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Local studio 51-1 Arquitectos has stacked a vertical convent made of pink-coloured concrete and grey brick screens onto an urban site in Lima, Peru. Read more

Promotion: developer Richmind and executive architects Dewan Architects + Engineers have commissioned Zaha Hadid Architects to design the Oystra development in the UAE, which features a 40-metre curved steel truss spanning two towers. Read more

Construction has begun on the Tadao Ando-designed National Museum of Uzbekistan in Tashkent, which will be comprised of interconnected concrete squares, circles and triangles. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: designer Jumphol Socharoentham and Thai brand Waste is More have created a seating collection made partially from recycled plastic, used coffee grounds and sugarcane waste. Read more

London architecture studio Material Works has updated a Victorian home in Hackney, extending into its garden with a large double-height bay window framed with natural stone. Read more

British-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori has designed three colourful watches for Swiss brand MB&F as part of its MAD Editions range. Read more

American restaurant chain Cracker Barrel has announced that it will keep its "old timer" logo and abandon plans to replace it with a minimalist redesign following intense online backlash led by Donald Trump. Read more

Olympic organisers have reportedly approached South Korea about hosting the 2029 Asian Winter Games over doubts about whether Saudi Arabia's unbuilt Trojena ski resort will be ready in time. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Polish designer Mati Sipiora has released an armchair named Poodle that has a partially bulbous frame reminiscent of the eponymous dog breed. Read more

Governments' failure to agree a treaty on curbing plastics pollution draws attention to how reliant on the material we have become but there may be a silver lining, writes Smith Mordak. Read more

Rustic oak from a 300-year-old wine press was used to craft the interior of Shii, a tiny Japanese restaurant in Helsinki designed by local designer Joanna Laajisto. Read more

Tbilisi-based 10:10 Interiors has renovated part of the Lopota Lake Resort & Spa in Georgia's Kakheti wine region, introducing a colour palette that evokes the surrounding landscape and clay vessels used in traditional winemaking. Read more

Three weeks ahead of the launch of London Design Festival, Dezeen Events Guide has launched its digital guide and interactive map for the 23rd edition. Read more

A massive sound system with a publicly accessible Bluetooth connection and a sculpture built from industrial scraps feature among the installations at Exhibit Columbus in Indiana, USA. Read more

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features BIG's four-building 670 Mesquit complex in Los Angeles. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Read more

Arkansas studio Marlon Blackwell Architects has completed the headquarters building for the Heartland Whole Health Institute, which features a curved form and facades covered in stonework resembling a giraffe's hide. Read more

A large mandala-shaped truss constructed from bamboo crowns the central hall of this Buddhist meditation centre in Tibet, designed by Nepalese architecture studio Abari. Read more

US president Donald Trump has announced that he will be launching a probe on furniture imports with the aim of bringing furniture businesses back to states such as North Carolina. Read more

Architecture students are often taught about Mies van der Rohe as a master of modernism but they should also learn about the problematic legacy of some of his most significant work, writes Leen Katrib. Read more

Athens concept store and cafe 10AM Apotheke has opened a pop-up shop on the Southern Aegean island of Antiparos, with interiors designed by the brand's founder Eva Papadaki and Studio Andrew Trotter. Read more