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Feature: thirty-three years after designs by the Memphis Group caused a "mass-media event" at the Salone del Mobile, the bold graphic style they created is back in favour in Milan and is appearing in some unusual places, finds Dan Howarth. (more...) View the full article

A layer of perforated brass wraps over the walls and around the roof of this 1960s building in Copenhagen that Danish studio BBP Arkitecter has converted into a headquarters for jewellery firm Trollbeads (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Beijing office Vector Architects installed a louvred wall of weathered steel mesh along one facade of this visitor centre on a farm near Kunshan, China, to protect the building from the harsh western sun (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

International agency Technicon Design has created a concept for a private jet that replaces windows with screens that can display the external environment inside the cabin (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

As part of our series on new print magazines bucking the trend for online design journalism, Dezeen spoke to Laura Houseley, editor of Modern Design Review, about the advantages of a slower pace of publishing and focusing on a single aspect of the design industry (+ interview + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: the first Finlandia Prize for Architecture has been awarded to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, by Helsinki firm Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects. (more...) View the full article

News: landscape architecture studio James Corner Field Operations, who collaborated on New York's High Line, has been selected to create a huge public park bordering the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. (more…) View the full article

UK pizza chain Domino's has launched the world's first fleet of driverless delivery vehicles (+ movie). (more…)

Fernando Romero and two other Mexican architects have unveiled plans to transform Mexico City's Avenida Chapultepec into a public park featuring trees, cafe plazas, a raised promenade and water features. (more…) View the full article

Horizontal slits create lines of shadow across the facades of this beachfront house in Israel by Pitsou Kedem Architects, which has a cantilevered upper storey that projects towards the Mediterranean Sea (+slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The letter L in our festive countdown of bridges is the Langkawi Sky Bridge, a suspended structure at the top of a mountain on Malaysia's Langkawi archipelago. (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio AOC gave this community centre in south London a textured, herringbone-patterned facade to reference a mock-Tudor pub across the street (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has revealed details of a concept for a bamboo-framed vertical farm that could provide an alternative to traditional land-intensive farming. (more…) View the full article

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…) View the full article

New York 2016: American designer and architect David Rockwell has designed a collection of three simple lighting fixtures for New York company Rich Brilliant Willing. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Tune in here for the live stream from Ikea's annual Democratic Design Day event in Älmhult, Sweden, for the latest news from the furniture giant. (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

Business news: Elon Musk is moving closer to his vision for a "one-stop solar and storage experience", with the announcement that his company Tesla is set to buy solar panel manufacturer SolarCity. (more…) View the full article

This museum of vintage BMWs by architecture practice Crossboundaries is draped in layers of red fabric that reference traditional Chinese archways (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: this year's Beijing Design Week features installations, design exhibitions and pop-ups focused on the redevelopment of China's urban environment. (more…) View the full article

This range of colourful vessels by Swiss designer 
Dimitri Bähler is intended to "question the concept of usefulness in our homes". Read more View the full article

Startup fashion brand The Atelier YUL has designed a range of minimal cases for architects transporting their papers and models. Read more View the full article

Are the designs for a "restrained" Beijing skyscraper a step in the right direction for Zaha Hadid Architects? In this week's comments update, readers are claiming the firm is better when it tones down the curves. Read more View the full article

International architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has revealed plans for a supertall skyscraper in Miami, which will match Foster + Partners' twin towers at the city's maximum height limit. Read more View the full article

Scandinavian firm CF Møller has been appointed alongside Haworth Tompkins and Metropolitan Workshop on the housing scheme that will replace Robin Hood Gardens, the brutalist estate in east London designed by Alison and Peter Smithson. Read more View the full article