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Marina Tabassum installs bamboo Khudi Bari house at Vitra Campus

A demountable house by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has been installed as "a reminder of the precariousness of our existence" at the Vitra Campus in Germany.

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Eight compact studios embedded into residential gardens

From converted garages to compact new-builds, we have rounded up eight studios that provide retreat and solitude for their owners in their own back gardens.

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Modul 28 transforms fortified church in Transylvania into guesthouse

Romanian studio Modul 28 has updated and extended the rectory of a church in Transylvania, transforming it into a guesthouse that "balances preservation with innovation".

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3XN designs South Korean arts centre to evoke "dancer's pointed toe"

Sweeping roofs that symbolise movement and artistic expression will drape across Chungnam Art Center, which Danish studio 3XN is designing in South Korea.

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"Kan-ye not?" asks commenter

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the news that musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has gutted a Tadao Ando-designed home in California.

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Sabine Marcelis creates colour-blocked scenography for VitraHaus loft

A mint-green lounge pit and custard-yellow home office are among several colourful set pieces installed by designer Sabine Marcelis on the top floor of Vitra's Herzog & de Meuron-designed flagship store in Weil am Rhein, Germany.

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Design Council launches plan to upskill one million designers by 2030

The UK's Design Council has announced a mass upskilling target to prepare one million designers for the green transition, starting with a call to reverse the "critical decline" in design and technology education.

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PlayLab designs "scenically sculpted" Sacré-Cœur skatepark to resemble stone

LA studio PlayLab and construction company California Skateparks have created Checkered Future, a temporary skate bowl in front of the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris for footwear brand Vans.

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John Outram's Sphinx Hill house becomes youngest listed building in UK

An Egyptian-style, postmodern home designed by British architecture studio John Outram Associates in Oxfordshire has been Grade II-listed.

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Ecology centre in coastal Maine is "model of holistic sustainability"

US studio Susan T Rodriguez Architecture & Design has incorporated local materials and energy-saving features into a Maine building that is meant to be "a new benchmark for academic buildings in northern climates".

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Dezeen Debate features forest house with "brutal privacy screens"

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The Living City video series explores designing urban environments that are "more human"

Promotion: Urban design brand Urbidermis has created a series of short documentary videos on designing greener and more sociable cities.

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Unit storage system by Tiptoe

Dezeen Showroom: modularity and adaptability meet in the Unit storage system, designed by French furniture brand Tiptoe with a playful emphasis on self-assembly.

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