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Filipino Design and 1920s Art Deco Inspiration Fills This Arts and Crafts Home in South Africa

Designer Stephanie Kienle Gonzalez infuses her own personality—along with impressive toothpick art—into a heritage home at ...

GLO and Present Forms create "Swiss Army knife" community centre in Hudson

New York-based studios GLO and Present Forms transformed a former tobacco warehouse in Hudson into a community education and arts centre. Read more

Assemble draws on folkloric rituals for dog-like shelter in London

Architecture collective Assemble has married thatch and timber to craft Fibredog, a public artwork that doubles as a shelter in London, on show as part of the Frieze Sculpture show. Read more

Eight monolithic houses coated in earth-toned plaster and render

From a micro home in India to a fortress-like house in Greece, our latest roundup collects houses covered in earthy shades of plaster and render. Read more

Pentagram refreshes Karri's screen-free smartphone for kids

Inspired by the simplicity of walkie talkies, design agency Pentagram has updated tech company Karri's smartphone for kids with new features intended to make communication "as intuitive as possible". Read more

SML Studio Architecture creates cafe and bar inside Vancouver's Waterfall Building

The angled glass facade of a modernist icon in Vancouver now covers a community cafe and bar designed by SML Studio Architecture. Read more

Dorte Mandrup creates "homely and inviting" diabetes health centre in Copenhagen

Walkways are suspended within the central atrium of the Centre for Health, which Danish studio Dorte Mandrup has created for a diabetes treatment programme in Copenhagen. Read more

Six Soviet-era buildings given contemporary transformations

Countries in Europe's former Eastern Bloc are working out what to do with the architectural legacy of communism. Here, we round up six recent examples of adaptive reuse projects that have given buildings for the era a new lease of life. Read more

This week we revealed the Dezeen Awards 2025 shortlists

This week on Dezeen, we showcased the world's best architecture, interiors, design and sustainability projects along with announcing the nominees for Designers of the Year in our Dezeen Awards 2025 shortlist reveal. Read more

Departamento del Distrito creates solar-powered pavilion in Los Angeles to cool visitors

Design studio Departamento del Distrito has installed a photovoltaic pavilion at the Craft Contemporary museum in Los Angeles that powers the electrical needs of the courtyard in which it sits. Read more

Frank Lloyd Wright chair recreations feature alongside originals in Wisconsin

The Museum of Wisconsin Art has put on Frank Lloyd Wright: Modern Chair Design, an exhibition focused on Frank Lloyd Wright's furniture designs, with a number of replicas created for the show. Read more

Vondom lists al fresco seating collections on Dezeen Showroom

Dezeen Showroom: throughout the year, Spanish brand Vondom has published various outdoor furnishings from its catalogue on Dezeen Showroom, including dining chairs, sofas and more. Read more

New Moon chair by Elora Hardy for Bamboo Pure

Dezeen Showroom:Ibuku architecture studio founder Elora Hardy has extended her work with bamboo from buildings to furniture in a collaboration with Indonesian brand Bamboo Pure, producing a sculptural chair. Read more

Cuozzo.Company wraps London infill block around deep lightwell

Local architecture studio Cuozzo.Company has completed 112 Peckham High Street, a mixed-use infill block in London, which is organised around a communal lightwell and fern garden. Read more

Dezeen Awards 2025 Designers of the Year shortlists revealed

Dezeen has announced the Designers of the Year shortlists for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes nominations for Kéré Architecture, Iris van Herpen and India Mahdavi. Read more

BIG designs The Sail conference centre in Normandy

Danish architecture studio BIG has revealed plans for a mass-timber, riverside conference centre in Rouen, France, with a swooping roof. Read more

"Your action matters" says Together for Palestine set designer

Following her set design for London's Together for Palestine concert, Gazan artist Malak Mattar spoke to Dezeen about the urgency for artists, designers and architects to continue to speak out against atrocities. Read more

Tartan Shuttle Weave rugs by Cicil

Dezeen Showroom: US brand Cicil has launched the latest in its line of locally made rugs, which is decorated with an oversized, gingham-like check pattern. Read more

"Quite the gem of a building" says commenter

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing an office building with a glass facade in Buenos Aires by Rafael Viñoly Architects. Read more

William Morris-inspired AI is powered by an old treadle sewing machine

An AI model is infused with the socialist ideals of William Morris and operated by pressing the treadle of a vintage foot-powered sewing machine in this project by recent Central Saint Martins graduate Max Park. Read more