Japanese studio Nendo has contributed to a virtual design show organised by Vogue Italia, showing its Hyouri collection of reversible traditional paper lanterns that "seem to swallow parts of themselves". More about Nendo presents inside-out Hyouri lanterns at virtual Life in Vogue exhibition
A team of students and researchers from Barcelona's Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia have designed and built a cabin for self-isolation, using wood harvested from within one kilometre of its site. More about The Voxel is a "quarantine cabin" made entirely from locally sourced materials
Safdie Architects is set to increase the size of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas by 50 per cent with a design that includes two new galleries connected by a bridge. More about Safdie Architects to expand Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
In this week's comments update, readers are considering a concept for a self-sufficient city on Mars and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "The idea of inhabiting Mars is merely fanciful fiction" says commenter
Global design firm Skidmore Owings and Merril collaborated with American artist Phillip K Smith III to create Santa Monica Linear, a mirrored glass installation that lights up at night. More about SOM and Phillip K Smith III install light-up mirrored sculpture in Santa Monica
Dezeen promotion: Italian designer Gio Pagani has created The Daydreamer, a collection for wallpaper brand Londonart that mixes 1970s style and Japanese prints. More about The Daydreamer is a capsule collection of wallpaper by Gio Pagani for Londonart
Dava Newman, former NASA deputy administrator, astronautics researcher and inventor of the BioSuit, will be the new director of MIT Media Lab. More about MIT Media Lab chooses BioSuit inventor Dava Newman as its new director
Architecture practice Sam Jacob Studio has built an office, bar and events space for the ArtReview magazine in London that includes a pair of revamped Mies van der Rohe armchairs. More about Sam Jacob Studio adds "ambiguity and mystery" to ArtReview events space
Taiwanese architect Arthur Huang, materials expert Seetal Solanki and furniture designer Sebastian Cox have joined the first-ever panel of sustainability experts to judge the Dezeen Awards 2021 sustainability categories. More about Arthur Huang and Seetal Solanki join Katie Treggiden as Dezeen Awards 2021 judges
Architect Michele De Lucchi has redesigned the Italian covers of the Harry Potter books, shifting focus away from the characters and towards the fantastical buildings of the wizarding world. More about Michele De Lucchi reimagines Harry Potter covers "in dialogue with contemporary architecture"
Italian research studio Space Caviar has released a manifesto for a new type of architecture that does not deplete the earth's resources. More about Non-Extractive Architecture manifesto calls for buildings that are "not intrinsically dependent on exploitation"
Anicorn Watches has released a NASA-branded NFT artwork that can be used to redeem a physical "secret timepiece" designed by NASA logo creator Richard Danne. More about Richard Danne designs Space Watch as first NASA-branded NFT
Austrian architecture studio Precht has used more than 7,000 handmade bricks to create the floors, walls and stepped seating in this Bangkok cafe for coffee brand % Arabica. More about Precht forms counter and stepped seating from handmade bricks in Bangkok cafe
Helsinki-based JKMM Architects has renovated and extended a library named Fyyri in the Finnish town of Kirkkonummi. More about JKMM Architects extends 1980s library to create "public living room" for Kirkkonummi
A massive pivot door enables an interior room to open onto a covered patio in casiTa, a guesthouse in Arizona designed by architecture firm The Ranch Mine. More about The Ranch Mine builds casiTa guesthouse in Phoenix backyard
Bamboo Grove is a collection of mouth-blown glass vases that can be overturned and filled with flowers at both ends designed by Italian designer Anna Perugini for Ichendorf. More about Anna Perugini's reversible vases have jointed stems like bamboo
A collapsible camera obscura and a bamboo tensegrity structure have been revealed as the two winning designs of the 2021 Antepavilion architecture commission in Hackney, London. More about Antepavilion names two winners for 2021 competition as legal battle continues
Dezeen promotion: bathroom brand VitrA has opened a showroom in London's Clerkenwell, where it will present its latest products and host design events. More about VitrA Bathrooms opens flagship showroom in London's Clerkenwell
Furniture brand Dedon is showcasing five collections of outdoor furniture and lighting on Dezeen Showroom, including lanterns, lounge chairs and side tables by designers including Stephen Burks and Sebastian Herkner. More about Outdoor seating, lighting and tables by Dedon feature on Dezeen Showroom
Sou Fujimoto Architects has renovated a hotel in Maebashi, Japan, removing the original building's internal floors and adding a grassy hill containing cabins. More about Sou Fujimoto adds giant atrium and green hill to Shiroiya Hotel