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Shared housing is rapidly gaining popularity thanks to rising rents and changing lifestyles, with Soho House becoming the latest company to consider a move into co-living. From a shared apartment in Barcelona to the world's largest co-housing development, here are six key examples from around the world (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Swedish furniture giant Ikea and Danish design brand Hay have released a short teaser film that shows the materials to be used in their upcoming collaborative furniture and homeware range (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

The decaying architecture of the Soviet Union is the subject of an exhibition that opened this week at the Calvert 22 Foundation in London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brexit crisis: London design company Innermost is considering moving operations to the EU if the Brexit vote leads to the UK being excluded from the single market. (more…) View the full article

This Madrid residence by Abiboo Architecture comprises a series of stacked volumes that taper out into the grounds to create secluded terraces for its famous owner (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: design graduate Micaella Pedros demonstrates how heat-shrunk plastic bottles can be used to create stable furniture joints in this movie filmed by Dezeen for the Royal College of Art (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for a head of design at London's V&A Museum, which exhibited British architect Sam Jacob's replica refugee shelter at the Venice Biennale (pictured). Visit the ad for full details of the position or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Jean Verville Architecte has designed cabin in rural Quebec with dark metal cladding and pointy roofs that "seems to emerge from a children's story" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch fashion house Viktor & Rolf has used fabrics leftover from past seasons to create the haute-couture garments in its Autumn Winter 2016 collection. (more…) View the full article

A biblical theme park contained within a huge ark – billed as the world's largest timber-frame building – has opened in Kentucky, just as the US state has been hit by severe flooding (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British set designer Es Devlin has created a twisting pathway around the Oscar Niemeyer-designed Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Niterói for the Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection catwalk show (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brexit crisis: British architecture firms Make and Sheppard Robson are laying off staff, as Brexit starts to impact on the construction industry. (more…) View the full article

A 3D-printed mask based on Björk's musculoskeletal system, a series of rejected Brexit campaign posters and a house in a Brazilian rainforest (pictured) feature in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail. Read Dezeen Mail issue 313 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Brexit crisis: creative businesses in the UK will "continue to thrive" after Brexit, according to the secretary of state for culture. (more…) View the full article

Private members club Soho House is considering expanding into the fast-growing co-living market, according to founder Nick Jones. (more…) View the full article

Movie: Oki Sato of Nendo explains the concept behind the Japanese studio's redesign of a 40,000-square-metre shopping mall, in this video Dezeen filmed in Bangkok for retail development company Siam Piwat. (more…) View the full article

The hotel in Washington DC made famous by the Watergate scandal has reopened with interiors by London studio Ron Arad Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This updated version of the traditional keffiyeh scarf by Beirut-based architect Salim al-Kadi has been designed "for our contemporary landscape" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

John McAslan + Partners is developing new designs for the huge Baitul Futuh Mosque complex in south London, which was damaged by a fire last year. (more…) View the full article

Kean University in New Jersey is purchasing three properties owned by late American architect Michael Graves, including the Princeton house and studio where he developed his Postmodern designs for 40 years. (more…) View the full article

Brussels production studio Villa Eugénie designed a looping rollercoaster studded with multicoloured lights for Dior Homme's Summer 2017 catwalk show (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Opinion: Richard Rogers' vision for a more European form of British architecture promised to create modern and prosperous urban environments. But this "new Europe" failed to reach the suburban council estates and cul-de-sacs that backed Brexit, says Owen Hatherley. (more…) View the full article

This week's roundup of houses from each of the 50 American states focuses on Wisconsin, and includes a charred timber cabin and the renovation of a Frank Lloyd Wright house outside Milwaukee (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Panes of transparent and translucent glass create a gridded facade for this photography museum in Albania by Dutch studio Casanova + Hernandez Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Scandinavian firm CF Møller has designed a new headquarters for Lego in Billund, Denmark, featuring both work and play spaces for employees (+ movie). (more…) View the full article