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How Donald Trump is using architecture to reshape Washington DC

US president Donald Trump and his administration are using architecture to reshape the American capital at a pace unmatched in recent memory. We explore how the president is utilising design to cement his legacy. Read more

Dezeen Agenda features Nike's portable stadium kit

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a modular stadium kit that allows football to be played anywhere. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Read more

"Large amount of public input" delays White House ballroom vote

The NCPC is not expected to vote today on the contentious White House East Wing Modernization proposal, due to "the large amount of public input on the project". Read more

Gambosa lamp by Mathias Hahn for Marset

Dezeen Showroom: the typical components of a table lamp – shade, stem and base – are given a sculptural interpretation in this light by designer Mathias Hahn for Spanish brand Marset. Read more

Wiercinski Studio designs bespoke, industrial-style furniture for renovation of historic villa

Local practice Wiercinski Studio has updated a 1930s villa in Poznań, Poland, creating a total of 45 bespoke, industrial-style fittings and furniture pieces to celebrate Polish craftsmanship. Read more

"Maybe the Pritzker delay says exactly what we need right now"

With the Pritzker Architecture Prize in potential jeopardy over its patron's links to Jeffrey Epstein, Edwin Heathcote reflects on the award's relevance in 2026. Read more

Shigeru Ban to create wooden concert hall inside 19th-century armory

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has unveiled the design for a timber concert hall in Altdorf, Switzerland, which will be located inside a listed historic building. Read more

US-Israeli airstrike damages UNESCO-listed palace in Tehran

UNESCO has reported that World Heritage-listed Golestan Palace in Tehran has been damaged following a nearby airstrike in the Iranian capital. Read more

Apple launches first-ever budget MacBook

Technology brand Apple has launched the MacBook Neo, which it describes as its "most affordable laptop ever". Read more

Upstairs at Ronnie's is an intimate venue designed to help guests "lose their sense of time"

Koko designer Archer Humphryes Architects has renovated the upstairs bar at London's iconic Ronnie Scott's jazz club to balance old-school glamour with the space's contemporary musical offering. Read more

Chiba design exhibition explores "the idea of home as both origin and destination"

Design studio Akasaki & Vanhuyse has presented the Home-Home exhibition, which showcased works by 16 designers and artists in a modernist house in Chiba, Japan. Read more

Zeller & Moye "combines ruinous character with luxury" for Mérida hotel

Architecture studio Zeller & Moye has added a series of concrete insertions to a colonial building in Mérida, Mexico, to create the Hotel Sevilla. Read more

MIT researchers design Heirloom House concrete components to last "1,000 years"

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have unveiled the Heirloom House project, a series of nine structural-concrete components that can be manually rearranged and that are intended to last for 1,000 years. Read more

Hay and Jasper Morrison collaborate on "useful and characterful" camping collection

British designer Jasper Morrison and design brand Hay have collaborated on a collection of over more 30 objects designed for camping, styled with nautical striped fabrics informed by samples Morrison found in Majorca and the Pyrenees. Read more

Inaugural Montreal Design Week set to "energize the city" in April

Organisers in Montreal, Canada, have announced the first-ever dedicated design week for the city, including a trade show, conference and activities across a network of galleries and studios. Read more

"The proposed White House ballroom is wholly incompatible with the site"

Opposition to Donald Trump's White House expansion plans has focused on the building itself but the implications for the grounds are just as egregious, writes Charles A Birnbaum. Read more

Madras Spaces creates rural Indian home using "only what was necessary"

Indian studio Madras Spaces has completed The Threshold House, a farmhouse in Tamil Nadu built using a locally sourced palette of repurposed brick, timber and tiles. Read more

Honor's Robot Phone is a smartphone with an articulating arm

Chinese electronics company Honor has previewed a smartphone with an articulating robot arm at this week's Mobile World Congress. Read more

Formafantasma creates "intentionally banal" set for Marni's Milan Fashion Week show

An office chair, a lighter and a close-up of a PDF on a laptop are among the everyday scenes hand-painted on canvases by design studio Formafantasma for the set of Marni's Autumn Winter 2026 show at Milan Fashion Week. Read more

Plans for Barbican revamp get go-ahead

British architecture studios Allies and Morrison and Asif Khan Studio plan to renew the Barbican Centre have received planning approval from the City of London Corporation. Read more