UK culture secretary Matt Hancock has defended the government's support for the design industry, and has pencilled in a trip to Milan design week next year to champion UK designers. More about London creatives moving to Milan? "It's my job to stop that from happening" says Matt Hancock
A skyscraper by architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill is set to rise next to Chicago's historic Tribune Tower and become the second-tallest building in the city. More about Chicago's second-tallest skyscraper planned beside Tribune Tower
Royal College of Art graduate Christophe Machet uses a huge custom-built CNC machine to transform "poor and unsexy" sewage pipes into chairs. More about Christophe Machet uses CNC-cut sewage pipes to create his Pipeline chairs
Atmos Studio has completed a flowing staircase made from laminated oak that is the centrepiece of a recently opened restaurant in Mayfair, London. More about Sinuous timber staircase by Atmos Studio spirals up through London restaurant HIDE
While Milan design week brings the industry's biggest names together, it also provides a platform for some of the most promising emerging designers. Dezeen's design editor Alice Morby picks 10 to watch out for. More about 10 designers to watch from Milan design week
Chinese studio WSP Architects has completed a university campus complex in Hangzhou, China, featuring a cluster of buildings with irregular stacked floors arranged around a central square. More about Staggered towers form university campus in Hangzhou
Dezeen promotion: entries are now being accepted to this year's Wood Awards, which recognise the UK's best timber architecture, furniture and products. More about Call for entries to Wood Awards 2018
Swedish-Chilean designer Anton Alvarez has created a series of tall vessels featuring the vibrant blue tone favoured by artist Yves Klein. More about Anton Alvarez adopts Yves Klein's signature blue for extruded vases
Retailer Amazon has teamed up with car companies Volvo and General Motors to deliver packages directly to users' vehicles. More about Amazon partners with Volvo and General Motors to provide in-car deliveries
IKEA is considering plans to transform a concrete structure by modernist architect Marcel Breuer in New Haven into a hotel, according to reports. More about Brutalist Breuer building owned by IKEA could become hotel in Connecticut
A room filled with giant spinning mushrooms and a set of bright yellow-green bathrooms are among the surprises found inside the OMA-designed Torre, which opened last week as the final part of the Fondazione Prada arts complex in Milan. More about OMA's Fondazione Prada Torre opens with quirky interiors and renowned contemporary art
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The Garage Museum in Moscow is hosting an exhibition dedicated to an anti-modernist manifesto from the 1960s, featuring full-scale mockups of Andy Warhol's famous studio and a conceptual cubist home. More about Garage Museum creates life-size recreation of Andy Warhol's studio The Factory
Indiana, home to some of America's best mid-century-modern architecture, is the next stop in our series of roundups highlighting impressive houses from each US state. More about Five of the best houses in Indiana on Dezeen
A wide range of lighting designs were unveiled during Milan design week 2018, including light bulbs hanging from gloves and a moon-inspired mobile. Dezeen's Natashah Hitti selects her 10 favourites. More about 10 lighting designs that shone brightest at Milan design week
Neri Oxman and her Mediated Matter Group at MIT have expanded their collection of 3D-printed death masks with designs that cultivate new life after death. More about Neri Oxman's new death masks contain pigment-producing microorganisms
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed a twisted tower that soars 170 metres above Milan, making it the third tallest building in the city. More about Zaha Hadid Architects completes twisted Generali Tower in Milan
Right now we have a whole host of job opportunities available on Dezeen Jobs for project architects, including roles with Woods Bagot and Ennead Architects. More about Five job opportunities for experienced project architects
Investigative agency Forensic Architecture has been shortlisted for this year's Turner Prize, the UK's most important art award. More about Forensic Architecture shortlisted for Turner Prize 2018
Interior architect Arjaan de Feyter kept to a material palette of blackened steel, dark walnut and deep-green marble to create this pared-back office for a lawyer near Antwerp, Belgium. More about Arjaan de Feyter uses moody material palette for Belgian lawyers office