London and St Louis-based design studio Kiku Obata & Company is overseeing the redevelopment of an ageing downtown district in the US heartland, in a rural town where big-box stores have taken over (+ slideshow). More about Kiku Obata leads revival of historic district in a rural Illinois town
Johanna Agerman Ross has become the latest design journalist to switch writing for curating and is leaving her post as editor of quarterly design journal Disegno to join the V&A museum. More about Disegno founder Johanna Agerman Ross to join V&A as curator
Comments update: architect Kunlé Adeyemi's award-winning Makoko Floating School collapsed last week, sparking a debate about the project's credentials and the media's previously flattering coverage of its design. But does the floating-school concept still have a future? More about "Floating architecture is still a great idea for Lagos"
Benjamin Hubert's design studio Layer has created a collection of slip-cast ceramic trays with an integrated charging system that allows tablets and mobile phones to be powered wirelessly. More about Layer's ceramic trays can wirelessly charge electronic devices
Dezeen promotion: Chinese architects Lu Wenyu and Wang Shu, who was awarded the 2012 Pritzker Prize, will deliver the Royal Academy's prestigious Annual Architecture Lecture this year. More about Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu to deliver Royal Academy Annual Architecture Lecture 2016
NeoCon 2016: London studio Industrial Facility has designed a modular seating system for US furniture company Herman Miller that hooks together to turn "a communal gathering area into a lecture theatre". More about Herman Miller launches Plex modular lounge seating by Industrial Facility
Iran is "on the verge of a new era for architecture" according to local architects, as change sweeps through the Islamic republic following the lifting of crippling economic sanctions (+ slideshow). More about Architecture booms as Iran opens its doors to the world
Design Miami/Basel 2016: this year's Design Miami/Basel fair opens today in the Swiss city, where a six-tonne stone meditation space, a modular armadillo and designs by Zaha Hadid are among the highlights. More about The top six installations and exhibitions to see at Design Miami/Basel 2016
Amsterdam studio UXUS has designed a gift shop with stackable shelving for the new Tate Modern extension, which is set to open to the public this week (+ slideshow). More about UXUS designs "permanently temporary" gift shop for Herzog & de Meuron's extended Tate Modern
Design Miami/Basel 2016: a demountable office by French Modernist designer Jean Prouvé, which was used as a swingers' club until recently, has been restored for display at this year's Design Miami/Basel fair (+ slideshow). More about Jean Prouvé's demountable office rescued from swingers' club fate
Bjarke Ingel's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which opened last week, will have an afterlife touring Asia and the USA after being bought by Canadian developer Westbank. But what happened to the myriad seasonal architecture marvels erected around the world last year? Dezeen investigates. More about Burnt, recycled, sold: the fate of 2015's temporary pavilions
Architectural photographer Iwan Baan has taken new images of the Steven Holl-designed Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins art museum, which show the structure as it enters its 10th year (+ slideshow). More about Steven Holl's Bloch Building in Missouri recaptured in photographs by Iwan Baan
With the Euro football championship now underway, we've collected together everything you need to know about six of the tournament's key venues, including a new stadium by Herzog & de Meuron. More about Six key stadiums hosting the Euro 2016 championship games
Fashion designer Aitor Throup has presented a set of prototype garments on giant marionettes instead of models during this season's London Collections: Men (+ slideshow). More about Aitor Throup shows New Object Research fashion collection on life-size puppets
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with independent publisher Blue Crow Media to offer five readers the chance to win an Art Deco London map. More about Competition: five guides to London's Art Deco architecture to be won
Graduate shows 2016: cling-film dresses and pieces constructed from scrapped motorcycles are included in our design reporter Alice Morby's top five picks from this year's Royal College of Art Master of Arts in Fashion presentation. More about Five designers to watch from the Royal College of Art's 2016 fashion graduates
Paris architecture office Dorell Ghotmeh Tane has created a new home for the Estonian National Museum – a 355-metre-long sloping glass building that rises from the runway of a former Soviet airbase near the city of Tartu (+ slideshow). More about Dorell Ghotmeh Tane's Estonian National Museum occupies site of former Soviet airbase
NeoCon 2016: London studio PearsonLloyd has added to its collection of office furniture designed for the open-plan workplace as part of its partnership with Teknion (+ slideshow). More about PearsonLloyd and Teknion create more furniture for open offices
Haworth white papers: sophisticated sensors could contribute to a healthier and happier workforce by tracking the way offices are used and adjusting them automatically, according to new research by US furniture giant Haworth. More about Sensor technology can improve office design and create happier employees, says Haworth
BDG Architecture + Design and Matheson Whiteley have refurbished several floors of a historic 1980s building in London, creating open-plan offices for global communications group WPP intended to promote flexible working (+ slideshow). More about Revamped Sea Containers House features offices designed to encourage interaction