The launch of Dezeen's Brexit Design Manifesto features in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, along with a honeycomb structure of 154 staircases by Thomas Heatherwick and a Tokyo museum dedicated to architectural models (pictured).
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London Design Festival 2016: architect Asif Khan has created three temporary pavilions thick with plants to give the harried London public space to relax, work and socialise (+ slideshow). More about Asif Khan and MINI create "forests" in see-through boxes across east London
A branch of luxury department store Saks Fifth Avenue has opened close to the World Trade Center site in New York, with interiors designed by London studio Found. More about Saks Fifth Avenue opens Downtown Manhattan outpost by Found
Workers in open-plan offices are more distracted, unfriendly and uncollaborative than those in traditional workplaces, according to the latest industry survey. More about Open-plan offices make workers more unfriendly and less productive
Kengo Kuma is the latest high-profile name to create a tea service for Georg Jensen, basing his design on traditional Japanese sets (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma designs £60,500 silver tea set for Georg Jensen
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Merrell Publishers to give away five copies of a book profiling each of the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlisted and winning projects (+ slideshow) More about Competition: win a book documenting 20 years of RIBA Stirling Prize winners
Architect Lucy Tauber has transformed a derelict post office in north London into an artisanal bakery with its kitchen on show. More about Lucy Tauber converts old London post office into light-filled bakery
Business news: Italian furniture brand B&B Italia has bought high-end kitchen maker Arclinea, marking "the first major milestone" in its growth since being acquired by investment firm Investindustrial. More about B&B Italia expands into luxury kitchens with purchase of Arclinea
MNy Arkitekter has used seven varieties of timber to create this gabled house on the shoreline of a small lake in Tenala, Finland (+ slideshow). More about MNy Arkitekter uses seven types of timber for Finnish lake house
US firm Studio Ma has drawn inspiration from horseshoes, woven baskets and rugged landscapes for its design of a Western heritage museum in the metropolis of Phoenix, Arizona (+ slideshow). More about Museum of the West by Studio Ma features walls made of textured concrete
These tents worn as giant dresses were created and photographed by artists Robin Lasser and Adrienne Pao as "wearable architecture" (+ slideshow). More about Dress Tents by Robin Lasser and Adrienne Pao are part shelter, part attire
Dezeen promotion: architects and designers are invited to submit entries to this year's A' Design Awards (+ slideshow). More about Call for entries to A' Design Awards and Competition 2017
This flat-packed delivery truck is designed to be easily disassembled and packed away in under 12 hours (+ slideshow). More about "World's first" flat-pack truck designed to deliver aid to developing countries
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has revealed a honeycomb-like structure comprising a series of interconnected staircases to sit at the centre of the vast Hudson Yards development on Manhattan's West Side. More about Heatherwick unveils staircase structure as "centrepiece" for New York's Hudson Yards
Brexit: British inventor James Dyson is "delighted" at the EU referendum result and believes Brexit should be triggered sooner rather than later. More about UK should trigger Brexit immediately says James Dyson
Maryland is the next state in our series of roundups focused on residential architecture across the US. A house sheathed in a wooden brise-soleil and a home with walls that look like pixellated blocks are among our top five in the region (+ slideshow). More about Five of the best houses in Maryland on Dezeen
Brexit Design Manifesto: more than 100 of the UK's leading design figures have backed a manifesto that calls on the government to support the design sector after Brexit. More about Conran, Rogers and Heatherwick back Dezeen's Brexit Design Manifesto
A tomb that was designed but never realised by modernist architect Adolf Loos has been built by British architect Sam Jacob in a historic London cemetery. More about Sam Jacob erects Adolf Loos-designed mausoleum in Highgate Cemetery
London Design Biennale 2016: museums need to collect more design prototypes, according to Dutch duo Studio Makkink & Bey, who are presenting their own take on an archive during the London Design Biennale. More about Museums need to collect "the whole storyline" of design says Studio Makkink & Bey
Koen van Velsen Architects has created a new transport hub in Dutch city Breda, featuring a huge entrance canopy and a variety of brickwork styles (+ slideshow). More about Koen van Velsen Architects creates patchwork brick walls for bus and rail station in Breda