Cob is a low-carbon material poised for a revival, according to scientist Steve Goodhew. In this Building with Cob interview, he explains how his invention, CobBauge, is guiding the way. More about Cob not just "a hobbit house" material says researcher developing modern version
Design collective Fahrenheit 180 has created tiles using discarded shells from oyster farms to show the "potential of overlooked materials". More about Fahrenheit 180 shows tiles made from oyster shells at Lisbon's Gulbenkian art museum
Raphaël Craveiro has won SketchUp's Design Sprint Challenge 2025 with his design for a city where pedestrians and bikes pass underneath buildings, as announced in a video produced for Trimble and Dezeen by content creator Mr Chuck. More about Bike-friendly future city concept with wider streets wins SketchUp Design Sprint Challenge
Architecture studio Zeller & Moye has created an office in Bochum, Germany, which includes numerous wooden planters, an indoor garden and a felt "walkable landscape". More about Zeller & Moye embed plants throughout German office
Local architecture studio Polk Stanley Wilcox has completed the Alice L Walton School of Medicine in Arkansas, USA with an angular glass facade and colours informed by the surrounding Ozark Mountains. More about Polk Stanley Wilcox completes angular Bentonville medical school
A wooden boardwalk and pale timber cladding are among the elements used by architectural studio HGA to create History Jackson Hole, a museum in Wyoming, USA, meant to feel both "modern and timeless". More about Wyoming museum by HGA draws upon "Old West" architecture
Dezeen School Shows: a spa designed to connect its visitors to nature is among the award-winning interior design projects from Interior Educators. More about Nature-focused spa among award-winning projects from Interior Educators
Dezeen Showroom: steel blocks appear to teeter mid-fall in the bases of these sculptural, brutalist-informed tables by furniture brand Duffy London. More about Megalith table by Duffy London
Walls of roughcast render and a concrete roof enclose this coastal home on Cruit Island in Ireland, designed by Donegal studio Pasparakis Friel to blend in with the surrounding rocky outcrops. More about Coastal Irish home by Pasparakis Friel embraces "exposed island context"
It's time for the construction industry to bring back cob, but innovation is needed to solidify the age-old material's place back within our toolkits, design collective Cella tell Dezeen in this Building with Cob interview. More about Cob can be "a mainstream building material once again" say Cella
Dezeen's latest series investigates one of the world's oldest building materials – cob. Building with Cob will explore how this ancient, earth-based material is being reinvented for the modern age. More about Are we on the verge of a cob comeback?
Prosecutors are seeking the house arrest of developer Manfredi Catella and Milan city council member Giancarlo Tancredi for bribery related to the city's skyscraper boom over the past decade. More about Prosecutors seek arrests as part of sprawling investigation into Milan skyscraper boom
Israel has used controlled explosions and bulldozers to demolish thousands of civilian buildings across Gaza in recent weeks, a BBC investigation has found. More about Israel using planned demolitions to flatten "large swathes" of buildings in Gaza
Japanese studio SANAA has released photos of its Taichung Green Museumbrary cultural complex under construction in Taiwan, as it prepares to open to the public in December. More about Images reveal SANAA's largest cultural project taking shape in Taiwan
Mushrooms feature on and off the menu at this restaurant near Bukovel, Ukraine, in which design studio YOD Group has installed a series of mycelium curtains. More about Mycelium curtains divide tables in Ukrainian restaurant Grybova Hata
Interior design studio Gisbert Pöppler has renovated a 1920s villa in Germany's Ruhr region, introducing a bold colour scheme and artisanal details that reflect its association with the Deutscher Werkbund movement. More about Gisbert Pöppler completes colourful transformation of historic German home
Fashion brand Telfar has opened its first brick-and-mortar store, located in Lower Manhattan and featuring a public-access television studio. More about Telfar "conceptual yet egalitarian" New York flagship includes a TV studio
Dezeen School Shows: a garden intended to educate children on sustainability are among the architecture and design projects from Academy of Art University. More about Sustainable garden designed to educate among projects from Academy of Art University
A honeycomb-patterned facade informed by the surface of a football wraps the headquarters of the governing body of Portuguese football in Porto, completed by local architecture practice OODA. More about OODA wraps Liga Portugal HQ and football museum with honeycomb-patterned facade
Pitched roofs made of red corrugated metal have recently proven popular among both architects and Dezeen readers. Below, we've rounded up five examples of otherwise modest houses that use this striking feature to their advantage. More about Five unassuming houses crowned with bold red metal roofs