Dutch Design Week kicked off in Eindhoven today, and Dezeen is in town hosting debates about whether design can tackle global issues. We've picked out 10 other worthy events and exhibitions, from an "embassy" exploring the future of food to a plastic recycling workshop. More about 10 must-see Dutch Design Week exhibitions that show designers making a difference
Crops are planted on the roofs of these houses in China's Sichuan Province, which were designed by Rural Urban Framework as a possible solution for accommodating people affected by natural disasters. More about Rural Urban Framework builds post-disaster housing in China featuring rooftop farms
Foster + Partners has designed its "most ambitious" Apple Store for Chicago, with huge glass walls and a slender roof that looks like a scaled-up version of the company's laptop computer. More about Macbook-shaped roof tops Foster + Partners' glazed Apple Store in Chicago
Secret spaces beneath trapdoors, underground pools and subterranean yoga rooms feature in our latest Pinterest roundup, which focuses on homes with basements that defy the gloomy stereotype. More about 10 homes that make impressive use of their basements
Architects and designers are too obsessed with being original and should get over their aversion to copying others, according to a new book co-written by Winy Maas of MVRDV. More about Architects are suffering from "originality syndrome" and should copy more, says Winy Maas
A lace-like brickwork facade and an interior inspired by a couture jacket lining are some of the fashion-inspired features of Studio KO's Musée Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakech. More about Studio KO celebrates Yves Saint Laurent's fashion oeuvre with Marrakech museum
Frankfurt is bidding to woo banks from London by building dozens of new high-rise towers by architects including BIG, UNStudio and Ole Scheeren. More about Frankfurt embarks on Brexit building boom with new high-rises by BIG, UNStudio and more
London firm Duggan Morris Architects has completed an office building in London, featuring an aluminium facade in this year's trendiest colour. More about Duggan Morris builds office with millennial-pink exterior in London's King's Cross
British architect David Adjaye has released plans for a museum in New York City dedicated to espionage, featuring dimly lit interiors and self-contained exhibitions in weathering-steel drums. More about David Adjaye reveals plans for New York's first spy museum
Tasked with reinventing the zipper, Nendo has come up with five different fastenings, each designed to suit a different function. More about Nendo designs five alternatives to the standard zipper
The next piece in the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, a skyscraper by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, looks almost complete in photos shared on Instagram. More about Richard Rogers' Three World Trade Center nears completion in New York
In this exclusive movie produced by Dezeen, Serpentine Pavilion architect Diébédo Francis Kéré reveals how building a school for his home village in Burkina Faso was the starting point for his career. More about Diébédo Francis Kéré says school that launched his career is "not a traditional African building"
Classic cars are frequently used as props when photographing architecture projects, while sometimes entire homes are designed around an owner's automobile. We've chosen 10 examples of buildings accompanied by photogenic vehicles, from a countryside retirement home to a converted windowless garage. More about 10 buildings that use classic cars to improve their image
By making tobacco companies follow strict packaging restrictions, we're paving the way to a future where brands no longer reflect our lifestyles, argues Stephen Bayley, following the launch of his new book Signs of Life: Why Brands Matter. More about "A war against branding is a war against people"
French designer Ora Ïto has cut and pieced together over 400 wooden slats to create this staircase, which twists up the Paris offices for one of the world's largest luxury companies. More about Ora Ïto uses hundreds of wooden slats for snaking oak stair at LVMH offices
Daisuke Motogi Architecture has completed an apartment renovation in Tokyo that features a bathroom and office wrapped in fabric walls with pockets for storing clutter. More about Renovated apartment in Tokyo has storage pockets sewn into its walls
Hoping to ready earthlings for their move to Mars, Thomas Missé has designed a lightweight, stackable chair made from carbon fibre that he believes will lower interplanetary importation costs. More about Thomas Missé designs carbon-fibre chair fit for use on Mars
Deep hues, tactile fabrics and gold detailing feature in the interiors we've highlighted for this weeks' Pinterest roundup, which forgo simplicity for retro glamour. More about 10 opulent interiors that spurn minimalism for rich colours and textures
Students at this new Snøhetta-designed Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design in Bergen are invited to use the inner walls as a canvas for their work. More about Snøhetta makes every interior surface a canvas in new £100-million arts school in Bergen
David Connor Design and Kate Darby Architects have transformed a tumbledown cottage in England's West Midlands into a home and studio, enveloping the ruined old structure in a shell of black corrugated metal. More about Kate Darby and David Connor preserve rotting structure in conversion of 18th-century cottage