Milan 2016: we're heading to Milan to report on the city's annual festival of design exhibitions, installations and parties next week. Keep up with Dezeen's coverage of the event using our new Pinterest board, which we'll be updating daily.
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Berlin firm Veauthier Meyer Architects has revamped a 1930s swimming pool complex in the city, refreshing its monumental brick facades and introducing a new ceiling that references the original glazed roof (+ slideshow). More about Veauthier Meyer Architects renovates Nazi-era swimming pool hall in Berlin
Milan 2016: Austrian product designer Thomas Feichtner has collaborated with a group of craftspeople to create a minimal wooden chair using traditional carpentry techniques. More about Thomas Feichtner's minimal A-Chair is made using traditional carpentry techniques
Mexican firm Zeller & Moye have converted a former Mexico City residence into a studio and showroom with adjustable metal storage racks for online fashion retailer Troquer (+ slideshow). More about Golden aluminium framework features in Troquer fashion showroom by Zeller & Moye
Milan 2016: London studio Industrial Facility has designed a range of desks and tables for American furniture company Emeco based on canteen tables and park benches (+ movie). More about Industrial Facility designs plank-topped tables for Emeco
The titles of important works of literature are engraved into the walls of this extension to a sandstone library in Glasgow, which has been refurbished to create a centre for women's history (+ slideshow). More about Collective Architecture extends sandstone building to create Glasgow Women's Library
This week on Dezeen: Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena used his Pritzker Prize ceremony to announce plans for combatting the global housing crisis this week, and the Dezeen team looked ahead to the world's biggest and most important design fair. More about This week, Aravena received his Pritzker Prize and buzz mounted for Milan's design fair
Australian cycling accessories manufacturer Knog has designed an alternative to the traditional domed bike bell – a donut-shaped device that wraps around the handlebars (+ slideshow). More about Knog creates Oi bicycle bell to replace "ugly" alternatives
PLP Architecture and researchers from the University of Cambridge have revealed a concept for London's first wooden skyscraper – a 300-metre-tall addition to the Barbican housing estate. More about PLP Architecture proposes London's first wooden skyscraper at the Barbican
Milan 2016: Swiss studio Big-Game has added to the growing list of children's products launching in Milan with a miniature adjustable plastic chair (+ slideshow). More about Big-Game's Little Big Chair for kids can be adjusted as they grow
Sportswear brand Nike has opened a textile design studio in east London to develop new fabrics for its shoes and apparel. More about Nike opens design studio in Hackney to explore advanced textiles
Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an interior designer/architect at Paul Lukez Architecture, whose projects include a prototype for a zero energy home (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Extra Moooi: in our next movie for Moooi, Dutch designer Marcel Wanders discusses his Space-Frame light, which features dozens of LED lamps supported by a truss-like wire frame (+ movie). More about Marcel Wanders creates lamp for Moooi with "super-thin space-frame structure"
Milan 2016: American designer and architect David Rockwell has created a collection of furniture for Stellar Works, one of a host of Chinese brands due to exhibit during Milan design week (+ slideshow). More about David Rockwell designs Valet furniture for Chinese brand Stellar Works
The American Institute of Architects has announced its top 10 American housing projects of 2016, including a group of treehouse-like cabins in Minnesota woodland and an inner-city development for formerly homeless people in San Francisco (+ slideshow). More about AIA announces top 10 housing projects for 2016 awards
Chinese consumers are developing a taste for western furniture and lifestyles thanks to IKEA, according to the founders of Danish design brand Hay. More about IKEA fuels demand for western lifestyle in China, say Hay founders
Tokyo 2020 Olympics has unveiled a shortlist of four new logo designs, after the original logo by Japanese designer Kenjiro Sano was abandoned following accusations of plagiarism (+ slideshow). More about Tokyo 2020 Olympics unveils shortlisted logo designs
Architecture studios Rede Arquitetos and Croquis Projetos have completed the first building of a new university campus in Crateús, Brazil: an administration block that spans an access road to the site (+ slideshow). More about Slatted roof casts dramatic shadows over gateway to new university campus in Brazil
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an experienced Part-III architect at Studio Weave in London, whose recent projects include a Scottish art studio with an embossed zinc facade (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Fashion store interiors are often left simple to keep the focus on the clothes, but in some shops there's a lot more space than garments. Here are 10 of the most pared-back (and empty) boutiques we've featured on Dezeen (+ slideshow). More about 10 of the most minimal boutiques on Dezeen