Ahead of relaunching Dezeen School Shows for this year's graduation season, we have rounded up the ten most popular showcases of student work that we published last year. More about Dezeen's 10 most popular school shows
Architecture studio Carmody Groarke has designed a lower-level entrance and gallery space at a science museum in Manchester, UK. More about Carmody Groarke creates "intriguing atmospheric" entrance to Science and Industry Museum
Designers Eduard Eremchuk and Katy Pititskaya have created a cafe in Voronezh, Russia, that embodies "the essence of a doughnut" through delicious-looking, purple velvety walls and squidgy seeming furniture. More about Doughnut-themed cafe in Russia has walls and furniture that look almost edible
This video shows a fly-through of Nüwa, which has been designed by architecture studio Abiboo to be the first permanent city on Mars. More about Watch a fly-through of Mars city designed for quarter of a million people
From a converted ship-sail factory to a housing cooperative built from cross-laminated timber, here's a look at five significant projects by the emerging architecture collective Lacol. More about Five notable projects by emerging Spanish architecture collective Lacol
Shanghai-based architecture and design curator Aric Chen has been named the new general and artistic director of Rotterdam's Het Nieuwe Instituut. More about Het Nieuwe Instituut appoints Aric Chen as general and artistic director
Dezeen promotion: Italian lighting brand Luceplan has added four new product families to its growing outdoor collection that merge indoor design sensibilities with durable, weather-resistant materials. More about Luceplan expands "nomadic" lighting collection for indoor-outdoor living
Berlin-based Look Labs has created a digital fragrance using near-infrared spectroscopy to create a digital reflection of the scent, which has been encoded as an NFT. More about Look Labs creates "world's first digital fragrance" as NFT
Toronto architecture firm Shim-Sutcliffe has been named the recipient of the 2021 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal. Here are six key projects from the studio. More about Six projects by 2021 RAIC Gold Medal winners Shim-Sutcliffe
Tall enclosures lined with patinated steel panels feature in this revamped apartment in New York City, designed by local architecture firm BC—OA. More about BC—OA hides storage behind metal panels in renovated Soho loft
Italian architecture studio Dodi Moss has created the characterful and space-efficient House for a Sea Dog loft apartment on the upper floors of a 17th-century building in Genoa. More about Dodi Moss designs multi-level loft inside 300-year-old Genoa building
Architecture studio Abiboo has designed the concept for a self-sufficient city on Mars named Nüwa that could be built in 2054. Its architect explains the project to Dezeen. More about Abiboo envisions cliff-face city as "future capital of Mars"
In the fourth part of our collaboration with Dom Publishers, the editors of the Sub-Saharan Africa Architectural Guide pick their architectural highlights from countries in northeast Africa. More about Architecture highlights from northeast Africa include projects from Sudan and Somalia
Australian studio Pattern has teamed industrial grey bricks, concrete and steel with warm-toned timber in the interior of this poolside restaurant on the outskirts of Melbourne. More about Pattern avoids "cliche aesthetics" at Melbourne surf park restaurant
Electric car brand Polestar has revealed its plan to eradicate all carbon emissions from its production process to create a climate-neutral car by 2030. More about Polestar to create "world's first climate-neutral car" by 2030
Dezeen promotion: Superblue, a new cultural venue for Miami, opens later this month in a former industrial building with a programme that includes work by British designer Es Devlin. More about Superblue Miami to open with mirrored Es Devlin installation
Tokyo designer Ryunosuke Okazaki has created a collection of sculptural garments that reference the surrealist art method of automatism. More about Ryunosuke Okazaki's Automatism collection takes cues from surrealism
The dampening of creativity brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has prompted interior designer Olivier Garcé to transform his New York home into a show space for contemporary art and design. More about Olivier Garcé transforms his West Village apartment into a design gallery
Students at Ryerson University's School of Interior Design present spaces for Muslim humanitarian support, LGBTQ2+ community celebration and more in our latest school show. More about Ten interior design projects from Ryerson University students
In this week's comments update, readers are debating a range of capsules containing fantasy architecture projects and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "Why can't the virtual spaces be less representational of the real world?" asks commenter