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A Melbourne Soup Institute that explores the traditional « healing » powers of soup and a new design for a skyscraper in Hong Kong are included in Dezeen’s latest school show from students at the University of Melbourne. Read more

Teacher and poet Crystal Williams has been appointed president of Rhode Island School of Design, becoming the private US art and design school’s first Black president. Read more

Dezeen promotion: Samsung Design has launched a « design vision » called Together for a Better Home, which aims to demonstrate how connected homes and smart devices can improve day-to-day life. Read more

Breaking news: British architect and artist Chris Wilkinson, co-founder of the RIBA Stirling Prize-winning studio WilkinsonEyre, has passed away at the age of 76. Read more

London-based Studio Seilern Architects has completed a villa on the Greek island of Paros, designed as a cluster of white cube-shaped forms that are oriented to follow the setting sun over the Aegean Sea. Read more

Next in our review of 2021, we round up 10 of the most controversial schemes that made headlines this year, including the Sky Pool and The Tulip. Read more

Architecture practice Caukin Studio has created a pop-up library with a thatched roof and a « tropical » interior intended to give people a private place to journal and raise awareness around mental health. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: textile brand Vescom has launched a range of durable upholstery made from 100 per cent recycled plastic waste. Read more

Layers of coloured concrete that resemble rock stratifications enclose the Narbo Via museum designed by British architecture studio Foster + Partners in southern France. Read more

Architecture office DROO has added four apartments atop a London warehouse building, with flexible interiors designed to facilitate co-living, home-schooling or working from home. Read more