The Lion Green Road housing in south London, designed by local studios Mary Duggan Architects with Ruff Architects, has won this year's RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK's best new building. More about "Welcoming and inclusive" London housing wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2026
Campus architects at Florida Southern College have updated the only planetarium designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright as part of a decades-long restoration project at the school, which was masterplanned by Wright. More about Frank Lloyd Wright's only planetarium restored in Florida
Technology company Apple has released a screen that consolidates the functions of its app products and its home-management software into one device. More about Apple consolidates smart-home capabilities in HomeView dashboard
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has renovated a guesthouse in Dromgarriff Rainforest, Ireland, connecting two existing stone buildings with a timber- and steel-framed yoga studio. More about Schemata Architects restores guesthouse nestled in ancient Irish rainforest
Architecture practice Andy Matthews Studio has unveiled a black, contemporary cricket pavilion on Dulwich Common, south London. More about Andy Matthews Studio designs Dulwich cricket pavilion to be antithesis of "off-the-shelf generic designs"
Limestone and plywood make up the temporary pavilion at the heart of this year's Tallinn Architecture Biennale, designed by Shanghai- and Tokyo-based studio Aru Ma- Architects. More about "Radically simple" Resonance pavilion takes centre stage at Tallinn Architecture Biennale
London-based architectural designer Aimée Daniels has invented an awning system that sold out multiple times this summer. In this interview, she argues the UK needs to get on board with the power of shading. More about "People need to be able to afford to adapt to climate change" says architect founder of Shaded
Designer Jonas Hejduk has released a collection of rugs and benches that have ambiguously pixellated aesthetics. More about Jonas Hejduk's blurry furnishings are deliberately low resolution
For Design Week Mexico 2026, design studio 2x1 displayed works by French and Mexican designers on plinths in the gardens of Casa Ortega, a rarely opened private residence designed by local architect Luis Barragán in the 1940s. More about Recycled-plastic plinths hold furniture at "secret" Barragán house in Mexico City
Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale have developed a 3D-printed cookie for space travel, using yeast to transform plastic and agricultural waste into an edible, protein-rich food. More about NASA-backed research project creates 3D-printed cookies from plastic
US-based designer Behnaz Farahi and the Critical Matter Group at the MIT Media Lab have projected sounds and video of the ocean alongside crowd-sourced messages into a public square for the university's inaugural Future Fest symposium. More about Behnaz Farahi creates Ocean of Dreams video installation for MIT Future Fest
Omar Gandhi Architects has collaborated with furniture maker Brodye Chappell to build a house and workshop with a corrugated metal facade on Prince Edward Island, Canada. More about Omar Gandhi designs house and studio with "striking silhouette" for furniture maker
Riverside Modern is a book documenting the mid-century modern homes of Studley Park in Melbourne. In this roundup, its author Jake Taylor selects 10 standout residences from the architectural enclave. More about Ten homes from the mid-century "time capsule" Studley Park
Designers Lukas Wegwerth and Corinna Dehn have unveiled their Armadillo furniture pieces, clad in facade shingles from buildings in Germany's Vogelsberg region, at the Companions exhibition at London's Galleri Fumi. More about Armadillo furniture is clad in reused shingles to resemble "friendly monsters"
Architecture studio Pearce+ has created a timber pavilion in Camden, London, to draw attention to the need for shade in the UK and encourage people to build their own DIY shading. More about Guerrilla Shading Pavilion demonstrates that "shade doesn't need to be expensive or complicated"
Architecture studio OMA has broken ground on the Frank Liu Jr Academy for Music and Arts charter school in Houston, a pre-K through eighth-grade institution housed in a former coffee plant. More about OMA to convert Houston coffee plant into music school with instrument-informed architecture
US studio Wheeler Kearns Architects has completed a brown-metal and limestone house organised around a courtyard on the shore of Lake Michigan, in Michigan, USA. More about Wheeler Kearns Architects staggers brown-metal house on Lake Michigan shore
Dezeen School Shows: a proposal that integrates findings from magpie behavioural research into the landscape design of a Melbourne waterfront is among the projects from students at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. More about Waterfront designed to support magpie population among projects from Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Local studio Allan Joyce Architects used courtyards and covered walkways to connect this charred timber-clad home in Nottinghamshire, UK, to its countryside surroundings. More about Openings "dissolve boundaries" at Sable House by Allan Joyce Architects
Swedish designer Gustaf Westman has teamed up with media company Disney to transform its Mickey Mouse character into furniture and accessories that convey "joy and playfulness" ahead of a wider product collaboration. More about Gustaf Westman creates Mickey Mouse-shaped sofa and cup for Disney
Architect Donald Insall, founder of Donald Insall Associates and known for his conservation and renovation work, including on Windsor Castle, has died at the age of 100. More about "Pioneering conservationist" Donald Insall dies aged 100
Italian studio Formafantasma has created the displays for Ocean & Climate Village, an exhibition at Prada Group's Luna Rossa base in Cagliari, Sardinia, that uses "design as an educational tool" to show the importance of the ocean. More about Formafantasma creates "travelling science exhibition" for Prada Group and IOC
Dezeen Showroom: a collection of fully upholstered, pillowy seating comprising a sofa and armchair is among five new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Profondo seating by Zenith Interiors among five new products on Dezeen Showroom
Architecture studio Grimshaw and landscape architect Aspect Studios have completed a visitor experience centre for one of Australia's most-visited natural landmarks, the Twelve Apostles in Victoria. More about Grimshaw completes rammed-earth visitor centre for Twelve Apostles in Australia
From hastily installed sheds and tents to more intricate structures with signage and considered design, author Penny Hardy highlights the absurdity, delight and ingenuity of dining sheds installed in New York during the Covid-19 pandemic. More about Ten pandemic-era dining sheds that show "wildly different tastes" of New Yorkers