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Hanson Robotics has created a "little sister" version of AI robot Sophia, intended to help young girls learn to code and gain an understanding of STEM subjects. Read more

Tasks like bomb disposal, space exploration and construction could be made safer for humans using this dextrous robot hand, which can transmit feeling of touch. Read more

A gabion wall supports this hillside residence in Washington, which local architect David Coleman has perched above a steep, grassy mound. Read more

The House of Wisdom, a library and cultural centre designed by Foster + Partners for Sharjah, will feature a cantilevered roof and a book-printing machine. Read more

Chatbots, facial recognition tech, deep-fake videos and newly commissioned installations by Es Devlin and Lawrence Lek are on display at The Barbican's sprawling AI: More Than Human exhibition. Read more

IKEA has partnered with American start-up Ori on Rognan, a shape-shifting furniture system that moves robotically to create more flexible living areas in compact homes. Read more

Low lighting, rough stone-effect walls and water-like glass floors help create a cave-like atmosphere inside this restaurant in Tokyo designed by architect Ryoji Iedokoro. Read more

SOM has released exterior and interior building photos of the National Museum of the United States Army, which is nearing completion in Virginia. Read more

In our latest competition, we've teamed up with Lindley Lindenberg to offer readers the chance to win a three-night stay at the newly opened hotel in Frankfurt. Read more

Brothers Mike and Matt French worked with friends and local designers to update an historic inn in Washington with contemporary touches. Read more

Coloured skylights offer rainbow-hued illuminations on one side of this holiday cottage that Nina Edwards Anker has designed in Long Island, while the other is covered in cedar shingles. Read more

All 450 seats at Dezeen Day, our agenda-setting architecture and design conference, have now been sold. Thanks to everyone who bought a ticket! Read more View the full article

Round pavilions dotted across the landscaped grounds of this expo centre for a grapevine breeding convention in China were designed to resemble giant grapes, with relief patterns in their concrete facades (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A slender, translucent roof overhangs this year's MPavilion, which Australian architect Glenn Murcutt has installed in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens. Read more View the full article

Our selection of the most promising architecture and design roles on Dezeen Jobs this week includes positions at British artist Wolfgang Buttress' studio and Italian firm Dimore Studio. Read more View the full article

Muji has launched a single-storey prefabricated home called Yō no le that has a large outdoor deck to encourage indoor-outdoor living. Read more View the full article

Sulafest music festival in India has apologised to British designer Morag Myerscough for copying her colourful pavilion design, promising to commission original work in future. Read more View the full article

Product designer Alexander Lervik, broadcaster Li Pamp and designer Petter Thorne speak to Dezeen's Marcus Fairs about the line between art and design in this talk filmed for Aritco in Stockholm. Read more View the full article

Dubai's Global Grad Show has announced an open call to universities and students for designs that address critical issues resulting from the coronavirus outbreak. Read more View the full article

Nine leading Italian design brands have joined forces to urge the government to allow them to restart production after Easter amid concerns "it could take 20-30 years" for the sector to recover from the impact of coronavirus. Read more View the full article

Italian design brands including B&B Italia, Moroso and Minotti have reopened their factories today as coronavirus lockdown restrictions in the country are finally eased. Read more View the full article

Vello is showing three of its folding bicycles at Virtual Design Festival's products fair, including Vello Bike+, which is "the first bike to combine electric, self-charging and folding features" according to the Austrian brand. Read more View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Museum of Modern Art in New York has taken the @ symbol into its collection - MoMA </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

As part of a waterfront development for Oslo called Bjørvika Barcode, Norwegian architects a-lab have designed an office and residential building with a covered garden punched through the middle. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Jay Merrick on Jean Nouvel’s design for the Serpentine Pavilion in London, due to open in July - Independent See also: Our story about the Serpentine Pavilion design by Jean Nouvel All our stories about Jean Nouvel </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article