Opinion: the imaginative but unrealistic proposals for Detroit on show at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale have left Aaron Betsky wondering if there is hope for architectural projects among the city's ruins. More about "After decades of Detroit ruin porn, America's Biennale exhibition runs riot"
Architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien have won the long-running competition to design the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago. More about Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects chosen for Obama Presidential Library
The American Institute of Architects has announced the winners of this year's Small Projects Awards, which include a tiny floating sauna and a mobile dental surgery in a trailer (+ slideshow). More about AIA reveals best small American architecture projects of 2016
Dezeen promotion: designers can engage with social and political problems that are sometimes too big for governments to tackle, says Richard van der Laken, founder of annual social design conference What Design Can Do (+ interview). More about "Design is always political" says What Design Can Do founder
Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Micaella Pedros has repurposed discarded plastic bottles into joints that can be used to hold wooden furniture together (+ movie). More about Micaella Pedros uses heat-shrunk plastic bottles to join furniture
Ikea's killer dressers, a transparent slide atop Los Angeles' tallest skyscraper and Renzo Piano's huge cultural centre in Athens (pictured) feature in this week's Dezeen Mail.
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London Festival of Architecture 2016: architects Tomaso Boano and Jonas Prišmontas have created a small pop-up studio to raise awareness of how London's unaffordable rents and education is crippling its creative industries (+ slideshow). More about London architects create pop-up art studio to highlight the city's unaffordable rents
Brexit crisis: the Creative Industries Federation is organising a series of emergency sessions to prepare the UK's design sector for Brexit, saying "if it is going to happen, we need to mitigate the consequences". More about Creative Industries Federation plans urgent Brexit crisis events
Icelandic musician Björk has partnered with designer and researcher Neri Oxman on a mask made up of multiple 3D-printed strands that mimic the underlying structure of her own face (+ slideshow). More about Björk unveils 3D-printed mask based on her musculoskeletal system
Graduate shows 2016: a gridded megastructure contains a creative workforce of 1,400 in this proposal by Royal College of Art graduate Ohyun Kwon to address the housing crisis in the South Korean capital. More about Ohyun Kwon proposes megastructure to house 1,400 creatives in Seoul
London Festival of Architecture 2016: a soup servery, a rubbish bin-cum-play space and a flat-pack pop-up shop form part of an exhibition that explores how architecture can contribute to city communities (+ slideshow). More about RIBA exhibits three pavilions designed to serve London communities
Wooden slats and bleachers provide the multi-faceted volume of this waterfront sauna by Avanto Architects, allowing visitors to climb the roof for a better view of the sea or to lounge in the sun (+ slideshow). More about Avanto Architects builds coastal sauna in Helsinki with a faceted timber "cloak"
Lighting brand Plumen is the latest to enter the children's design market, adding strands of colourful bunting to its low-energy pendants (+ slideshow). More about Plumen releases pendants with miniature bunting for kids
Plates of weathering steel frame the tall doorway to this timber-clad home, designed by architects Design Base 8 and Omar Gandhi for a remote site on Canada's Cape Breton (+ slideshow). More about Rabbit Snare Gorge cabin sits on a bluff in remote Nova Scotia
Daredevils can enjoy sweeping views of Los Angeles while descending a transparent slide almost 1,000 feet above the city (+ movie). More about Glass Skyslide opens at the top of LA's tallest skyscraper
Car brand BMW has unveiled an autonomous MINI concept vehicle designed to be shared between several drivers, which could change colour depending on different users' preferences (+ movie). More about BMW's MINI Vision Next 100 concept car changes colour depending on the driver's mood
Engineering company Rolls-Royce has revealed concept designs for an autonomous ship that could be managed remotely from a control centre (+ slideshow). More about Rolls-Royce touts remote-controlled cargo ship as "future of the maritime industry"
Washington is up next in our series looking at houses from different US states, with a concrete dwelling cut into a rocky outcrop (pictured) and a retreat nestled in a canyon among the best examples (+ slideshow). More about Five of the best houses in Washington state on Dezeen
Rio 2016: sports brand Nike has revealed the running shoe that Jamaican athlete Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will wear while competing at this summer's Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro. More about Nike unveils shoes for a 100-metre sprinter at the Rio 2016 Olympics
London's Design Museum closes the doors of its Shad Thames building for the final time tomorrow, ahead of its move across town. In a Dezeen exclusive, Deyan Sudjic reflects on his favourite memories from the 10 years since he took over as director (+ photos by Luke Hayes). More about Deyan Sudjic selects favourite exhibitions from a decade at the Design Museum