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Four workplaces around the world furnished with Dezeen Showroom pieces
Dezeen Showroom In Situ: for the next instalment of our In Situ series, we round up real-world workplaces furnished with products previously published on our Showroom section. Read more
Spaced Agency treats expansion of Chinatown restaurant as "architectural archaeology"
US studio Spaced Agency has built out the street level of the nearly 90-year-old restaurant Wo Hop in New York City, using the building's basement dining room and facade as references. Read more
Bird-inspired pavilion among student projects from Hong Kong Design Institute
Dezeen School Shows: a pavilion with a design inspired by the black-winged stilt is among the projects from Hong Kong Design Institute. Read more
The Design Labo creates shell-shaped pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka
The shell of a prehistoric marine mollusc informed the spiral shape of the Pasona Natureverse Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, created by local architecture studio The Design Labo. Read more
Is the Stirling Prize too London-centric?
This year's Stirling Prize shortlist has again raised concerns about London bias. Ahead of the winner announcement this week, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft crunches the numbers on whether the award for Britain's best new building unfairly favours the capital. Read more
Apple spotlights Designers of Tomorrow in debut exhibition at Design Miami.Paris
Technology brand Apple is collaborating with Design Miami on an exhibition highlighting the work of four emerging designers as part of the fair's Paris edition, which opens next week. Read more
"Recognition is long overdue for the local architects of tropical modernism"
The prevailing story of tropical modernism in the Global South has long overlooked the contributions of local architects and engineers, writes Mohamed Ismail. Read more
Johannesburg design brand Daily transforms standard plywood panels into upscale furniture
South African sensibilities meet Scandi minimalism in the furniture of Johannesburg brand Daily, which just opened its first showroom as part of Design Week South Africa. Read more
Lay's rebrand roots identity in "real, farm-grown potatoes"
American crisp brand Lay's has updated its classic red and yellow logo with sunbeams to celebrate the almost 100-year-old brand's agricultural heritage. Read more
Dezeen Awards 2025 Bentley Lighthouse Award shortlist announced
Dezeen has announced the Bentley Lighthouse Awards shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes EcoLogicStudio's Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, and Morrama's Jo Barnard. Read more
Henry Holland's debut furniture collection "embraces the wobble"
London designer Henry Holland has unveiled his first furniture pieces, handcrafted from wiggly ceramic spheres, amorphous mohair seats and patinated bronze. Read more
Emma Hayes creates mural-style acoustic panels for Autex Acoustics
Designer Emma Hayes has teamed up with Autex Acoustics to create a collection of acoustic panels informed by New Zealand landscapes, shown in this video created for the brand by Dezeen. Read more
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