Moshe Safdie's firm has unveiled its design for the National Medal of Honor Museum in South Carolina – a five-pointed structure that will present the history of the USA's most revered soldiers. More about Safdie Architects designs museum to honour American war heroes
Apple's Milan pavilion, architectural photography captured using Instagram and marble vases designed by Zaha Hadid feature in this week's Dezeen Mail. Click through for our pick of the best news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Prolific Japanese design studio Nendo has created a chair for office furniture company Kokuyo, following its one-year retrospective exhibition in Milan (+ slideshow). More about Nendo follows up Milan exhibition with stacking chair for Kokuyo
Business news: MakerBot, once the darling of the 3D-printing scene, has laid off 20 per cent of its staff and closed its three retail stores after failing to meet its financial growth targets. More about 3D-printing pioneer MakerBot lays off staff and closes stores
Strips of dark-stained timber give a charred appearance to the three stacked blocks that form this house in the Netherlands, which replaces another property that was destroyed by fire (+ slideshows). More about Huize Looveld is a blackened timber house built on the site of a razed farmstead
Interview: a Kickstarter campaign has launched to fund a floating swimming pool for London's River Thames. According to Studio Octopi architect and project co-founder Chris Romer-Lee, the city is experiencing an outdoor swimming revolution. More about "People have had it with the smells and verrucas from indoor pools" says Thames Baths founder
Business news: luxury Italian kitchen and bathroom brand Boffi has acquired furniture company De Padova, adding free-standing pieces to its range of products in a move to appeal to the US market. More about Boffi eyes US market growth with De Padova acquisition
Competition: Domaine de Boisbuchet is offering Dezeen readers the chance to win a place on a week-long design workshop at a chateau in south-west France this summer. More about Competition: win a place on the summer workshops at Domaine de Boisbuchet
This umbrella has a frame that turns its canopy inside out, keeping water droplets inside as well as allowing it to open and close in confined spaces (+ movie). More about "Drip-free" umbrella encloses wet canopy on the inside
Architects Deborah Saunt and David Hills used underground rooms and mirrors to help disguise the volume of their house, which is located in a conservation area in leafy south London (+ slideshow). More about DSDHA's Covert House is designed to camouflage with its surroundings
Milan 2015: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka created these seats for Issey Miyake's Tokyo store using shapes he created by accident while "playing around" with 3D-modelling software. More about Tokujin Yoshioka distorts hexagonal forms to create stools for Issey Miyake stores
The American Institute of Architects has selected its top 10 housing projects of the last 12 months, including a rusting steel residence in rural Washington, a series of musicians' cottages in Vermont and a student housing tower in Boston (+ slideshow). More about AIA names top 10 American housing projects of the year
Milan 2015: designer Jasper Morrison has brought together prototypes and iconic designs from the 80-year history of Italian furniture brand Molteni – including early pieces by Gio Ponti and contemporary work by Norman Foster and Alvaro Siza (+ slideshow). More about Jasper Morrison curates exhibition chronicling 80 years of Molteni design collaborations
Dezeen promotion: Clerkenwell Design Week will return from 19 to 21 May with a range of installations designed to transform public spaces around the central London district. More about Clerkenwell Design Week announces installations for 2015
Lyndon Neri and Alberto Alessi have paid tribute to Michael Graves, following a memorial service for the influential American architect who died last month (+ interview). More about Lyndon Neri and Alberto Alessi pay tribute to Michael Graves
Product design consultancy Mormedi has created an electronic cigarette, which they hope will become like a "personal accessory similar to a pen" for users (+ slideshow). More about Mormedi's e-cigarette is designed as a personal accessory
Dezeen promotion: the Design Trust is offering those living or working in Hong Kong and the Greater Pearl River Delta region the chance to receive funding for their design and research initiative projects. More about Design Trust offers grants for design and research projects in Hong Kong
Strips of recycled hardwood enclose the narrow balcony that runs around the edge of this family residence on the outskirts of a fishing village in Thailand (+ slideshow). More about Slatted timber screens shade poolside residence in Thailand by Architectkidd
The future of Thomas Heatherwick's proposed Garden Bridge in London is in jeopardy after a court ruling yesterday granted permission for a judicial review of the project. More about Garden Bridge hits an obstacle as judicial review is granted
Milan 2015: Dutch designer Maarten Baas has formed milky and coloured glass into pendant lamps that look like balloons. More about Maarten Baas adds balloon-shaped pendants to lighting range for Lasvit