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Task to design sauna on Icelandic lake among the latest Dezeen Competitions
Dezeen Competitions: we've rounded up five architecture and design competitions that are open for entries into the new year, including designing a sauna and greenhouse in Lake Mývatn, Iceland. Read more
Kazunari Sakamoto creates art library in Shanghai museum for Chanel
Japanese architect Kazunari Sakamoto has renovated the third floor of Shanghai's Power Station of Art museum, transforming it into an art library named Espace Gabrielle Chanel. Read more
The top 10 staircases of 2025
From a reflective spiral staircase rising in a museum to an enclosed staircase puncturing the roof of a house, we continue our Review of 2025 with 10 of this year's best staircases. Read more
This week on Dezeen we featured a coffee pot with a helical spiral base
This week on Dezeen, designer Matteo Frontini updated the classic Moka coffee pot by adding a helical spiral base informed by jet engines. Read more
The 10 best architecture and design exhibitions of 2025
Check out the best 2025 exhibitions from Dezeen Events Guide, including Designing Motherhood: Things that Make and Break Our Births, which examines the arc of human reproduction through the lens of design. Read more
HÅG Capisco task chair by Flokk among 12 new products on Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom: a reissued 1980s task chair that takes cues from the posture of horse riders is among 12 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Read more
Researchers at MIT develop tiny robot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee
Researchers at MIT have developed a flying robot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee and could, someday, help with search-and-rescue missions. Read more
Frank Lloyd Wright-informed co-housing among projects from The City College of New York
Dezeen School Shows: a design for co-housing informed by the works of Frank Lloyd Wright is among the architecture projects from The City College of New York. Read more
Rever & Drage expands traditional red-painted house in Norway
Architecture studio Rever & Drage has expanded a traditional red-painted house in Raelingen, Norway, adding two volumes linked with green spaces. Read more
The top 10 skyscrapers of 2025
Continuing our Review of 2025, we look back at the 10 most significant skyscrapers from the year, including a pair of towers in Argentina and a New York supertall. Read more
Snøhetta designs Skamarken riverside development with mound-like theatre
Architecture studio Snøhetta is set to transform a former railway site into a riverside park and cultural destination in Drammen, Norway, adding a theatre and conference hall with an arched green roof. Read more
Volvo creates "instantly readable" typeface to improve driver safety
Swedish car brand Volvo has collaborated with type studio Dalton Maag to create a dedicated typeface for use in its cars, which aims to be as easy to read as possible. Read more
"To chop this structure up feels tragic" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the news that The Grand Ring in Osaka will be mostly turned into firewood, according to its architect Sou Fujimoto. Read more
SOM uses AI to design diamond-like West Bund Convention Centre in Shanghai
Global architecture studio SOM has used AI tools to inform its geometric design for the West Bund Convention Centre, which has risen beside the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. Read more
Ross Lovegrove co-creates chair with Google AI trained to emulate his style
British designer Ross Lovegrove and his studio have collaborated with Google DeepMind to co-create a chair using a generative AI trained on the designer's sketches. Read more
Luca Guadagnino evokes Call Me by Your Name with sensuous peach paperweights for JW Anderson
Director Luca Guadagnino has teamed up with JW Anderson to create a trio of paperweights immortalising the infamous scene from his film Call Me by Your Name, in which actor Timothée Chalamet's character pleasures himself with a peach. Read more
Ceramiche Refin's textured Ink collection features hand-drawn graphics
Promotion: Italian company Ceramiche Refin has unveiled its Ink collection, presenting a series of textured ceramic tiles "inspired by moods". Read more
Zenga Bros blend skate ramps and cabins for "rampitecture" in Waco
For a skating event held in Waco, Texas, USA, creative studio Zenga Bros has combined half pipes with elements of local architecture, such as wood shake, to create cabin-like gathering spaces for spectators within the ramps. Read more
Dezeen Agenda features Zaha Hadid Architects' garden hospital design
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Zaha Hadid Architects' plans for a garden hospital. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Read more
Fundamentals tiles by Tom van Soest for Blended
Dezeen Showroom: Dutch design brand Blended has released a collection of handmade ceramic tiles made out of materials sourced from local demolition sites. Read more