A chair that can adapt over time and one fabricated with 3D-printed liquid metal are among the designs that students at MIT came up with for The Next 150-year Chair exhibition in collaboration with furniture brand Emeco. More about MIT students develop concepts for "the next 150-year chair"
Architects Maria Gomez, Giovanni Ocampo and Héctor Coss have completed a low-lying, three-house retreat in western Mexico that explores the ability of concrete to work in "aesthetic harmony with the desert". More about Casa Santos is an "exploration of the possibilities of concrete" in Mexico
Architect Denise Scott Brown has urged planners to refuse Selldorf Architects' controversial plans to remodel her and Robert Venturi's postmodern Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery. More about Denise Scott Brown makes plea to abandon "destructive" revamp of National Gallery extension
Dezeen Showroom: office furniture brand Mara has released a table with a conical base and adjustable tabletop that is operated by a mechanical component. More about Follow Meeting Cone by Mara
Promotion: designers Richard Hutten and Ross Lovegrove will be among the speakers discussing how design can be a force for good at this year's Business of Design Week in Hong Kong. More about Design experts to address world's most pressing challenges at Hong Kong's Business of Design Week
Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Ceramiche Keope has looked to the most marble spaces in Milan to inform its latest collection of tiles, titled Interno4. More about Interno4 tiles by Ceramiche Keope
Vivid shades of blue and turquoise characterise this school in Shenzhen, China, which has been overhauled by People's Architecture Office to offer more creative forms of learning. More about People's Architecture Office completes blue-toned makeover of Fuqiang school
A curved, twisting shell of textured aluminium plates covers Espace Mayenne in Laval, France, a multifunctional sports and entertainment venue designed by local practice Hérault Arnod Architectures. More about Hérault Arnod Architectures completes aluminium-clad sports centre in France
Dezeen has been named Business Publication of the Year at the Professional Publishers Association's annual awards for independent publishers. More about "Beautiful" Dezeen named best business publication at PPA Independent Publisher Awards
Dezeen Showroom: design and research practice Raw-Edges teamed up with furniture brand Cozmo Home to create a modular sofa with seamlessly interchangeable covers. More about Cozmo sofa by Raw-Edges for Cozmo Home
A Brutalist Tropical Home in Bali by Patisandhika Sidarta and Dan Mitchell was the subject of the second Architecture Project Talks webinar produced by Dezeen and Gaggenau. You can register via this link to watch the webinar on-demand. More about Watch our Architecture Project Talk about A Brutalist Tropical Home in Bali
Benjamin Hubert's studio Layer has developed a concept for an edibles subscription service that would deliver sweets and teas laced with tiny doses of hallucinogenic drugs, in anticipation of a future where the substances are legalised. More about Layer imagines "unexpected" edibles for microdosing psychedelics
Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao has designed La Ropa sucia se Lava Encasa, an installation at Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria that features a large washbasin and patchwork quilts to "produce a conversation about care". More about Tatiana Bilbao installs grid-shaped concrete washbasin at National Gallery of Victoria
Dezeen Showroom: a collection of tiles with delicate patterns designed to reference raw earth is among seven new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Geo tiles by Ceramiche Keope among new products on Dezeen Showroom
Promotion: with Copenhagen due to host the UIA World Congress of Architects, the city aims to set an example for how architecture can help to reduce the impact of climate change. More about Copenhagen addresses global warming with climate-resilient architecture
Design duo Eneris Collective has collaborated with Barcelona-based biomaterials company NaifactoryLAB to produce a playful stool for children made from waste olive pits. More about Olive pits form modular Nontalo kids' stool by Eneris Collective