An undulating canopy of cardboard tubes by American studio Cristina Parreño Architecture and students from MIT hovered over visitors at the ARCOMadrid art fair in Spain last month (+ slideshow). More »

Researchers at MIT plan to 3D print a pavilion by imitating the way a silkworm builds its cocoon. More »

News: flexible high-tech rental apartments with moving "robo-walls" should replace speculative developments as young people increasingly view homes as services rather than possessions, according to Kent Larson, director of the Changing Places Group at MIT Media Lab (+ movie). More »

Dezeenwire: Bill Mitchell,  former dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT and one of the world's leading urban theorists, had died aged 65. MIT News has published an obituary.