The Jiangsu Beisha Kindergarten in China has been conceived as a miniature village, with a cluster of house-like structures clustered around a square and connected via winding paths and raised walkways. More about Crossboundaries designs "mini village" for kindergarten in rural China
In this exclusive Dezeen video, Japanese architect Junya Ishigami explains how his design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion was built to resemble a "stone hill". More about Serpentine Pavilion designed to be "part of surrounding landscape" says Junya Ishigami
French designer Pierre Yovanovitch has offset salmon-pink and butter-yellow surfaces with cobalt blue decor details to create this striking gift shop at an art centre in southeast France. More about Pierre Yovanovitch brightens Villa Noailles gift shop with bold hues
Claudia Orsetti joined Heatherwick Studio six years ago, having previously worked at architecture firms SANAA and ACME. For the Dezeen Jobs careers guide, she explains how she worked her way up to project leader. More about Careers guide: Claudia Orsetti describes how she became project leader at Heatherwick Studio
The Cell Furniture project sees product design students at London's Central Saint Martins create flexible furniture for prisons, which will be made by the inmates. More about Central Saint Martins students design prison cell furniture
Copenhagen studio 3XN has completed Olympic House, a new headquarters for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. More about 3XN builds new headquarters for the Olympics on shore of Lake Geneva
New York industrial designer Lindsey Adelman's latest light comprises a series of glass orbs that appear to dangle precariously together on a gridded metal frame. More about Lindsey Adelman presents "precarious and vulnerable" light at Design Miami/Basel
Architecture firm OMA has completed its first tower on America's West Coast: a glass condo high-rise in San Francisco with stepped corners. More about OMA completes stepped glass tower The Avery in San Francisco
New York architect David Rockwell explains how constructing a narrative can guide the design of hospitality spaces in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD awards. More about "Inventing a story means no design decision is arbitrary" says David Rockwell
This slideshow of images by photographer Ste Murray offers a closer look at the rocky canopy that forms this year's Serpentine Pavilion by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami. More about More details of Junya Ishigami's craggy Serpentine Pavilion revealed in full photo set
In this week's comments update, readers are debating Jack Self's statement that humans are "unlikely to survive this century" without radical changes to housing. More about "Another to join the long list of doomsdayers"
Yana Peel has stepped down as CEO of the Serpentine Galleries on the launch day for this year's pavilion. More about Serpentine Pavilion opening overshadowed by resignation of CEO Yana Peel
The husband-and-wife team behind American firm J_spy have created a retreat for their family in Upstate New York that features a compact interior and basic materials like concrete masonry and standing-seam metal. More about J_spy uses concrete blocks to form Catskills House in the New York countryside
Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has completed this year's Serpentine Pavilion, a craggy structure he describes as a "hill made out of rocks". More about Junya Ishigami unveils rocky Serpentine Pavilion made out of slate
Dutch airline KLM has teamed up with TU Delft to create the Flying-V aircraft concept, which is designed to consume 20 per cent less fuel than Airbus' A350. More about KLM and TU Delft aim to make aviation more sustainable with V-shaped aircraft
BIG has revealed visuals of the "whimsical" plant-covered H C Andersen Hotel it has designed for the Tivoli Gardens amusement park in Copenhagen. More about BIG reveals visuals of pagoda-like hotel for Copenhagen's Tivoli amusement park
As David Chipperfield begins the next stage of the restoration of the Procuratie Vecchie on Piazza San Marco in Venice, James Imam asks if architects can save cities straining to deal with increasing tourist numbers. More about "Locals in Venice are feeling increasingly left out of the conversation"
New York-based design studio Asthetíque has completed a restaurant in Moscow called The Y that draws on the stylised sets of films directed by Wes Anderson. More about Wes Anderson films inform design of Moscow restaurant
London designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has collaborated with laminate brand Abet Laminati to create a three-piece collection of unusually shaped and boldly coloured furniture for Camp Design Gallery. More about Adam Nathaniel Furman's latest furniture collection is a "bourgeois nightmare"
Belgian studio Atelier Vens Vanbelle has designed a white house inspired by the monasteries and farmhouses that typify the Oosterzele region. More about Atelier Vens Vanbelle creates monastic white country house