Promotion: architects' designs are being contained within digital files so big they can take two hours to load, leading to delays and mix-ups on projects, experts warned in a talk hosted by HP at the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026. More about "Runaway train" of massive file sizes causing issues for architecture projects says panel at HP talk
For our Future Stadium series, we asked nine of the world's top stadium architects to predict the biggest shift in stadium design over the next 10 years. More about What will the future stadium look like?
Dezeen School Shows: a rehabilitative prison in a former mill with crafting and vocational spaces is among the projects from Norwich University of the Arts. More about Rehabilitative prison with crafting spaces among projects from Norwich University of the Arts
An external skin of timber louvres filters light and air into the double-height interiors of Waankarn, a restaurant and events space in Thailand designed by local architecture practice Studio Locomotive. More about Breezy louvre walls enclose restaurant in Thailand by Studio Locomotive
Architect Kenta Hirayama has designed an "unpretentious house" in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, which features a metal facade and deliberately simple gabled roof. More about Kenta Hirayama clads House in Kinuta in steel-sheet facade
Dezeen Showroom: surface brand Forbo Flooring's Marmoleum Cocoa flooring makes use of unwanted cocoa shells – an oft-wasted by-product of the cocoa industry. More about Marmoleum Cocoa flooring by Forbo Flooring
Architecture studio MVRDV has designed a flagship store for Chinese fashion brand Urban Revivo in Beijing, China, with a dramatic facade informed by the roof tiles on the city's traditional houses. More about MVRDV wraps Beijing roof tiles around Chinese moon gates for fashion flagship store
Bio-designer Lucia Giron has worked with the University of Cambridge's Department of Biochemistry to develop prototypes of an algae-based battery alternative, which harnesses the power of photosynthesis for electricity. More about Algae "biocells" powered by photosynthesis could replace disposable batteries
Promotion: Spanish brand Cosentino merges beauty, performance and sustainability with its latest mineral surface material, Éclos, designed to be free of crystalline silica and as elegant as natural stone. More about Cosentino introduces new generation of mineral surfaces with Éclos