A novel response to London's housing crisis and a study of the stark living quarters of Welsh quarrymen in the 1800s were just two of the student projects recognised by this year's RIBA President's Medals. More about RIBA announces student winners of President's Medals 2017
Students at Kansas State University have designed and constructed a two-unit apartment building that is intended to be occupied by low-income tenants. More about Kansas architecture students wrap affordable home in corrugated metal
Graduate students at Yale University have completed a prefabricated building in New Haven with two apartments that will be leased to tenants who are experiencing homelessness. More about Yale architecture students create dwelling in Connecticut for the homeless
Ten students from Finland's Lahti University of Applied Sciences have designed a collection of essential furniture items for those affected by natural disasters and the ongoing refugee crisis. More about Lahti University students design furniture for victims of displacement
Architecture students from the University of Hong Kong created this woven bamboo shelter for farmers in China's Fujian province by combining age-old weaving techniques with digital design methodologies. More about Students "reinvigorate" traditional bamboo weaving with digital technologies for Sun Room pavilion
Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Damien Assini has proposed that the UK government reallocates funds from the proposed HS2 railway, and instead creates a natural landscape incorporating carbon-free modular housing and a green economy. More about Bartlett student Damien Assini suggests replacing HS2 railway with zero-carbon towns
Furniture and product design students from The Cass have created pasta inspired by nipples, pocket squares and rose petals for restaurant chain Carluccio's. More about The Cass students design nipple- and headscarf-shaped pasta for Carluccio's
A sculptural, tensile timber canopy has been constructed in Dorset woodland by five students from the Architectural Association as part of the school's Design + Make programme. More about AA Design + Make students test the limits of timber in tensile woodland canopy
Architecture student Jaime Inostroza has built a tiny pavilion on the campus of the School of Architecture at Taliesin, offering occupants framed views of the Arizona desert. More about Student builds pavilion on campus of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture school
Two hundred architecture students from a Lausanne university designed and built this events pavilion in Zurich, using lengths of timber to create a towering staircase, undulating seating and projection screens. More about Swiss architecture students design and build wooden events pavilion beneath Zurich overpass
This carton-style backpack by Kingston University graduate Magdalena Huber is designed to help people at music festivals avoid long bar queues. More about Magdalena Huber's Pikpäk lets festival-goers drink straight from their backpack
A receptacle for gifting your best DNA, a tech-disabling glove for punishing cybercriminals and a device that harvests edible fungus from your own body are among the concepts presented by students of five Lebanese universities for the Speculative Needs exhibition. More about Lebanese students anticipate future human needs for Beirut Design Week exhibition
The Brinery is a home fermentation vessel designed by a team of Royal College of Art students to kickstart interest in the "forgotten" process of preserving vegetables. More about Royal College of Art students design The Brinery home fermentation tool
Mexican designer Moisés Hernández' dipped his Immersed Birds collection in dye to emulate the plumage of tropical fauna. More about Moisés Hernández designs minimal dip-dyed versions of tropical birds
Students at the University of Southern California's School of Architecture have conceived a series of shelters for homeless people, ranging from a shopping cart converted into a tent structure to a tiny house made of scavenged material. More about California architecture students design shelters for LA's growing homeless population
An embracing chair designed to soothe anxiety and a lamp that anyone can be taught to manufacture are among items of furniture designed for prisons by students from Norway's University of Bergen. More about University of Bergen students design furniture for prison inmates
IKEA and Tom Dixon have revealed the results of their collaboration: a modular bed that "explores notions of adaptability and future-proofing". More about IKEA reveals Tom Dixon's Delaktig modular bed and sofa
US students on architecture college courses put in more extra hours than those taking any other subject, a recent survey has found. More about Architecture students work hardest of all US college majors
For this year's Stockholm furniture fair, a group of students from Helsinki's Aalto University presented a range of chairs made using only three thicknesses of galvanised steel rods. More about Aalto University students create 12 chairs using only steel rods
Students at the University of Colorado Denver have designed and built a series of rustic dwellings for a base camp operated by an outdoor education program. More about Colorado architecture students build micro cabins clad in sheets of hot-rolled steel