butt plug are among the silicone erotic toys created by design studio Wolfgang & Hite to critique New York's high-end real estate projects. More
Brooklyn Museum has revealed its plans to stage a major showcase focused on the history and influence of legendary New York nightclub Studio 54 next year. More
The Gun Violence Memorial Project at this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial is an installation of houses filled with items belonging to victims of gun violence. More
Northern California's coastal landscape and foggy weather influenced the design of the latest office by Canopy, a co-working company founded by designers Yves Behar and Amir Mortazavi, and entrepreneur Steve Mohebi. More
San Francisco's Carpenters Workshop Gallery is staging an exhibition of works by French-Swedish artist Ingrid Donat that includes furniture detailed with interlacing loops and lines influenced by tribal patterns and 1920s Art Deco. More
Soho House has turned a former warehouse in Downtown Los Angeles into a new spot for its members, featuring a rooftop pool, hotel rooms and garden. More
Finnish studio JKMM Architects built a timber sauna in the desert for over 1000 revellers to sweat it out during this year's Burning Man festival. More
Sea urchins, mussels and crabs are among the marine creatures that are expected to take up residence in a floating structure in the San Francisco Bay that was created by a multidisciplinary team at the California College of the Arts. More
Dutch footwear brand United Nude, headed by architect Rem D Koolhaas, and model Shaun Ross have designed a heeled boot "with no particular individual in mind." More
A chandelier crafted from chicken coop mesh and a leather stool made from fish skin are among the pieces showcased in this exhibition of Dutch designers organised by Ventura Projects and Colony. More
Los Angeles' Studio Sucio used a "mish-mash" of styles for the apartments it has created inside a 1960s Holiday Inn in Downtown Los Angeles. More
Steven Holl Architects has completed a concrete public library in New York's Long Island City featuring large irregular windows that offer views of the waterfront and Manhattan. More
As one of a few female CEOs in the design industry, Jessica Walsh, founder of creative agency &Walsh, has faced criticism from women as well as men. In this interview, she tells Dezeen how she has tackled it. More
Artist Benjamin Langholz created a circular staircase of stepping stones to allow revellers to tune out the immersive atmosphere at this year's Burning Man and focus on themselves. More
Architecture firm Michaelis Boyd has unveiled its design for the interiors of Brooklyn's upcoming residential tower 11 Hoyt by Studio Gang, which offers two contrasting palettes for condos. More
Three charred wood structures with brass interiors form a memorial that pays homage to African American history at the entrance to a school and park in Washington DC. More