Royal Carribbean's near-10,000-capacity Icon of the Seas has set sail on its maiden voyage amid controversy over the environmental impact of its new fuel. More about World's largest cruise ship sets sail amid sustainability concerns
Dezeen's top five houses of the month for January include an "unyielding" travertine-clad holiday home on the Danish coast and a fluted concrete villa built into a Spanish hillside. More about Dezeen's top five houses of January 2024
Architect Amin Taha is selling his home and offices of studio Groupwork within 15 Clerkenwell Close with proceeds set to fund a new building for the firm. More about Amin Taha puts 15 Clerkenwell Close home and office up for sale
Madrid Design Festival and Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this February. More about Seven architecture and design events in February from Dezeen Events Guide
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a mirrored cafe pavilion and courtyard at the site of The Old War Office in Whitehall, London. More about "Beautiful structure in the perfect location" says commenter
Father and son architect duo Luís and Tiago Rebelo de Andrade explain how they furnished Lisbon's Art Legacy Hotel entirely with Moooi products in this video produced by Dezeen for the Dutch furniture brand. More about Moooi furnishings "tell a different story on every floor" of Lisbon hotel says Rebelo de Andrade
Two British materials companies, Sages and Osmose, have collaborated to dye sheets of mycelium with natural food waste, mimicking the appearance of tanned leather and suggesting a colourful future for the biomaterial. More about Food-waste dyes bring colour to mycelium leather in Sages and Osmose project
London studio Oskar Kohnen has outfitted a Mayfair office with mid-century modern furniture and contemporary pieces, which "are so well curated that no one would ever dare to throw them away". More about Oskar Kohnen fills "well-curated" London office with mid-century modern furniture
California architecture studio Brooks + Scarpa has created a central structure for a sports complex in Florida with a sloped concrete shell designed to "make a spectacle of rainfall". More about Brooks + Scarpa wraps Florida sports complex building in concrete shell
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the reveal of Herman Miller's new brand identity. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Herman Miller's first rebrand in over two decades
US studio The Ranch Mine has completed a house in Arizona clad in wood and weathering steel that includes a tall volume that can "serve as a sentinel for potential forest fires". More about The Ranch Mine adds steel-clad lookout tower to Arizona house
Dezeen School Shows: a play-based tool to help create safe interactions between children and dogs is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Illinois Chicago. More about University of Illinois Chicago presents six industrial design projects
International architecture studio Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has completed the final supertall skyscraper of a development in Midtown Manhattan, marking the project's finalization. More about SOM completes supertall skyscraper with "monolithic simplicity" in New York City
Shaped cutouts cast playful shadows across Talaricheruvu Rural School, which Indian studio CollectiveProject has transformed from an existing school building in southern India. More about CollectiveProject shades renovated Indian school with expansive bamboo canopy
A spiralling staircase and concrete flooring characterise this renovation of a dilapidated row house in Mortsel, Belgium, designed by local studio Memo Architectuur. More about Memo Architectuur organises Belgian home renovation around concrete spiral staircase
Technology company Neuralink has implanted its brain-computer interface Telepathy in a human patient for the first time as part of a clinical trial, founder Elon Musk has announced. More about Elon Musk's Neuralink implants brain chip into first human patient
Space agency NASA and aerospace company Lockheed Martin have presented their experimental X-59 supersonic jet, which has a form designed to reduce the loudness of a sonic boom. More about NASA and Lockheed Martin unveil "quiet supersonic" jet
Architect Arnaud Behzadi and artist Florence Bamberger have combined French and Brazilian influences to create interiors for a pair of adjoining restaurants. More about Brazilian-informed murals bring character to Parisian restaurant duo Oka Fogo
Spanish studio Plantea Estudio has completed a cafe and bakery inside an early 20th-century building in Madrid, contrasting the original dark tones of the interior with modern steel surfaces. More about Plantea Estudio plays with light and shadow for Acid cafe interior
American architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has released images of an in-progress supertall skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan wrapped in arched windows. More about KPF releases images of 520 Fifth Avenue supertall skyscraper in Manhattan