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Competition: we're giving away a Milano Metro watch by NAVA, courtesy of Dezeen Watch Store, for the best image of Milan's design week posted to Instagram using our #milanogram2016 hashtag. (more…) View the full article

WeWork has unveiled images of its first foray into the co-living trend – a residential block with shared living spaces in New York's financial district, run by new sister company WeLive (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: Pritzker Prize laureates paid tribute to Zaha Hadid at a private dinner before this year's Pritzker ceremony in honour of Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, which took place in New York on Monday. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: British furniture brand Ercol will present new products designed for both the home and the office during this year's Milan design week (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

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…) View the full article

Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, this year's Pritzker Prize winner, is releasing a number of his residential designs as an open-source resource to help tackle the global affordable housing crisis. (more…) View the full article

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has built a showroom and production facility for a Japanese furniture manufacturer, which features both translucent undulating walls and a simple rectangular roof. (more…) View the full article

Coffey Architects has added a library with a perforated facade to London's Science Museum, as part of a major redevelopment that will also include galleries by Muf, Wilkinson Eyre and the late Zaha Hadid. (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs followed the career of the late Zaha Hadid for almost 20 years. Here, he gives a personal tribute. (more…) View the full article

San Francisco start-up The Flex Company has designed a tampon that allows women to experience "mess-free" sex during their periods. (more…) View the full article

Comments update: readers are reflecting on the life and work of Zaha Hadid after the Pritzker Prize-winning architect died suddenly aged 65 last week. (more…) View the full article

Shared living spaces are booming in major cities as young people seek a more sociable lifestyle, according to the entrepreneurs behind the "co-living" accommodation trend (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

City dwellers are adapting to escalating house prices by living in smaller, more flexible spaces, and designers are responding with furniture that makes the most of every inch of the floors, walls, and even the ceiling. We've pulled together 10 of the best examples (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: the day before Zaha Hadid suffered a fatal heart attack, French photographer Julien Lanoo unexpectedly stumbled across her Issam Fares Institute in Beirut, Lebanon, and created a new set of images (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Extra Moooi: Japanese designer Arihiro Miyake explains how he reinterpreted the traditional chandelier using steel wire and dozens of LEDs in our next movie for Dutch brand Moooi. (more…) View the full article

Graduate design students at Iowa State University have created conceptual schemes for shelters that would house US soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and help give them a sense of safety (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: London design studio Pinch has unveiled a limited edition of its Nim coffee table, which combines plaster and resin composite material Jesmonite with powdered copper. (more…) View the full article

Thirteen oak trees are planted in a courtyard at the centre of this residence by Roof Arquitectos, which sits in the hilly landscape outside the Mexican city of Morelia (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: Zaha Hadid was "part of a mini-rebellion" as a student at London's Architectural Association, setting the tone for the career that followed, says Nicholas Boyarsky, son of former AA director Alvin Boyarsky. In this exclusive interview, he shares some of the drawings from his father's collection, and remembers growing up under Hadid's influence. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the Axcent Pocket Watch by Stockholm collective People People is designed for those who are used to reaching into their pocket for their phone to tell the time (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: with the design world still reeling from the shock of Zaha Hadid's unexpected death last week, here's a look back at 10 projects by the Iraqi-born British architect that have been most popular with Dezeen readers. There are a few surprises... (more…) View the full article

A tree-like structure connects each level of this children's nursery in east London, designed by Lipton Plant Architects to reference the fictional Swiss Family Robinson (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with BIG, Heatherwick Studio and Sam Jacob Studio, the new practice by Dezeen columnist and Venice Biennale 2012 pavilion curator Sam Jacob. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Santiago Calatrava, Soho House and more... (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio GAFPA used low-cost materials to build this Japanese-inspired weekend retreat in northern Belgium, which features a slender spiral staircase (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This clothing concept designed by technology and design company Artefact allows gamers to have "the most immersive virtual reality experience" by using an inbuilt computer, battery and sensors (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article