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London‘s annual Serpentine Pavilion should abandon its commitment to giving overseas architects their first English commission and instead prioritise experimental, socially conscious architecture, writes Phineas Harper. Read more

London studio David Kohn Architects has won an international competition to redesign the SMAK museum in Ghent, Belgium, alongside noAarchitecten and Asli Çiçek. Read more

The Dezeen x Studio 9 talk and Danish furniture exhibition Just One Good Chair (curated by Design Republic) are among the Chinese architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Read more

Architecture studio Foster + Partners has begun work renovating the interiors of the men’s first-team building at Manchester United‘s Carrington training complex. Read more

Digital design startup Canoa has commissioned and exhibited vessel design concepts by 27 artists and designers based in San Francisco. Read more

Plates of weathering steel wrap the House for a New Beginning, a project designed by US studio Nielsen Schuh Architects for a couple whose original home was destroyed by a wildfire. Read more

American studio SOM has partnered with energy storage company Energy Vault to design four schematic sustainable energy storage systems, including integrating the technology into supertall skyscrapers. Read more

Landscape architecture practice Maetherea Studio has used rusty iron rebars to create an « amphibious » installation that emerges from reedbeds of the River Yare in Norfolk. Read more

Swirling metal lamps, stools made from old kitchen cabinets and a fur-covered desk were among objects on show at House of Nordic Design’s exhibition during 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Scandinavian paint brand Blēo has created a range of strongly pigmented paints that have been developed in collaboration with eminent designers. Read more