The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Asympta pavilion by Swiss studio Leopold Banchini Architects. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "alluring" pavilion by Leopold Banchini Architects
Swiss studio Leopold Banchini Architects has created Asympta, a stone-and-wood pavilion that evokes the "unknown domestic architectures" of prehistoric societies in today's Sicily. More about Leopold Banchini Architects draws on prehistoric civilisation for Asympta pavilion
A narrow alleyway winds between the monolithic, blocky volumes and patios of this coastal home in Sicily, designed by Italian architecture practice Solum. More about Solum carves "labyrinthine" alleyway through coastal home in Italy
A 3,666-metre-long bridge is set to connect Sicily to mainland Italy, which, if built, will be the world's longest suspension bridge. More about Italy to build world's longest suspension bridge to Sicily
Architect Pietro Airoldi left traces of old partition walls on the ceiling of this renovated 1930s apartment in Sicily as a reminder of its previous layout. More about Pietro Airoldi transforms old Sicilian apartment into bright open-plan space
Italian architect Salvatore Spataro has created miniature chocolate versions of Sicilian farming tools and toys including baskets, fish traps and spinning tops. More about Salvatore Spataro's Tastami chocolates are edible versions of traditional Sicilian tools
Dezeen has teamed up with the Rosario Gagliardi Academy of Fine Arts to offer 30 readers the chance to participate in the first edition of MADE Labs, a design workshop and lecture programme taking place in Syracuse, Sicily, this summer. More about Competition: win a week-long trip to Sicily for the inaugural MADE Labs workshop
Italian architect Antonino Cardillo has coated the walls of a vaulted chamber-music and events space in lumpy coral-pink, grey and green plasterwork. More about Coarse coral-pink plaster lends furry appearance to Antonino Cardillo's Sicilian grotto
Wall panels fold up to create tables for this cafe in Sicily, which Italian architect Giuseppe Gurrieri created by converting the old ticket office of a sports arena (+ slideshow). More about Giuseppe Gurrieri's Eco bar features tables that fold up from the walls
A staircase formed of wooden boxes and platforms, and supported by a black metal framework, rises up through this Sicilian residence that was recently renovated by Milanese architect Francesco Librizzi. More about Sculptural staircase connects two mosaic floors in an old fisherman's cottage in Sicily
Milan 2014: objects made out of lava from Mount Etna in Sicily will be presented by design duo Formafantasma in Milan next week (+ slideshow). More about Formafantasma experiment with lava to create furniture collection
Almost everything is pristinely white inside this dental clinic in Sicily by architecture studio Bureauhub, from the walls and floors to furniture, equipment and staff uniforms (photos by Roland Halbe + slideshow). More about White Space orthodontic clinic with Corian walls by Bureauhub
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our next movie from Eindhoven, Simone Farresin and Andrea Trimarchi of Formafantasma show us their experiments with unusual materials including fish skin, cow bladders, animal blood and even lava. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about Eindhoven design studio Formafantasma is "experimenting with lava"
Slideshow: OMA have created a stage set for an ancient outdoor theatre in Sicily that dates back to the fifth century BC. More about Stage set at the Greek Theatre in Syracuse by OMA
Furniture-filled caves can be found inside a guesthouse in Modica, Sicily. More about Casa Talia by Marco Giunta and Viviana Haddad
Milan 2010: Studio Formafantasma of Eindhoven present a collection of tools, vessels and foods made of cereal in Milan this week. More about Autarky by Studio Formafantasma