Researchers at MIT Media Lab have tested modular tiles that autonomously assemble to create habitats in space on the latest mission to the International Space Station. More about MIT Media Lab trials modular tiles that self-assemble into "entirely novel type of space architecture"
From an artist's cabin perched above a tidal salt marsh to an entire elevated apartment block in Italy, here is a roundup of 10 homes on stilts from the Dezeen archives. More about Ten gravity-defying homes that are raised up on stilts
Swedish designer Louise Hederström has worked with furniture brand Swedese to use leftover wood and plywood from a Cobe-designed building to create furniture for its public spaces. More about Louise Hederström designs building furniture from its waste materials
Promotion: designer Fabio Novembre's concept store for Italian furniture brand Natuzzi celebrates the brand's Puglian roots with an interior that reflects the culture, colours and traditions of the southern Italian region. More about Natuzzi's Fabio Novembre-designed concept store celebrates the brand's Puglian roots
Furniture company IKEA and its research and design lab Space10 have worked with creative studio Oio to create the Updatables concept furniture, which would use artificial intelligence to tell owners how it can be updated. More about Oio and Space10 envision IKEA furniture that can evolve and adapt to users' needs
Ecuadorian architects Juan Alberto Andrade and María José Váscones have made the most of the limited space in a micro apartment located within a new residential tower by Safdie Architects. More about Doméstico uses "habitable artifact" to organize micro apartment in Quito
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features a pyramidal timber playhouse in a London garden. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! More about Dezeen Debate newsletter features a "treeless treehouse"
Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architect has created a vaulted-wood interior inside a non-descript brick building for chef Matty Matheson's restaurant in Toronto. More about Omar Gandhi designs a "light-filled wood cathedral" for Toronto restaurant
Dezeen School Shows: an experimental fashion complex that combines design and research and a bird-watching centre designed as an "oasis of New York's wildlife for city kids" are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the School of Visual Arts. More about School of Visual Arts presents 10 student design projects
Promotion: German luxury kitchen appliance brand Gaggenau will build an interactive installation within the conservatory of Milan's historic Villa Necchi Campiglio during Milan design week that will also host a series of talks live-streamed by Dezeen. More about Gaggenau to take over Villa Necchi Campiglio during Milan Design Week
Jutting concrete volumes provide shade to openings and planted terraces at this monolithic concrete house in Ahmedabad, India, designed by local studio The Grid Architects. More about Beton Brut is a "neo-brutalist" concrete house in Ahmedabad
Continuing our series revitising deconstructivist architecture we look at the late Zaha Hadid, the "queen of the curve" who designed the Heydar Aliyev Centre and London Aquatics Centre. More about Zaha Hadid embraced the potential of deconstructivism
London-based studio Benedetti Architects has been selected to lead the £20 million refurbishment of The Royal Institute of British Architects' central London headquarters. More about Benedetti Architects chosen to refurbish RIBA headquarters
Hyeona Kim and WooSeok Lee explain their design for a movable OLED display that's reminiscent of an artist's easel in this video showcasing the finalists of Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition. More about Hyeona Kim and WooSeok Lee design portable OLED display in the form of an artist's easel
With less than one week until entries close, Dezeen Awards judges including Fabio Novembre, Andrés Reisinger and Dara Huang have told us why the awards are a chance to think positively about the future. More about Dezeen Awards are an opportunity to celebrate "new ways of doing things"
California-based industrial designer Reiten Cheng has developed a recycling machine that can be 3D printed using open-source instructions and used to turn PET bottles into filament for additive manufacturing. More about Polyformer is an open-source machine that recycles plastic bottles into 3D printing filament
We've selected a variety of promising roles in the design industry on Dezeen Jobs this week, including roles at Yinka Ilori, Vincenzo De Cotiis and Starck Network Agency. More about Eight vacancies for designers in London, Milan, Paris and New York
Japanese food and beverage company Kirin Holdings and researchers at Meiji University have developed a wearable device connected to a chopstick that uses an electric current to simulate food tasting salty. More about Taste-Adjusting Chopsticks makes food taste saltier without adding salt
Brazil-based Studio Dlux has added playful elements to an international school in São Paulo that is housed within former warehouses. More about Studio Dlux converts industrial buildings into Red House School in São Paulo
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has revealed the 611 West 56th Street skyscraper in Manhattan, which is the Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect's first building in the United States. More about Álvaro Siza completes limestone-clad skyscraper in Manhattan