This football stadium in Montreal has a giant faceted roof structure, which folds over an indoor playing field before morphing into spectator seating surrounding a second open-air pitch (+ slideshow). More about Crystalline soccer stadium by Saucier + Perrotte and HCMA references Canadian mining landscape
Architecture students from the University of Colorado Denver have built a series of rustic dwellings for an outdoor education school in the Rocky Mountains (+ slideshow). More about Colorado architecture students design rugged micro cabins for Outward Bound
Milan 2016: a minimal rocking horse by Nendo and a swing by Philippe Starck are among Italian design brand Kartell's collection of products aimed specifically at children, a key trend in Milan this year (+ slideshow). More about Kartell reveals plastic furniture range designed for children
Milan 2016: Italian architect Carlo Ratti has created a system of smart modular seats that can be adjusted with an app or hand gestures into different configurations (+ movie). More about Carlo Ratti Associati launches "world's first Internet of Things sofa"
Opinion: the conversion of old industrial buildings into "creative office space" has proven so successful in LA, even galleries like Hauser Wirth & Schimmel are getting in on the act, says Mimi Zeiger. More about "Creative office space is the dominant aesthetic of our time"
Dutch office MVRDV has revealed plans to build a huge staircase out of scaffolding in Rotterdam, the latest in a series of exciting new additions to the city. More about MVRDV to build giant scaffolding staircase in Rotterdam city centre
Movie: Land Rover chief design officer Gerry McGovern and Jean-Christophe Chopin of crowdfunding platform Born introduce the 2016 Born Awards in this movie filmed for the brand by Dezeen. More about Land Rover celebrates design and creativity with 2016 Born Awards
It's our 300th edition of Dezeen Mail! In it, we look ahead to Milan design week, reflect on Zaha Hadid's life and work, and highlight the week's best stories and discussions on Dezeen, including space-saving furniture designs for small homes (pictured).
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Milan 2016: with Milan design week just around the corner, the Dezeen team present their pick of the trends already emerging from the world's biggest and most important design fair. More about Dezeen's 10 trend predictions for Milan design week 2016
Architect David Chipperfield has released details of his plans for the Eero Saarinen-designed US Embassy in Mayfair, London, which his firm will convert into a 137-room hotel. More about David Chipperfield reveals plans to convert US Embassy into Mayfair hotel
Dezeen promotion: Pieke Bergmans and Studio Mieke Meijer are among the designers set to exhibit at Ventura Lambrate during this year's Milan design week (+ slideshow). More about Ventura Lambrate to exhibit over 160 designers during Milan design week
Kengo Kuma's firm has converted a concrete office building into a showroom for a Japanese textile company, and tethered it to the ground with carbon fibres to provide earthquake protection (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma anchors Japanese textile showroom to the ground with carbon-fibre threads
Milan 2016: Brazilian duo Humberto and Fernando Campana have used coloured glass to fill blob-shaped gaps in this wooden cabinet for Spanish brand BD Barcelona Design. More about Coloured glass panels form windows into Campana brothers' Aquário cabinet
Osaka studio Process5 Design created this weekend retreat in western Japan to accommodate activities that are usually impossible in a city house (+ slideshow). More about T Weekend Residence by Process5 Design lets residents dine and bathe in sea breeze
Los Angeles-based Standard Architecture has completed a store for fashion brand Helmut Lang that features smooth plaster walls, cove lighting and a light-filled garden (+ slideshow). More about Standard Architecture creates minimal Hollywood showroom for Helmut Lang
Architecture students at Boston's Northeastern University are petitioning for improved studio space, alleging their current working conditions are unsanitary, unsafe, cold and cramped. More about Boston architecture students complain about "unacceptable" studio space
Milan 2016: the latest designer rocking horse comes from Stockholm studio Front, which has based its minimal design for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna on an old bent-wood chair from the furniture brand's archive. More about Front designs bent-wood rocking horse for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna
Milan 2016: Toyota has created an open-top two-seater vehicle made out of wood to combat the idea that "modern cars have to be high-tech machines packed with the latest technologies" (+ slideshow). More about Toyota snubs high-tech cars in favour of wooden concept for Milan design week
Competition: we're giving away a Milano Metro watch by NAVA, courtesy of Dezeen Watch Store, for the best image of Milan's design week posted to Instagram using our #milanogram2016 hashtag. More about Enter Dezeen's #milanogram2016 competition to win a Milano Metro watch
WeWork has unveiled images of its first foray into the co-living trend – a residential block with shared living spaces in New York's financial district, run by new sister company WeLive (+ slideshow). More about Co-working company WeWork unveils its first co-living apartments in New York