As Milan design week returns for its first full-scale event since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, we pick this year's must-see shows and installations, from a feminist exhibition to an installation by an Academy Award-nominated director. More about Twelve unmissable exhibitions and installations at Milan design week
Architecture firm LOHA used "material layering" to create a light-filled workspace in California for photographers, videographers and other creatives involved in brand imaging for sportswear brand Nike. More about LOHA utilizes "material layering" for Nike Icon Studios building in Los Angeles
British manufacturer Dyson has announced that it is "supercharging its robotics ambitions" by developing home robots and building the UK's largest robotics research centre. More about Dyson reveals home robot prototypes that can carry out domestic chores
British architecture firm Foster + Partners has designed a wooden, geodesic dog kennel with a padded interior for dog event Goodwoof's Barkitecture competition. More about Foster + Partners creates geodesic dog kennel as "architecture in miniature"
From an artist's cabin perched above a tidal salt marsh to an entire elevated apartment block in Italy, here is a roundup of 10 homes on stilts from the Dezeen archives. More about Ten gravity-defying homes that are raised up on stilts
Furniture company IKEA and its research and design lab Space10 have worked with creative studio Oio to create the Updatables concept furniture, which would use artificial intelligence to tell owners how it can be updated. More about Oio and Space10 envision IKEA furniture that can evolve and adapt to users' needs
Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architect has created a vaulted-wood interior inside a non-descript brick building for chef Matty Matheson's restaurant in Toronto. More about Omar Gandhi designs a "light-filled wood cathedral" for Toronto restaurant
Architecture firm BIG has constructed a mass-timber Passivhaus factory in a Norwegian forest for outdoor furniture maker Vestre, which features a green roof and solar panels as well as an exterior slide. More about BIG completes "world's most environmentally friendly furniture factory" in Norway
3me Arquitectura has taken cues from the pyramidal grain silos found locally to create the entryway for the headquarters of the Association of Agricultural Producers in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. More about 3me Arquitectura designs Irrigation Module based on pyramidal grain silos
A Heatherwick Studio-designed sculpture containing 350 trees, which is being erected to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, is nearing completion outside Buckingham Palace in London. More about First images of Heatherwick's Tree of Trees at Buckingham Palace revealed
We continue our series on deconstructivism by looking at Zaha Hadid's first major built work, the Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein, Germany. More about Zaha Hadid's Vitra Fire Station is "ready to explode into action at any moment"
London's much-anticipated Elizabeth Line finally opens today. As it is unveiled, here is a roundup of 10 metro stations from across the globe that have been updated in recent years. More about Ten 21st-century underground railway stations from around the world
British architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled the BWDC Residential Tower in Manila, Philippines, which will feature wraparound verandas with large roof overhangs that help keep the apartments cool. More about Foster + Partners designs Manila skyscraper with wraparound verandas
The Regenerative High-Rise is a concept for a modular timber tower by architecture studio Haptic and engineering firm Ramboll that could be used to transform tricky sites in cities worldwide. More about Haptic and Ramboll develop conceptual timber high-rise for "any city in the world"
The British Royal Mint has partnered with not-for-profit organisation Pride in London to commemorate 50 years of the LGBTQ+ movement Pride with a 50p coin designed by Dominique Holmes. More about The Royal Mint releases rainbow 50p to mark 50th anniversary of Pride UK
Design agency Morrama has devised a concept for a Covid-19 test that is biodegradable and fully recyclable, right down to its packaging – potentially eliminating a common source of plastic waste. More about Morrama envisions recyclable and biodegradable Covid-19 test
Architect Rafael Pardo has completed a towering apartment block in Veracruz, Mexico, using concrete pigmented with minerals from the site. More about Rafael Pardo creates towering Zoncuantla Apartments from pigmented concrete
We continue our deconstructivist architecture series with a profile of Daniel Libeskind who designed one of the movement's most evocative buildings, the Jewish Museum Berlin. More about Daniel Libeskind is deconstructivism's "late bloomer"
Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled plans for a national concert hall in Prague that features protruding angular colonnades, which double as large balconies. More about BIG wraps Vltava Philharmonic Hall in ascending colonnades
Roofs made from living trees and floating houses on reed islands are among the urban planning concepts developed by engineering studio Buro Happold in collaboration with Indigenous communities as part of an installation called Symbiocene. More about Buro Happold works with indigenous builders to develop climate resilience strategies for cities