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New York's Museum of Modern Art has announced an exhibition of projects that aim to tackle the issue of shelter for migration and global refugee emergencies. (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for an architect/designer at Commune Design, which transformed a Mid-Century Modern office building into a boutique hotel (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Milan 2016: in our next movie from Nike's The Nature of Motion exhibition, architect Greg Lynn explains how his body temperature-regulating chair could help athletes significantly improve their performance. (more…) View the full article

Opinion: Salone del Mobile may be the official centre of the furniture business during Milan design week, but Fuori Salone is the fair that actually channels investment into the city, says local designer Eleonora Fassina. (more…) View the full article

Airbnb's offices in London, Sao Paulo and Singapore include features like an indoor village green, bleacher-style seating and a reception desk modelled on a front porch (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha is to be awarded the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the Venice Architecture Biennale later this month. (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed its designs for a new central business district for Prague next to the Masaryk railway station. (more…) View the full article

New York 2016: US artist Nicole Nadeau has used one of her own breasts to create a mould for a collection of hexagonal tiles complete with pink nipples. (more…) View the full article

Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for an industrial designer at Benjamin Hubert's studio Layer, which this week unveiled designs for the "world's first" 3D-printed consumer wheelchair. Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

For this house on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japanese architect Tetsuo Yamaji aimed to create a unique building using mass-produced components (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

New York 2016: Finnish designer Janne Kyttanen has continued to develop his explosion welding technique, melding volcanic stone and 3D-printed copper into two furniture pieces (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A hole in the roof of this timber-clad house extension in Sydney reveals the location of a secluded courtyard. (more…) View the full article

Herzog & de Meuron's Tate Modern extension, a gravity-defying observation tower (pictured) and Jonathan Ive's swipe at contemporary designers feature in this week's edition of Dezeen Mail. Read Dezeen Mail issue 304 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Marks Barfield Architects and Davis Brody Bond have teamed up to design an aerial "gondola" that would stretch over the city of Chicago and serve as a major tourist attraction. (more…) View the full article

New York 2016: Brooklyn design studio Fort Standard has debuted a cabinet crafted from stone slabs and a chair made solely of leather as part of its latest furniture collection (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: Italian furniture brand Moroso has unveiled its latest collection of furniture, including a transformable sofa with bean-shaped cushions and a seat based on a dreamcatcher (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Today is Cinco de Mayo, the annual celebration of Mexico's victory against France in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. To mark the occasion we're showcasing beautiful Mexican houses, including a home with a rooftop stable and Casa Wabi by Japanese architect Tadao Ando (pictured), described as "paradise on earth" by one Dezeen reader. See more Mexican houses » View the full article

Open Platform for Architecture is moving forward with plans to build a subterranean residence that will slice into a mountain near Beirut and feature a glass swimming pool for a roof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The United Arab Emirates is considering proposals for an artificial mountain that could help increase the country's rainfall. (more…) View the full article

Researchers and students from the University of Stuttgart employed robots to mould and stitch together this laminated plywood pavilion, which is based on the anatomy of a sea urchin (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

The volume dial is the only focal point on London designer Paul Crofts' pared-back amp, created for new hi-fi company Audioberry (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Chilean architects Guillermo Hevia García and Nicolás Urzúa have created a concealed garden fenced in by distorting mirrors for the Santiago edition of MoMA's Young Architects Program (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Today's Google Doodle features an illustration of American writer and urban planning activist Jane Jacobs, who successfully campaigned against major infrastructure projects in New York and Toronto. (more…) View the full article

Benjamin Hubert, Alison Brooks and dRMM are among the architects and designers that will create installations for this year's London Design Festival, which is also set to include a crazy golf course part-designed by the late Zaha Hadid (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: Indra Nooyi, CEO of giant food-and-drink conglomerate PepsiCo, established an in-house design team three years ago after noticing the brand's products looked the same as everyone else's. At an event in Milan last month she explained the impact it has had – and why she personally attended the design fair (+ transcript). (more…) View the full article