This month the entire design community flocks to Milan for the biggest event in the industry calendar. Whether you're visiting for the design week, or planning a separate trip, here's a travel guide to the city's best hotels, restaurants, cafes and shops. More about Milan travel guide for architects and designers
The best new hotels in Asia mix contemporary design with attention to heritage, say the judges of this year's AHEAD Asia awards in this movie Dezeen produced for the awards programme. More about AHEAD Asia hotel award winners show "design born out of real heritage"
Axiom Architects have proposed a tongue-in-cheek solution to the UK parliament's Brexit deadlock, which sees the Houses of Parliament transformed into a more open forum for debate. More about Brexit deadlock could be broken with parliament redesign says Axiom Architects
Dezeen promotion: German kitchen and bathroom manufacturer Dornbracht has unveiled plans for a virtual-reality installation at this year's Milan design week, which will examine how technology can change the way people interact with water. More about Dornbracht installation aims to challenge the way people experience water
Emeco has teamed with London designers Barber and Osgerby for the first time to produce a stacking chair made from a specially developed recycled plastic. More about Barber and Osgerby creates chair for Emeco that can be endlessly recycled
March 2019 was the best-ever month for traffic to Dezeen, with over three million people visiting our site for the first time! British illustrator Toby Melville-Brown created this image to celebrate the milestone. More about Dezeen attracts over three million visitors in March
Gruff Architects has incorporated plenty of storage and blocks of bright colour into this top-to-bottom renovation and extension of a London house built in the 1930s. More about Gruff Architects overhauls 1930s London terrace with birch joinery and colourful accents
New York firms Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group have completed The Shed, a cultural centre in Manhattan's Hudson Yards, featuring a retractable roof that can be moved to form a performance area. More about The Shed opens at Hudson Yards with huge "telescoping" roof
Lighting designer Bernhard Dessecker describes how he referenced the appearance of BMW headlights to create his Iconic Eyes lamp for Moooi in this movie Dezeen produced for the Dutch brand. More about Bernhard Dessecker's Iconic Eyes light for Moooi is based on BMW headlights
Architecture firm BIG has designed a concept for a floating city of 10,000 people that could help populations threatened by extreme weather events and rising sea levels. More about BIG unveils Oceanix City concept for floating villages that can withstand hurricanes
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Artist Christo will finally realise plans to envelop Paris' Arc de Triomphe in 25,000 square metres of silvery recyclable fabric and 7,000 metres of red rope. More about Christo to wrap silver fabric around the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
Dezeen promotion: architect Michele De Lucchi will turn Poltrona Frau's flagship store into a futuristic workplace during Milan design week. More about Michele De Lucchi to debut his Earth Stations workplace in Milan
With Milan design week kicking off next week, design editor Augusta Pownall picks the best shows to take in, from an installation built from bio-bricks to a multi-room exploration of neuroaesthetics from Google. More about 15 exhibitions and installations not to miss at Milan design week 2019
The Royal Academy of Arts has unveiled a series of installations that show how virtual and augmented reality technologies can change the experience of buildings and spaces. More about Invisible Landscapes installations explore how virtual reality will change architecture
A gabion wall supports this hillside residence in Washington, which local architect David Coleman has perched above a steep, grassy mound. More about David Coleman's Hill House cuts into Washington hill "like a rusty blade"
Last year's Dezeen Awards winners have shared the transformative impact the accolade has had on their studios, with one victor describing it as "a very important moment in our career". More about "Winning has opened doors to another level of business" say Dezeen Awards 2018 winners
Neri Oxman's Mediated Matter Group at MIT has designed an installation using melanin — and says the skin pigment will inevitably be used in architecture. More about Neri Oxman builds with melanin for Totems project
Swedish design studio Form Us With Love has created a range of affordable, minimal chairs based on a single wooden shell for French furniture brand Alki. More about Form Us With Love designs minimal Atal chairs to be affordable and stackable
Dezeen promotion: Samsung has launched a minimalist monitor that has no untidy wires and can fit flat against the wall to increase desk space. More about Samsung's minimalist Space Monitor can free up your desk