After years of delay, a new public library by Steven Holl has broken ground in Queens, on a prominent site overlooking the East River and the Manhattan skyline (+ slideshow). More about Steven Holl's long-delayed Queens library finally breaks ground
Opinion: designers have a responsibility to help with the growing refugee crisis in Europe and beyond, says Richard van der Laken, founder of What Design Can Do. More about "Design is more than perfume, aesthetics and trends"
Milan 2015: in this movie, USM CEO Alexander Schärer introduces the student installations at a Milan exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the Swiss brand's Haller modular furniture system. More about USM's Rethink the Modular exhibition aims to "give a new perspective on modularity"
Chinese studio MAD has unveiled its design for a kindergarten enshrouded beneath a cloak of asphalt shingles, which is now under construction in Japan's Aichi Prefecture. More about MAD to drape new skin over a house "like a piece of cloth" to transform it into a nursery
Comments update: a fairytale-inspired Essex house by architecture studio FAT and artist Grayson Perry was the most discussed project this week. Read on for more on this and the other most commented stories on Dezeen. More about "A punch in the face to bland, Modernist crap"
New York 2015: the lighting scene in New York is "exploding" according to designers in the city, with young companies joining established names to create a movement with a unique aesthetic (+ slideshow). More about Lighting design in New York is "like Dutch design in the nineties"
Dezeen promotion: designers and architects including Nicholas Grimshaw, Michael Young and Tomas Alonso will take part in talks and discussions during this year's Clerkenwell Design Week from 19 to 21 May (+ slideshow). More about Grimshaw leads Clerkenwell Design Week 2015 talks programme
Slate-grey bricks applied in zigzagging rows give the walls of this London house extension a faceted texture that contrasts the smooth, pale yellow brickwork of the original property (+ slideshow). More about Fraher Architects includes textured brick cladding on north London house extension
New York 2015: referencing geology and the passage of time, Italian design group Nucleo's resin furniture for the Ammann Gallery was shown at New York's Collective Design Fair (+ slideshow). More about Nucleo experiments with resin to create furniture for Ammann Gallery
New York 2015: Rux, a multidisciplinary design firm in New York, has unveiled new pieces in its Stickbulb line of modular contemporary lighting. More about Rux unveils modular Stickbulb lighting made with reclaimed wood
This cast-concrete library sits on a stretch of deserted beach facing the East China Sea and features a tiered reading hall topped by a curving ceiling (+ movie). More about Vector Architects completes a seaside library with board-marked concrete walls
Clerkenwell Design Week 2015: London design duo Barber & Osgerby will present a range of lounge chairs for American furniture brand Knoll during this year's Clerkenwell Design Week, which begins today (+ slideshow). More about Barber & Osgerby's Pilot chairs for Knoll feature oversized square backs
These four asymmetric wooden pavilions completed by German studio Barkow Leibinger in a Bavarian village accommodate a thinktank for a computing and microelectronics institution (+ slideshow). More about Timber-clad pavilions by Barkow Leibinger form a campus for a computing thinktank
Dutch designer Pauline van Dongen has created an illuminated garment using LEDs and foil, designed to improve safety for runners on public roads and pathways. More about Phototrope shirt by Pauline van Dongen includes LEDs to improve safety for night runners
Portuguese studio LIKEarchitects has created a steel structure for Porto from a series of stairs and balconies, in celebration of the two architectural elements the designers consider crucial to the city's vernacular (+ slideshow). More about Tripod installation by LIKEarchitects is all stairs and balconies
Extra Moooi: explore Moooi's new collection as well as its signature products in this interactive slideshow, which features all 21 sets of furniture and lighting the Dutch design brand showcased in Milan last month. More about Interactive slideshow: explore all the products showcased at Moooi's Milan exhibition
This holiday home in the Scottish Highlands by Glasgow-based Dualchas Architects features a glazed base that hugs a gravelly slope and a cantilevered upper level that stretches out towards the sea (+ slideshow). More about Beach House by Dualchas Architects stretches out towards the sea
Architecture office Adept and landscape studio Mandaworks have been selected to masterplan three key sites within one of northern Europe's largest urban development areas – the Stockholm Royal Seaport. More about Adept and Mandaworks to transform 18 hectares for Stockholm's Royal Seaport
Clerkenwell Design Week 2015: British designer Sebastian Cox has collaborated with sculptor Laura Ellen Bacon to create The Invisible Store of Happiness – a large wooden installation comprising a skeletal frame and intricate ribbon-like swathes. More about Cox and Bacon build wooden structure with a lower carbon footprint than an iPhone 6
A colossal iron staircase bursts through the medieval stone walls of this fortified tower in rural Italy and into a copper-clad extension, as part of a renovation by local studio Gianluca Gelmini (+ slideshow). More about Gianluca Gelmini inserts an angular iron staircase inside a medieval Italian fortress