Opinion: Salone del Mobile may be the official centre of the furniture business during Milan design week, but the anarchic fuorisalone is the thing that actually channels investment into the city, says local designer Eleonora Fassina. More about "In Milan, design is best exhibited where it's not supposed to be"
Airbnb's offices in London, Sao Paulo and Singapore include features like an indoor village green, bleacher-style seating and a reception desk modelled on a front porch (+ slideshow). More about Airbnb reveals adaptable office spaces in London, Sao Paulo and Singapore
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha is to be awarded the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the Venice Architecture Biennale later this month. More about Paulo Mendes da Rocha chosen to receive Venice Biennale Golden Lion by Alejandro Aravena
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed its designs for a new central business district for Prague next to the Masaryk railway station. More about Zaha Hadid Architects presents plans for new Prague business district
New York 2016: US artist Nicole Nadeau has used one of her own breasts to create a mould for a collection of hexagonal tiles complete with pink nipples. More about Nicole Nadeau's nipple tiles are moulded from her own breast
Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for an industrial designer at Benjamin Hubert's studio Layer, which this week unveiled designs for the "world's first" 3D-printed consumer wheelchair. Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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For this house on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japanese architect Tetsuo Yamaji aimed to create a unique building using mass-produced components (+ slideshow). More about Tetsuo Yamaji builds "a non-mass-produced house with mass-produced components"
New York 2016: Finnish designer Janne Kyttanen has continued to develop his explosion welding technique, melding volcanic stone and 3D-printed copper into two furniture pieces (+ slideshow). More about Janne Kyttanen extends Metsidian furniture collection created by explosion welding
A hole in the roof of this timber-clad house extension in Sydney reveals the location of a secluded courtyard. More about Cutaway Roof House by Scale Architecture has a courtyard sliced out of one side
Italian architect Piero Lissoni has won a speculative competition for a site on New York's East River with his proposal for a submerged circular aquarium. More about Piero Lissoni wins design competition with waterfront aquarium in New York
Milan 2016: Italian furniture company Arper has highlighted the new colours and materials within its range by styling furniture and props into single-hued scenes. More about Arper presents 2016 collection in colour-themed installation
Moshe Safdie, Studio O+A and actor Brad Pitt's Make It Right foundation are among the 11 winners of this year's National Design Awards, given annually by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. More about National Design Awards 2016 winners announced
Herzog & de Meuron's Tate Modern extension, a gravity-defying observation tower (pictured) and Jonathan Ive's swipe at contemporary designers feature in this week's edition of Dezeen Mail.
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Marks Barfield Architects and Davis Brody Bond have teamed up to design an aerial "gondola" that would stretch over the city of Chicago and serve as a major tourist attraction. More about Aerial cable car proposed for Chicago by Marks Barfield and Davis Brody Bond
New York 2016: Brooklyn design studio Fort Standard has debuted a cabinet crafted from stone slabs and a chair made solely of leather as part of its latest furniture collection (+ slideshow). More about Fort Standard creates soapstone cabinet for material-focused collection
Milan 2016: Italian furniture brand Moroso has unveiled its latest collection of furniture, including a transformable sofa with bean-shaped cushions and a seat based on a dreamcatcher (+ slideshow). More about Moroso's 2016 collection includes furniture by Front and Tord Boontje
Today is Cinco de Mayo, the annual celebration of Mexico's victory against France in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. To mark the occasion we're showcasing beautiful Mexican houses, including a home with a rooftop stable and Casa Wabi by Japanese architect Tadao Ando (pictured), described as "paradise on earth" by one Dezeen reader. See more Mexican houses »
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Open Platform for Architecture is moving forward with plans to build a subterranean residence that will slice into a mountain near Beirut and feature a glass swimming pool for a roof (+ slideshow). More about OPA finds backer for cliffside residence sunken into Lebanese mountain
The United Arab Emirates is considering proposals for an artificial mountain that could help increase the country's rainfall. More about UAE plans manmade mountain to increase rainfall
Researchers and students from the University of Stuttgart employed robots to mould and stitch together this laminated plywood pavilion, which is based on the anatomy of a sea urchin (+ movie). More about Robotically fabricated pavilion by University of Stuttgart students is based on sea-urchin shells