Canadian office Batay-Csorba Architects has created a greyscale interior for the ShuckShuck oyster restaurant in Vancouver complete with a snaking concrete bar. More about Concrete counter curves through ShuckShuck oyster bar in Vancouver
Architecture firms Rosan Bosch Studio and IDOM have developed a school for a campus in Lima, Peru, in which teaching will take place in both indoor and outdoor classrooms. More about Outdoor classrooms to play key role in "pandemic-proof" school in Peru
Dezeen promotion: this year's Wellbeing Culture Forum kicks off today with a discussion on the innovative and transformative power of art and creativity in the midst of crisis. Watch it on Dezeen. More about Wellbeing Culture Forum 2021 launches with Experiencing to Reconnect talk
Architecture studios Diller Scofidio + Renfro, PLP Architecture and Carlo Ratti Associati have revealed plans to convert a goods yard in Milan into a park and the athletes' village for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games. More about Disused railway yard in Milan set to become park and Olympic athletes' village
Architecture studios Pan Projects and Haruki Oku Design have renovated a fashion store in Tokyo using moving curtains and rotating walls to create adaptable retail and events spaces. More about Theatrical curtains enclose the entrance of Tokyo fashion store The Playhouse
Small design firms in the UK are moving their production abroad and setting up businesses in the European Union to get around a slump in business following Brexit. More about Brexit Britain "no longer a viable distribution hub" say small design businesses
The organisers of national pavilions of the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennale are planning to open without guests next month due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. More about Venice Architecture Biennale pavilions set to hold "silent openings" without visitors
Spring is here so we've rounded up 10 outdoor furniture designs on Dezeen Showroom to take full advantage of the warmer weather. More about Ten contemporary furniture designs for outdoor living
The brutalist Derby Assembly Rooms venue in the East Midlands, England is set to be demolished by the local council, though plans for its replacement are yet to be put in place. More about Brutalist building in Derby set to be demolished without plans for replacement
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"