The What is Luxury? exhibition at London's V&A museum features over 100 "luxury" objects, from a diamond made out of roadkill to furniture and accessories decorated with human hair (+ slideshow). More about V&A's What is Luxury? exhibition questions the value of objects
Milan 2015: Dutch design student Tessa Geuze has created a miniature confectionary kit for users to produce handmade lollipops with seasonal ingredients (+ slideshow) More about Lollipop-making kit by Tessa Geuze is designed to create homemade seasonal treats
Milan Expo 2015: Daniel Libeskind has completed his dragon-inspired pavilion at the Milan Expo, which features a sinuous body and a scaly red and gold skin (+ slideshow). More about Daniel Libeskind unveils his "handcrafted dragon" at the Milan Expo
This week we reported on Foster's Crossrail Place roof garden, Marc Newson's record-breaking Lockheed Lounge and the opening of the Milan World Expo (pictured). Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news. More about This week on Dezeen
Police have fired teargas at protesters opposing the Milan Expo on its opening day, who have set fire to cars and plastered the city in anti-Expo graffiti. More about Anti-Expo protests turn violent in Milan
Tesla founder Elon Musk has launched two batteries designed to power homes and businesses in an attempt to reduce the world's reliance on fossil fuels for generating electricity. More about Elon Musk launches Tesla batteries for the home in bid to cut fossil fuel usage
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers Wiley to offer readers a chance to win one of five books by London architect Eric Parry about the importance of context in architecture. More about Competition: five Context books by Eric Parry to be won
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the world's best university for architecture, according to new global rankings. More about MIT named world's top university for architecture
London's Royal College of Art is the top-ranking design school in the world, according to an annual league table of the world's best universities. More about Royal College of Art named as world's top design school
Milan Expo 2015: huge mechanical arms are spray painting colourful data across the walls of this pavilion and supermarket that Italian architect Carlo Ratti has created at the Milan Expo 2015, which opens today (+ slideshow). More about Carlo Ratti creates a digital supermarket at the Milan Expo 2015
Tall brick chimney stacks and half gable profiles characterise these east London bungalows by Patel Taylor that are designed to house the area's retired residents (+ slideshow). More about Brick bungalows provide social housing for elderly residents in east London
Milan Expo 2015: the Milan Expo has opened its doors to the public today, with over 9 million tickets already sold (+ slideshow). More about Milan Expo 2015 opens to the public
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a product designer at cut crystal manufacturer Swarovski, whose Zaha Hadid-designed installation from Swarovski Crystal Palace is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this movie Marco Poletto of EcoLogicStudio claims the integrated algae farm and cladding system his practice will showcase at the 2015 Milan Expo could be used to power cities in future. More about EcoLogicStudio transforms cladding system into a bioreactor with Urban Algae Canopy
Competition: Dezeen has paired up with New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to offer readers the chance to win one of five tickets to an invite-only talk with Bjarke Ingels this evening. More about Competition: enter to win tickets to Bjarke Ingels' talk at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
An abandoned house in a small South Korean town has been converted into a cafe by Seoul-based studio Wise Architecture, with a bamboo frame erected around it to provide a terrace for customers (+ slideshow). More about Wise Architecture dismantles a 300-year-old house and resurrects it as a cafe
Four of these simple stacking chairs by Korean designer Seungji Mun can be made from a standard sheet of plywood without leaving any material left over. More about Seungji Mun's Economical Chair is designed to minimise waste
Sections of perforated brickwork set into the walls of this Bangkok residence by local architect Jun Sekino allow light to filter into terraces while screening residents from the street (+ slideshow). More about Brick grates set into the walls of a Bangkok house hide a series of outdoor spaces
Milan 2015: there was something in the air in Milan this year. Furniture brands were launching fragrances while numerous independent designers were experimenting with scents (+ slideshow). More about Designers smell opportunities as they explore the "vivid" world of scent
Opinion: the architecture and film industries have quite a few things in common – including expensive projects and the lionising of a certain kind of success. But architects can still learn a lot from the approach of independent film makers, says Mimi Zeiger. More about "Biennials and design fairs function much like film festivals"