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
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"
Italian studio Formafantasma has created Ocean & Climate Village, an exhibition at fashion brand Prada'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 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
Cloaked in layers of white disks, architecture studio BIG has revealed plans for a mixed-use building in Tirana containing apartments, offices, cultural spaces and water features. More about BIG designs cloud-like Tirana Fountain Plaza raised above public park
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
Dutch Design Week kicks off in Eindhoven this Saturday. To help you navigate the many exhibitions, installations and events taking place across the city, here are 10 of our picks. More about Ten things to have on your radar ahead of Dutch Design Week 2026
Design studio Gundry & Ducker has renovated the interiors of a Grade II-listed workshop for Cassette, a Parisian-style bistro that has recently opened in the heart of London's West End. More about Gundry & Ducker draws on French dining culture for London restaurant Cassette
Nota, the company behind hotelier Not a Hotel, is set to create its first cultural space with the opening of Not a Museum, which will be designed together with Tokyo creative collective SKWAT. More about Not a Hotel to open Not a Museum at Imperial Hotel Plaza Tokyo ahead of demolition
Architecture firm Acronym Collective Studio has transformed a former brewery near Brno into a community centre, which addresses its corner site with a curved, perforated brick facade. More about Acronym Collective Studio transforms former brewery in Czech Republic into community centre
Promotion: designer Ruud van Oosterhout of RVO Design chose Italian stone brand Antolini's natural stone to bring the interiors of an 18th-century canal house "back to life". More about Luxurious Antolini natural stones breathe life into historic Amsterdam canal house
Architecture studio Roomoor has completed Monastic Field, a concrete home within a temple precinct in Baleshwar that recalls the rock-cut monk's dwellings of the Deccan Plateau. More about "Monolithic" concrete house informed by rock-cut monastic homes
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
As readers get their chance to have their say in this year's Dezeen Awards public vote, 2026 judge Daniel Libeskind talks to Dezeen about five projects that best represent his approach to design. More about Architecture is "much the same" as music says Daniel Libeskind
This week on Dezeen, we revealed Jaguar's Type 01 electric car, which was designed to "inaugurate a new era" for the British car brand. More about This week Jaguar's much-anticipated Type 01 electric car was unveiled
Prague-based Facha Architekti has unveiled House With a Red Addition, a striking, red-corrugated-metal extension to a small family home in the Czech Republic. More about Facha Architekti adds "deliberately distinct" red extension to former-pigsty home
Mexico City-based Mariel Lozano Studio has designed interiors and furniture for a hospitality project in Mexico City, organising the compact space to create "tranquillity" and reduce clutter. More about Mariel Lozano Studio "optimises compact layout" of Mexico City apartment with custom furniture
From mouldable wax lampshades that can be melted and remade to a desk lamp that packs flat inside an A4 envelope, this roundup celebrates a series of unusual lighting designs. More about Eight unconventional lighting designs that tear up the rulebook
Local practice Formant Studio created custom furniture and fixtures while designing Mexico City restaurant Nota Tavern, taking references from classic Chicago taverns in the fit-out of a former residence. More about Formant Studio reinterprets the classic tavern at contemporary Mexico City restaurant
Fashion designer Victoria Beckham has today unveiled her debut homeware collection for online platform Westwing, which includes shell-shaped butter dishes and shimmering cutlery. More about Victoria Beckham designs first homeware collection for Westwing