The social history of plywood – as an innovator in the furniture and transport industries, and a maligned everyday material – is explored in a new exhibition at London's V&A museum, which opens this weekend. More about V&A exhibition charts the rise and fall of humble plywood
Rotterdam studio MVRDV has unveiled plans for a residential tower complex in Eindhoven, featuring spiky plant-covered roofs and greenhouses. More about MVRDV unveils plans for Eindhoven housing with jagged grass-covered roofs
Work on a giant observation wheel planned for New York's Staten Island has ground to a halt, after a legal battle resulted in the firing of its contractor. More about New York Wheel in jeopardy as construction halts indefinitely
We've selected 10 popular projects from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that show how lightwells can be used to channel daylight down into parts of the home where windows are limited. More about 10 homes that make clever use of lightwells to bring daylight in
Architecture firm Caruso St John has transformed a Copenhagen warehouse into a wood-panelled studio, where the Kvadrat design team can develop their range of acoustic panelling. More about Caruso St John uses spruce lumber boards to create design studio for Kvadrat Soft Cells
Danish firm BIG has built an "invisible museum" in Blåvand, Denmark, by cutting linear passageways out of the sand dune beside a bunker built by German forces during the second world war. More about BIG creates subterranean museum by carving channels into dune by Nazi bunker
Cladding panels removed from high-rise buildings are repurposed to build temporary homes for Romanian migrant workers in this proposal by architecture studio Reed Watts, which has just been named winner of a charity-organised design competition. More about Salvaged tower-block cladding could be used to build migrant housing
The rainy climate in Bergen, Norway, was the basis for the blue-tinted interiors of the Zander K hotel designed by Stockholm studio Claesson Koivisto Rune. More about Claesson Koivisto Rune designs rain-themed interiors for Bergen's Zander K hotel
The objects in this furniture collection by Central Saint Martins graduate Xiang Guan can only function when they come into contact with a person. More about Graduate Xiang Guan designs furniture that only works when a human is present
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a senior designer at Nike, whose headquarters in New York is emblazoned with a huge tick made from sedum plants. More ›
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Installations, exhibitions and projects dealing with complex issues such as national identity and raw materials featured at this year's Jerusalem Design Week, and we've selected eight of the best. More about From a mushroom wall to a bank of materials, eight highlights from Jerusalem Design Week 2017
Los Angeles-based Studio William Hefner has taken cues from Californian modernism to complete this house for an art collector that overlooks Beverly Hills. More about Studio William Hefner completes modernist Beverly Hills house for an art collector
Danish architect Dorte Mandrup's takedown of the term "female architect" has sparked a strong reaction from American women in the profession on both sides of the argument. More about American women in architecture weigh in on "female architect" debate
Rotterdam studio MVRDV has unveiled plans to build a new skyscraper in its home city, featuring a pixelated facade made up of hundreds of bay windows. More about MVRDV designs new Rotterdam skyscraper featuring pixelated walls
Dezeen promotion: Parisian architecture studio Laisné Roussel took cues from greenhouses to design this white metal tower filled with plants for the first architecture biennale in Lyon, France. More about Laisné Roussel creates white mesh tower featuring two plant-covered slides
Mid-century Portland architect John Yeon is the subject of an exhibition at the city's art museum. Here's a look at five buildings that demonstrate his Northwest modern style. More about Five influential projects by Northwest modern architect John Yeon
An extension to an Italian villa with vertically sliding walls and OMA's plans for a village next to Facebook's HQ are among the stories curated for this week's Dezeen Mail, our weekly newsletter. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
More about Latest Dezeen Mail features an Italian villa with vertically sliding walls and OMA's Facebook village
What Design Can Do has teamed up with Autodesk Foundation and IKEA Foundation to launch the Climate Action Challenge, a competition inviting designers to come up with proposals responding to climate change. More about Climate Action Challenge asks designers for proposals to tackle climate change
World-renowned Paris boutique Colette has announced it will close at the end of the year, to be replaced by a new branch of global brand Saint Laurent. More about "Trendiest store in the world" Colette to close after 20 years
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed plans for a covered garden in Milan, which would use climate-control technology to allow visitors to experience spring, summer, autumn and winter at any time of year. More about All four seasons coexist in Milan garden proposed by Carlo Ratti