Safdie Architects is set to increase the size of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas by 50 per cent with a design that includes two new galleries connected by a bridge. More about Safdie Architects to expand Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
In this week's comments update, readers are considering a concept for a self-sufficient city on Mars and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "The idea of inhabiting Mars is merely fanciful fiction" says commenter
Global design firm Skidmore Owings and Merril collaborated with American artist Phillip K Smith III to create Santa Monica Linear, a mirrored glass installation that lights up at night. More about SOM and Phillip K Smith III install light-up mirrored sculpture in Santa Monica
Dezeen promotion: Italian designer Gio Pagani has created The Daydreamer, a collection for wallpaper brand Londonart that mixes 1970s style and Japanese prints. More about The Daydreamer is a capsule collection of wallpaper by Gio Pagani for Londonart
Dava Newman, former NASA deputy administrator, astronautics researcher and inventor of the BioSuit, will be the new director of MIT Media Lab. More about MIT Media Lab chooses BioSuit inventor Dava Newman as its new director
Dezeen Showroom: German design duo Kaschkasch has brought its minimalist and timeless approach to a series of wooden tables for Czech furniture brand TON. More about POV tables by Kaschkasch for TON
Dezeen Showroom: Loll Designs is presenting the Rapson outdoor rocking chair — an updated version of the 1939 Rapid Rocker by Ralph Rapson made from reclaimed HDPE milk jugs. More about Rapson outdoor rocking chair by Loll Designs
Architecture practice Sam Jacob Studio has built an office, bar and events space for the ArtReview magazine in London that includes a pair of revamped Mies van der Rohe armchairs. More about Sam Jacob Studio adds "ambiguity and mystery" to ArtReview events space
Taiwanese architect Arthur Huang, materials expert Seetal Solanki and furniture designer Sebastian Cox have joined the first-ever panel of sustainability experts to judge the Dezeen Awards 2021 sustainability categories. More about Arthur Huang and Seetal Solanki join Katie Treggiden as Dezeen Awards 2021 judges
Architect Michele De Lucchi has redesigned the Italian covers of the Harry Potter books, shifting focus away from the characters and towards the fantastical buildings of the wizarding world. More about Michele De Lucchi reimagines Harry Potter covers "in dialogue with contemporary architecture"
Italian research studio Space Caviar has released a manifesto for a new type of architecture that does not deplete the earth's resources. More about Non-Extractive Architecture manifesto calls for buildings that are "not intrinsically dependent on exploitation"
Anicorn Watches has released a NASA-branded NFT artwork that can be used to redeem a physical "secret timepiece" designed by NASA logo creator Richard Danne. More about Richard Danne designs Space Watch as first NASA-branded NFT
Austrian architecture studio Precht has used more than 7,000 handmade bricks to create the floors, walls and stepped seating in this Bangkok cafe for coffee brand % Arabica. More about Precht forms counter and stepped seating from handmade bricks in Bangkok cafe
Helsinki-based JKMM Architects has renovated and extended a library named Fyyri in the Finnish town of Kirkkonummi. More about JKMM Architects extends 1980s library to create "public living room" for Kirkkonummi