OMA's New York office is almost doubling the size of Quebec's Musée National des Beaux-Arts with a new building in the city's Parc des Champs-de-Bataille (+ slideshow). More about Major art museum extension by OMA underway in Quebec
Dutch design studio PolyLester has created a collection of furniture on wheels that is used to transform an industrial hangar into a venue for exhibitions, workshops, dinners or parties (+ slideshow). More about Mobile furniture by PolyLester provides reconfigurable interior for Amsterdam arts venue
Milan 2016: Moroso has transformed its Milan showroom into an exhibition space filled with products by Ron Arad, marking a longstanding relationship between the Italian company and the Israeli designer (+ slideshow). More about Moroso's Spring to Mind exhibition celebrates 25 years of creative collaboration with Ron Arad
London designer John Pawson has completed the seventh property in Alain de Botton's Living Architecture series: a Welsh valley retreat with a dark skin and a pale interior (+ slideshow). More about John Pawson's Life House is a Welsh countryside retreat built from dark and light bricks
American musician Prince has died suddenly aged 57. By changing his name to a graphic symbol for a period, the artist elevated himself to icon status that would last a lifetime, according to the logo's designer. More about "Prince was the Nike swoosh before Nike was" says musician's symbol designer
Renderings of a sculptural Manhattan residential skyscraper by Kohn Pedersen Fox have been unveiled to entice buyers to purchase units costing up to $18.5 million (+ slideshow). More about New images released of luxury condo tower by KPF in New York
Milan 2016: Dutch designer Bastiaan Buijs' latest sex-inspired furniture piece is a BDSM version of Gerrit Rietveld's iconic Red and Blue Chair, which aims to "shine light" on sexual taboos. More about Bastiaan Buijs turns Rietveld chair into kinky BDSM device
A replica of the Palmyra Arch – a 2,000-year-old Syrian architectural landmark believed to have been destroyed by Islamic militant group ISIS – has been erected in London's Trafalgar Square. More about Replica of destroyed Syrian archway erected in London's Trafalgar Square
Opinion: initiatives like What Design Can Do's Refugee Challenge encourage designers to believe that they can solve international problems that go far beyond their reach, says Ruben Pater. More about "Treating the refugee crisis as a design problem is problematic"
Grafton Architects has been selected to design a new faculty building for the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in Holborn, seeing off a shortlist of prestigious firms. More about Grafton Architects wins contest for new LSE building in central London
Highlights from Milan design week, a clifftop house in Japan by John Pawson and a bicycle by Ikea features in this week's edition of Dezeen Mail.
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Milan 2016: Studio Job has updated its collection of mosaic tiles for Italian brand Bisazza, including a range influenced by Britain's Industrial Revolution. More about Studio Job updates collection of mosaic tiles for Bisazza
Brooklyn's first supertall skyscraper by New York studio SHoP Architects has received the go ahead for construction. More about SHoP's supertall Brooklyn tower gets green light
Milan 2016: food and drinks giant PepsiCo is expanding its design team from 100 to 160 and opening studios around the world, following the success of its inaugural studio in New York (+ slideshow). More about PepsiCo to hire more designers to build "a critical mass of design people"
Architecture studio S Plus One has built a pair of matching micro homes in a Japanese village, one clad in cedar and the other clad with pine. More about Twin micro homes by S Plus One are both finished in different woods
Our Dezeen Jobs recruitment site has relaunched with an improved design and new features! More about Dezeen Jobs launches new and improved site
Milan 2016: New York designer Karim Rashid has created a set of aluminium bottles for drinks brand Pepsi, one of a series of megabrands that presented in Milan this year. More about Karim Rashid unveils Prestige Pepsi bottles and drinking accessories
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Studio Esinam to offer five readers the chance to win a limited-edition poster featuring Brutalist building elevations or one of four photography prints (+ slideshow). More about Competition: win limited-edition Brutalist architecture poster and prints by Studio Esinam
CF Møller Architects has completed a halls of residence for a Danish university, which features large communal living spaces, an underground bicycle park and a "sky lounge" overlooking a wetland park (+ slideshow). More about CF Møller's student housing in Odense is a trio of intertwining brick towers
Milan 2016: Chinese studio MAD Architects has created a door handle based on the shape of the firm's skyscrapers in Mississauga, Canada, which have been nicknamed the Marilyn Monroe Towers. More about MAD models Marilyn door handle on its curvaceous Canadian skyscrapers