This captioned movie shows workers unfolding a flat-pack MADI – a modular, earthquake-resistant house that the manufacturer claims can be constructed within six hours. More about Flat-pack MADI houses can be assembled in six hours
Apple has announced plans to build a new campus in the United States, in addition to the recently completed Apple Park, as part of a major investment and job creation strategy. More about Apple outlines plans for another US campus
With the start of the new year, architecture studios all over London are recruiting for talented Part-I and Part-II graduates. Here are six of the best opportunities available via Dezeen Jobs, including Heatherwick Studio, John McAslan + Partners and Allies + Morrison. More about Six promising opportunities for architecture graduates in London
This captioned one-minute movie features a project called 20 by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Mirjam de Bruijn, who created capsules that turn into everyday sustainable household products when mixed with water. More about This movie shows how household products could look in the future
Neave Brown's extraordinary legacy reflects a progressive social agenda that is lacking in many of today's architects, says Catherine Slessor. More about "Neave Brown is now among architecture's immortals"
Researchers from the National University of Singapore have created a bevy of robotic swans that test the quality of drinking water in Singapore's reservoirs. More about Robotic swans used to monitor quality of Singapore's drinking water
A beach house wrapped in a pavilion of slatted pine wood on the coast of Chile by LAND Arquitectos has uninterrupted views of the South Pacific. More about Pine-wrapped beach house on Chile's coast offers panoramic ocean views
Swedish design studio Front has created a collection of colourful rugs, then transformed the design to produce matching poufs. More about Front designs modular rugs that can be folded up into furniture
Italian architecture office 2A+P/A has brought an Ettore Sottsass painting to life to create a black barrel-roofed pavilion for an architecture festival in Orléans, France. More about Italian architects convert Ettore Sottsass sketch into pavilion for French architecture festival
American artist Paul Raphaelson has published photographs of Brooklyn's dilapidated Domino Sugar Factory, revealing the eerie rust-covered spaces along the East River that were abandoned in 2004 and demolished a decade later. More about Paul Raphaelson photographs Williamsburg's derelict Domino Sugar Factory ahead of redevelopment
Danish firm BIG has developed a proposal to protect the San Francisco Bay from flooding caused by climate change, which includes building floating villages connected by ferries, a red-hued cycle route, and a highway for autonomous vehicles. More about BIG unveils scheme to protect San Francisco creek from flooding
A team of five designers has created a new brand identity for Russia's tourist board, which references the graphic style of suprematist artworks. More about Russian tourist board unveils new visual identity inspired by suprematist art
Chilean studio Apio Arquitectos has used wooden barns as a reference for this nature retreat, with pitched roofs and facades wrapped in grey metal and pine. More about Apio Arquitectos creates gabled holiday house overlooking Chilean lake
The plastic mirrors typically found in Parisian barber shops provided the cues for this design by French duo Normal Studio, for Scandinavian brand Muuto. More about Muuto launches mirror to match those used by Parisian barbers
The Obama Presidential Center will be presented to the Chicago City Council today. But its proposed siting in the city's Jackson Park will both remove acres of public land and blight Fredrick Law Olmsted's historic landscape design, argues The Cultural Landscape Foundation president Charles A Birnbaum. More about "There is no need to destroy one significant cultural legacy in order to celebrate another"
An injunction that would have prevented Herzog & de Meuron from redeveloping Chelsea FC's football stadium has been blocked by the local council, paving the way for construction to begin. More about Council saves Herzog & de Meuron's Chelsea football stadium from neighbours' injunction
Pale brickwork, oak furnishings and terrazzo flooring combine in this light-filled extension to a Victorian house in London's Shepherd's Bush, designed by architecture studio Al-Jawad Pike. More about Al-Jawad Pike uses pale, exposed materials to extend west London home
Two Jordanian architects have devised a modular, easy-to-assemble system of street furniture to bring ad-hoc playgrounds to cities, refugee camps and other environments lacking in public space. More about Stackable Playscapes system transforms empty lots into playgrounds
Dezeen promotion: lighting brand Zumtobel has worked with Marte.Marte Architects to develop a bespoke lighting system for the huge new halls of the Messe Dornbirn exhibition centre in western Austria. More about Zumtobel showcases versatile lighting systems in Messe Dornbirn exhibition centre
Artist Emmanuelle Moureaux used over 100,000 paper number cut-outs to create this multihued installation designed to visualise the passing of time. More about Emmanuelle Moureaux's rainbow-hued installation seemingly changes colour