An Italian consumer group has accused Bulgarian artist Christo of wasting taxpayers' money, because of the costs of managing his floating installation on Italy's Lake Iseo. More about Christo accused of wasting public money on Floating Piers installation
Three kilometres of saffron-coloured pathways temporarily connect the shore of Italy's Lake Iseo to islands at its centre in this installation by Bulgarian artist Christo (+ slideshow). More about Christo's Floating Piers stretch out across an Italian lake
Dutch architecture firm OMA has restored the historic Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice, adding new entrances and wood-panelled escalators to turn the 16th-century building into a department store (+ slideshow). More about OMA completes restoration of Venice's Fondaco dei Tedeschi
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has designed a system for an office in Turin that instructs heating, lighting and cooling systems to follow occupants around the building like an "individually-tailored environmental bubble". More about Carlo Ratti's Office 3.0 uses Internet of Things to create personalised environments
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Swedish studios Kjellander + Sjöberg and Folkhem have installed a wooden pavilion between the Venice Biennale venues, in tribute to the 10 million trees used to build the city's foundations. More about Forests of Venice pavilion offers a peaceful retreat from the Biennale crowds
Four pebble-shaped volumes form this cultural centre completed by Bargone Architetti Associati on the stony shoreline of Lake Maggiore, Italy (+ slideshow). More about Lakeside theatre designed by Bargone Associati to look like huge rocks
Opinion: Salone del Mobile may be the official centre of the furniture business during Milan design week, but the anarchic fuorisalone is the thing that actually channels investment into the city, says local designer Eleonora Fassina. More about "In Milan, design is best exhibited where it's not supposed to be"
Diners at this sushi restaurant on the Italian coast sit inside house-shaped booths, based on the angled silhouettes of stalls in Tokyo's old street markets (+ slideshow). More about Studio Zero85 recreates outlines of Tokyo market stalls inside Italian sushi bar
Milan 2016: German lighting designer Ingo Maurer turned Milan's Torre Velasca into a glowing red beacon with an installation for car brand Audi during Milan design week (+ slideshow). More about Ingo Maurer bathes Torre Velasca in red light for Audi's City Lab event
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its first completed building since the death of its founder, a new maritime terminal for ferries and cruise liners in Salerno, Italy (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid Architects completes "oyster-like" ferry terminal in Salerno
Towering oak trees surround this addition to a family residence in Sardinia, which is raised up on concrete feet to minimise its impact on the wild landscape (+ slideshow). More about Officina29 Architetti builds garden living room without cutting down any trees
Milan 2016: an installation modelled on a typical African village has been built at Milan's Palazzo Litta by Berlin architect Diébédo Francis Kéré (+ slideshow). More about Kéré Architecture creates African-influenced Courtyard Village at Baroque palazzo in Milan
Opinion: megabrands like Nike and PepsiCo have stolen the spotlight at this year's Milan design week and are upstaging the traditional design brands, says Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. More about "This year Milan stopped being a furniture fair and became something more interesting"
Milan 2016: Japanese studio Nendo has installed its collection of chairs influenced by comic books in the courtyard of a historic cloister in Milan (+ slideshow). More about Nendo presents 50 Manga Chairs in Milanese cloister courtyard
Milan 2016: coloured streamers erupt from the first-floor arches of a palazzo facade to create this undulating canopy designed by Beijing architecture studio MAD (+ slideshow). More about MAD stretches gradated ribbons from palazzo arcade for Invisible Border installation
Milan 2016: in this exclusive Dezeen movie, London designer Lee Broom explains the concept behind his "blink and you'll miss it" travelling exhibition in the back of a delivery van, which arrived in Milan on Monday (+ movie). More about Lee Broom's Salone del Automobile delivery van arrives in Milan
Dezeen promotion: a group of students from Amsterdam's Dirty Art Department have created interactive installations to occupy a building in an abandoned area of Milan during the city's design week (+ slideshow). More about Dirty Art Department fills former slaughterhouse with installations for The Wandering School
Italian artist Edoardo Tresoldi has used wire to recreate an early Christian church on an archaeological site in Siponto, a port town in southern Italy (+ slideshow). More about Edoardo Tresoldi uses wire mesh to reconstruct ancient Roman church in Italy
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: pavilions that host exhibitions for the Venice Biennale are boarded up for six months every year, and Dutch studio RAAAF thinks a better solution would be to cover each one with a veil of fabric. More about RAAAF plans to wrap Venice's Giardini pavilions beneath a layer of fabric
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