A video of London's Olympic velodrome, designed by local studio Hopkins Architects, has gone viral on social media for echoing fart-like sounds while fireworks exploded nearby. More about Viral video captures London's Olympic velodrome "reflecting fireworks as farts"
Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled plans for The Grand Ballroom, a sports arena in Tirana, Albania, held within a 100-metre-wide sphere modelled on a sports ball. More about MVRDV designs giant sphere for sports arena in Tirana
Former Chicago Architecture Biennial artistic director Yesomi Umolu has been named general and artistic director of Rotterdam's Nieuwe Instituut museum starting next year. More about Nieuwe Instituut appoints Yesomi Umolu as general and artistic director
Emirati studio Some Kind of Practice presented a palm-clad pavilion with a central courtyard at this year's Dubai Design Week, exploring how this architectural feature has been shaped by climate and communities over time. More about Dubai courtyard installation examines how "architecture evolved in the region"
Ergonomic kitchens fitted with Fisher & Paykel appliances feature in this eight-apartment building in Auckland, as shown in this video produced by Dezeen for the luxury kitchen brand. More about Auckland apartment block by Monk Mackenzie integrates Fisher & Paykel appliances
Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron showcased stools that sit at the "crossroad between analogue and digital", as well as floor lamps and books at the SKWAT art centre for design event Capsule Plaza Tokyo. More about Herzog & de Meuron creates reading spaces with own furniture at Tokyo art centre
Promotion: nearly 300 design professionals from over 30 countries attended this year's C Next Designers convention, hosted by surface design brand Cosentino in Almeria, Spain. More about Cosentino hosts C Next Designers to explore interior design trends
Promotion: ceramics manufacturer Fiandre has unveiled its latest collection of tiled surfaces, which it describes as "an architectural language built around eight carefully selected materials". More about Fiandre's latest collection features "carefully selected materials"
Dezeen Showroom: Norwegian studio Plesner Patterns has brought lush and playful nature-inspired designs to this collection of rugs, developed in collaboration with carpet supplier InHouse. More about Grounded rugs by Plesner Patterns and InHouse
Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has unveiled the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, ahead of its opening later this week. More about Adjaye Associates designs Studio Museum in Harlem based on "familiar local architectural tropes"
Dezeen Showroom: a modular storage system made from aluminium is among eight new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Stack furniture system by Studio Moto among eight new products on Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish rug brand Nanimarquina worked with US company Designtex to create a duo of high-performance textiles for the contract market that have a crafted feel. More about Join and Mending fabric by Nanimarquina and Designtex
French architecture studios Atelier 9.81 and Perrot & Richard have renovated the Palais Rameau exhibition hall in Lille, inserting a modular and demountable timber frame into its heritage-protected steel shell. More about Demountable timber structure reinvigorates Palais Rameau in Lille
Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron and local studio PBDW Architects have completed a "quasi-invisible" renovation of Marcel Breuer's brutalist 945 Madison Avenue for auction house Sotheby's. More about Herzog & de Meuron transforms Breuer Building into Sotheby's Manhattan headquarters
While Neom struggles to create ground-breaking urbanism, it is having more success replicating suburbia in the desert, writes Tom Ravenscroft. More about "Neom promised radical urbanism but is delivering sterile desert suburbia"
Satellite photography has revealed the numerous settlements containing thousands of identical housing blocks that have been built for those working on Neom in the northwest of Saudi Arabia. More about Aerial photos reveal repetitive housing of Neom workers camps
Dezeen Showroom: surfaces brand Forbo Flooring aimed to combine the durability of hard floors with the tactility of carpet in this flooring, which is decorated with digitally printed surface designs. More about Flotex flocked flooring by Forbo Flooring
The annual Designart Tokyo festival featured a huge variety of designs from a steel tea room to a rocket-fuel-tank speaker. Here, Cajsa Carlson selects six of the best from this year's event. More about Six of the most exciting projects at Designart Tokyo 2025
Hurry! Tickets are selling fast for the Dezeen Awards 2025 party in partnership with Bentley. More about Last chance to book Dezeen Awards 2025 party tickets
French design firm Studio Asaï has revamped a residence in Paris informed by the vibrant nightlife of London's "swinging sixties". More about Studio Asaï blends "French classicism with British eccentricity" in Parisian apartment