Belgium studio OYO Architects has built a steel-framed office above a warehouse in Ostend, Belgium, to create an operations centre for energy company Elia. More about OYO Architects perches steel-framed office on harbourside warehouse
A campaign has been launched to turn the V&A Dundee by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma into Lego's first Scottish building set. More about Kengo Kuma backs campaign to turn V&A Dundee into Lego set
Antwerp-based gallery Uppercut is presenting the works of six contemporary designers in the ornate halls and salons of a neo-gothic villa near Bruges. More about Uppercut unveils summer exhibition in the stately rooms of Chateau de Spycker
Interior architecture studio A-nrd has transformed a 19th-century Glasgow townhouse into a hotel with a raw, honest material palette that celebrates the Scottish city's industrial heritage. More about A-nrd designs Arthouse Glasgow hotel to "feel like it belongs to the city"
Elon Musk's companies SpaceX and Tesla have announced plans to collaborate on a chip-building factory in Texas named Terafab, which will measure over 100 million square feet and is expected to become the largest building in the world. More about Elon Musk reveals plans for world's largest building
UK practice Heatherwick Studio has unveiled updated designs for a park along the waterfront in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, with aspects set to be built on top of a large highway overpass. More about Heatherwick Studio adjusts design of Louisville waterfront park to "restore buzz"
Artist Gregory Orekhov has created the Shadow of Light artwork by installing a black-fabric square at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA, to show the immensity of the geology. More about Gregory Orekhov places black fabric in "endless white surface" of Utah salt flats
The Canadian government's plan to restore the prime minister's residence in Ottawa highlights the chronic under-appreciation of Canadian design and its potential as a source of national pride, writes Thom Fougere. More about "In Canada, design still receives remarkably little recognition"
Thousands of mirrors line the gently undulating ceilings of the VISTA Science Experience Centre in Austria, completed by Dutch architecture practice Studio Maks with engineering firm Bollinger + Grohmann. More about Studio Maks tops science pavilion in Austria with undulating mirrored roof
Local architecture firm RTA Studio has completed a curve-edged office building in Auckland, New Zealand, built from a diagrid structure of locally grown timber. More about RTA Studio designs mass-timber groundscraper in Auckland as "continuous ribbon"
Automotive brand Nissan has collaborated with London-based jewellery studio Loud Mouth LDN to create a series of custom grillz that reimagine Nissan car grills. More about Loud Mouth LDN translates Nissan car grills into bespoke grillz
Local studio EBBA Architects has designed the first London outpost for Istanbul cafe chain Cup of Joy, using clay plaster, stone and an opaque-glass ceiling to evoke the feeling of being in a courtyard. More about EBBA Architects designs Cup of Joy cafe in Marylebone to "provide a sense of delight"
Kim Kardashian has opened the London flagship branch of her apparel brand SKIMS, featuring voluptuous interiors by New York studio Rafael de Cárdenas. More about Kim Kardashian unveils nude-hued SKIMS London flagship store
Stained cedar planks wrap a small building in the Pacific Northwest that Seattle architecture studio GO'C created for arts foundation Iolair as a gallery and live-work space for an artist-in-residence. More about GO'C creates multi-use artist building for secluded Washington island
US studio Olson Kundig Architects has completed a house in the mountains of Idaho with large spans of concrete, steel and glass, topped with a retractable roof. More about Olson Kundig crowns Sky View house with retractable roof
California start-up Satyress has unveiled its Threehalves robot, a teleoperated centaur-like humanoid designed to aid humans doing dangerous jobs that expose them to injury, death or extreme conditions. More about Satyress designs centaur-like robot to give workers "superpowers" for dangerous jobs
A triple-height skylit atrium with a sandpit at its base sits at the heart of New Horizon, a school in Vadodara, India, designed by local architecture studio Habitat Collaborative. More about Habitat Collaborative threads curved school in India through tree-filled site
Artists and companies publishing realistic AI-generated architectural renderings in the European Union without labelling risk being fined under provisions in the EU AI Act that came into force last week. More about Realistic AI architectural renderings must be labelled under EU AI Act
Australian designers across every discipline will be counted, for the first time, under a dedicated professional group in the upcoming census on 11 August. More about Design profession receives own classification in upcoming Australian census
Production designers Brandon Tonner-Connolly and Matt Hyland constructed sets including a "flesh palace" and a taxidermy-filled gas station to create a dreamlike world for this horror film starring Gillian Anderson. More about Gothic romance and 1980s slasher films informed sets of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Stockholm-based artist duo Bigert & Bergström has created a pink crystal-shaped sauna on a remediated industrial site in Skellefteå, northern Sweden. More about Crystal-shaped sauna rises from former industrial site in Sweden
This lookbook collates eight bedrooms and living spaces where slim-framed picture windows help landscapes become art. More about Eight interiors where picture windows frame picture-perfect views
Tokyo studio I IN combined handcrafted tiles with an industrial-style gridded ceiling and playful animal sculptures in a store for designer Nigo's Human Made brand in Seoul's Lotte Mall Jamsil. More about I IN clads Human Made store in handcrafted Korean celadon tiles with "powerful presence"
São Paulo studio Cyro Arquitetura has created a temporary studio apartment for the city's Casacor 2026 exhibition, designed to remove distractions and promote focus. More about Cyro Arquitetura designs "white noise" apartment in São Paulo
Canadian practice Leckie Studio has completed Twin Peaks House, which features an asymmetrical roof and silvery wood cladding that helps the building "recede among the trees". More about Leckie Studio tucks house clad in "silvered wood" into forested Vancouver site