"Amazing concept that should be celebrated" features in Dezeen Debate
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features sculptural lights made from unwanted glassware by designer Simon Skinner. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Read more
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Interactivity and local talent shine at Unique Design X Mexico City
Interactive design in a geographic jukebox and an acoustic ping-pong table featured alongside an exhibition made with local found waste projects at Unique Design X during Mexico City art week 2026. Read more
Wind-responsive architecture proposal among projects from American University in Dubai
Dezeen School Shows: a building that creates calmer microclimates by responding to wind behaviour is among the architecture proposals from American University in Dubai. Read more
Tata bed by Bolzan
Dezeen Showroom: Italian furniture brand Bolzan celebrates fine tailoring with its cocooning Tata bed, which is entirely upholstered in leather. Read more
Denizen Works designs Japanese house with "enigmatic quality"
UK studio Denizen Works has exclusively revealed its first house in Japan, which features an almost entirely blank street-facing facade. Read more
MAD models Lishui Airport in China on "mist-covered hills"
Misty landscapes and birds in flight were visual references for this sculptural silver-white airport terminal, completed by Chinese studio MAD near the city of Lishui. Read more
London's brutalist Southbank Centre becomes Grade II-listed
The Southbank Centre in London, which includes the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Undercroft skatepark and was once voted "Britain's ugliest building", has been heritage listed. Read more
Sou Fujimoto unveils first residential project in United Arab Emirates
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has revealed his first residential project in the UAE, the Baccarat Residences, which are set to be located next to Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island. Read more
Sumayya Vally creates modular forum for Art Basel Qatar based on Muslim gathering spaces
South African architect Sumayya Vally has designed a site-specific installation for the inaugural Art Basel Qatar fair in Doha, with moveable components that pay homage to lost communal spaces across the Islamic world. Read more
"If it can't have a garden, we won't do it" says Shibanee & Kamal Architects
Bangalore-based studio Shibanee & Kamal Architects explains why gardens are central to how it designs housing projects in one of India's most densely populated cities, in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen. Read more
Colebrook Bosson Saunders' Lana laptop stand aims to support hybrid workers' wellbeing
Promotion: ergonomic design brand Colebrook Bosson Saunders has unveiled an adaptable laptop stand specially engineered for hybrid work. Read more
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl stage illustrates "surreal journey" through Puerto Rico
The celebratory, symbolic set design for Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show allowed the artist to "make his comments in a way that felt elegant," according to its creative director Harriet Cuddeford. Read more
Studio 84 exhibits furniture onstage at Escuela del Ballet Folklórico de México
Mexican design gallery Studio 84 and Unno Gallery have presented Inner Stage, a collection of works by designers including Sabine Marcelis and glassworks studio 6AM, at a local ballet theatre for Mexico City art week 2026. Read more
Kelly Wearstler wants diners to "feel completely present" at low-lit fusion restaurant
"Intimacy was non-negotiable" for Kelly Wearstler when interior designing Kappo Kappo, a charred-wood-clad French and Japanese restaurant at the Austin Proper Hotel in Texas. Read more
Form Portfolios acquires lifestyle brand Dansk
Design company Form Portfolios has acquired Dansk, the homewares brand co-founded by Danish modernist Jens Quistgaard, and plans to "carry forward everything Dansk represents". Read more
Nimtim Architects uses "everyday materials in unusual ways" for London house extension
Local studio Nimtim Architects has playfully transformed a Victorian terrace house in London for Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft, adding an extension with exposed easi-joists and cork-clad walls. Read more
Metrooffice Architetti evokes "raw architecture" concept for Balenciaga factory
Architecture studio Metrooffice Architetti has renovated an abandoned Italian factory for fashion brand Balenciaga, creating a sculptural reinforced-concrete building where "nothing is concealed or decorative". Read more
The Hoxton hotel celebrates 20th anniversary with interior revamp "rooted in Shoreditch"
The original Hoxton hotel in east London has been given a refresh after two decades, featuring warm materials and second-hand furniture, as seen in our latest Dezeen Exclusive. Read more
"It is easy to find fault in architecture education"
Architecture education is often criticised but it remains good at its most important function of teaching design, writes Charles Holland. Read more
Decancq Vercruysse reorganises mid-century Belgian bungalow around fireplace
A blocky fireplace and a fold-down desk both feature in this rework of a 1960s home on the outskirts of Ghent, designed by Kortrijk studio Decancq Vercruysse. Read more