The largest solo exhibition from MAD Architects and the month-long Festival of Design in Shanghai are among the architecture and design events taking place in China featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. More about Seven architecture and design events in China in November
Promotion: French engineering school École des Ponts ParisTech offers a master's degree that gives students and practitioners a comprehensive knowledge of parametric architecture, robotics and digital manufacturing. More about Ecole des Ponts' Digital Building Design course prepares professionals for "high-level positions"
Milan-based designer Patricia Urquiola has converted a palazzo in Rome into a hotel and spa, filled with circular elements and traditional Italian materials. More about Patricia Urquiola converts historic palazzo into Six Senses Rome hotel
New York-based studios Ennead Architects and Rockwell Group have completed the renovation of an academic building for Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC with "floating" classrooms at its core. More about Ennead Architects and Rockwell Group create "floating" classrooms for Johns Hopkins University
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Foster and Partners' plans for an urban centre in China. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Foster and Partners' design for Hangzhou centre
Sweden-born architect Fredrik Nilsson has completed a wood-clad residence for his family that incorporates Scandinavian modernism and the "bohemian experimentalism of the LA Eastside". More about Fredrik Nilsson clads his Los Angeles house in oiled cedar
A wooden pavilion shaped by dehydration and banners made from found urban objects are on show at Chicago's James R Thompson Center for the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More about Chicago Architecture Biennial fills postmodern Thompson Center with installations
Promotion: Prague International Design Festival Designblok 2023 welcomed over 40,000 visitors across its five-day programme of exhibitions, fashion shows, talks and workshops. More about Designblok celebrates 25th anniversary with exhibitions, talks and workshops
A staggered arrangement of windows and patterned sections of brickwork form the facade of 19 Waterloo Street, a house that Australian studio SJB has added to a small site in Sydney. More about Reclaimed materials form "playful and textured" facade of Sydney house
Chinese practice Lel Design Studio has completed a factory in Yongchun that combines traditional and modern brewing facilities for vinegar with a sightseeing route for tourists. More about "Sightseeing factory" in China celebrates the heritage of red vinegar
Continuing our Designing for Disaster series, disasters expert Ilan Kelman shares advice for designers and architects on averting catastrophe. More about "Design professionals can make choices to prove that disasters are not natural"
Furniture crafted from driftwood, "dresses" made from thousands of wood pieces and lamps 3D printed from tatami-resin were some of the highlights of Designart Tokyo. More about Seven Japanese designers working with neglected materials at Designart Tokyo
Dezeen has announced the 28-strong interiors shortlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards China, which includes projects by FOG Architecture, UNStudio and Atelier d'More. More about Dezeen Awards China 2023 interiors shortlist revealed
Glass screen doors, bespoke furniture and natural textures draw on the waterside location of Locke at East Side Gallery hotel in Berlin by architecture studio Grzywinski+Pons. More about Grzywinski+Pons designs Locke at East Side Gallery to "capture the strange magic" of Berlin
Promotion: a treehouse-like holiday home and a sauna on wheels are among the four wooden architecture projects named winners at the Thermory Design Awards for 2023. More about Thermory Design Awards names best wooden architecture projects for 2023
Lush plants and gravel beds feature in the Tokyo offices of real estate company Mitsui & Co, which local interior studio Flooat has designed to be "as stress-free as possible". More about Japanese garden design informs Tokyo real estate office by Flooat
Architecture studio Taller Capital has created a linear park in Mexico City that incorporates a walkway and made with materials optimised for water retention and dust mitigation. More about Taller Capital practises "retroactive infrastructure" for linear park in Mexico
US architecture studio Dash Marshall has completed an adaptive reuse project, transforming a historic garage into a performing arts theatre in Detroit, Michigan. More about Dash Marshall converts historic Detroit garage into black box theatre
Dezeen School Shows: a bathing pavilion informed by plants is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Waterloo. More about Ten architecture projects by students at the University of Waterloo
Promotion: Austrian facade specialist Rieder worked with architecture studio Faerber to preserve the original structure of a townhouse through the installation of a three-dimensional concrete facade. More about German townhouse preserved with precast Rieder concrete facade