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Picnic in a poppy field by Madalina Andronic.

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has unveiled The Canyon, a housing complex in San Francisco that marks its first completed project on the United States’ West Coast. Read more

Dezeen School Shows: a project that transforms ski lifts in Switzerland into tourist attractions during off-peak seasons is included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at Lucerne School of Art and Design. Read more

Promotion: an installation informed by the stars and their distance to Earth is included in a number of projects by students at Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), which focus on the use of light. Read more

This is a beautiful umbrella stand.

“You keep worrying you’re taking up too much space. I wish you’d let yourself be the Milky Way.” – Andrea Gibson

A terraced landscape and dusty pink surfaces help to brighten Pigment House, a north London residence that has been renovated by local studio Unknown Works. Read more

Biodiversity should be promoted over aesthetics, says designer Sebastian Cox in this interview following the rewilding of a golf course as part of the Birch Selsdon hotel in South Croydon, UK. Read more

Using AI to help design cities of the future risks creating a regressive world like The Jetsons unless we recognise the technology’s susceptibility to stigma and bias, write MIT scientist Fábio Duarte and Washington Fajardo. Read more

Design platform Alcova, which usually shows as part of Milan design week, has announced that it is expanding internationally, with its first overseas exhibition set to take place during Miami art week. Read more