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This week on Dezeen, Diébédo Francis Kéré was revealed as the first African architect to design the Serpentine Pavilion, while the Australian equivalent of the commission went to OMA. Read more View the full article

More than 20 Italian companies produced custom furniture for the Casa Flora holiday apartment, which aims to bring contemporary design to the canals of Venice. Read more View the full article

There are only three days left to buy Dezeen Book of Interviews for just £5! Order your copy now before the sale ends on Sunday 2 July. Read more View the full article

This week's roundup of images that have been popular on Pinterest showcases 10 unusual buildings that have been adapted into homes, including a coal crane, a post office and a church. Read more View the full article

MIT scientists have unveiled a nimble robotic fish containing a camera, which can swim alongside real fish to capture close-up footage. Read more View the full article

The most significant works of the late couturier Azzedine Alaïa are displayed against backdrops created by designers including the Bouroullec brothers and Marc Newson for an exhibition at London's Design Museum. Read more View the full article

ÉCAL graduate Alexandre Picciotto collaborated with French technology firm Oledcomm to design a LiFi emitting lamp for libraries. Read more View the full article

Bloomberg's European HQ designed by Foster + Partners has been awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize 2018, the third time the practice has won the prize for the best building in the UK. Read more View the full article

Humans will inevitably become extinct due to environmental breakdown, but we have the power to design ourselves a "beautiful ending", says Paola Antonelli, who will next week open a major exhibition in Milan called Broken Nature. Read more

Foster + Partners has designed a succession of Apple Stores that implement the tech giant's retail vision. From Paris to Istanbul, here are 10 of its best designs. Read more

New York firm Gachot Studios custom made the mohair sofas, blue paint and fire grate that feature in this hotel in Detroit, designed for American watch brand Shinola. Read more

Kelly Jazvac is showing pieces of plastiglomerate at the Milan Triennale, a "warning sign" material that is a mix of molten plastic debris and beach sediment. Read more

Designer Lisa Marks has combined traditional handicrafts with technology to create a unique bra especially for people who have had mastectomy surgery. Read more

Hungary has revealed plans to build a new carbon-neutral greenhouse-filled farming city that will be powered by renewable energy sources. Read more

To celebrate Pride Month, we've curated a Pinterest board showcasing design by and for the LGBT+ community, including the"largest Pride flag" in New York and a sex toy for gender-transitioning men. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›

Royal College of Art graduate Alex Kane explains how his virtual reality Volta production tool allows users to create multidirectional "spatial audio" in this video interview shot by Dezeen. Read more

Belgian studio Graux & Baeyens Architecten has used "sober but brutal" materials to create a new atelier for painter and sculpture Stief Desmet. Read more

Volkswagen has rolled out its latest fully electric production car at the same time as an updated logo and brand design to mark "the start of a new era" for the German automaker. Read more

Architects and designers should look to the insect world to find solutions for the survival of our own species, says Japanese graphic designer Taku Satoh. Read more

New York designer Bec Brittain has created lights with candy-coloured stands, ivory glass shades and decorative strips of suede for her latest collection. Read more View the full article

Continuing our high-tech architecture series, we look at how the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts by Norman Foster marked the style's transition from industrial to cultural buildings. Read more View the full article

Architect Snøhetta has pledged to only design carbon-negative buildings, meaning their projects will generate more energy than they consume over their lifetime. Read more View the full article

In this week's comment update, readers share their thoughts on the feasibility of suspended shelving in a university library and question the aesthetics of an at-home insemination kit. Read more View the full article

Over the past decade a succession of architects have designed holiday homes among the fisherman's huts in the shadow of a nuclear power station on Dungeness beach, Kent. Here are seven of the most interesting. Read more View the full article

A gallery inside the Triennale Milano museum is transformed into a fluorescent skateboarding venue in this installation by South Korean artist ​Koo Jeong A. Read more View the full article