Dutch studio NEXT Architects has completed Watchtower Einderheide, a bat-friendly wooden lookout in the Netherlands with a curved cut-out that reveals a spiral staircase. More about NEXT Architects creates bat-friendly watchtower overlooking Dutch forest
In this lookbook, we round up 15 dream bathrooms with statement freestanding baths ideal for luxurious bathing, including tubs made from teak, clay, concrete and marble. More about Fifteen designer bathrooms with freestanding baths
A chair shaped like a hooded cobra and a table that evokes a scarab beetle feature in designer Omar Chakil's Transcendence series. More about Omar Chakil's stone furniture collection references ancient Egyptian gods
New York design studio BHDM has renovated a hotel in Sunnyvale, California, leaning into the retro vibe of the 1960s property and introducing a "poolside chic" palette. More about BHDM reinvigorates vintage California hotel with bold colours
The weather-beaten concrete shell of an old villa overlooking Lake Como in northern Italy has been transformed into a modern home by British practice Tuckey Design Studio. More about Tuckey Design Studio uses concrete ruin as "blank canvas" for Lake Como Villa
Our latest lookbook features seven examples of unfitted kitchens with mix-and-match furnishings that ditch a conventional copy-paste style in favour of flexibility and personality. More about Seven unfitted kitchens where freestanding units add character
This week on Dezeen, we published IKEA's plans to build a two-kilometre-long store on April 1st. More about This week we published IKEA's tongue-in-cheek plans for a two-kilometre-long store
The latest newsletter of the US edition of Dezeen Agenda features all the news from the US, including a house based on designs by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, completed in Ohio. Subscribe today! More about Dezeen Agenda US features "an interpretation" of Frank Lloyd Wright's final design
Dezeen School Shows: boldly-coloured bowls that change how consumers interpret flavours and salt made with fish skins and scales are included in this latest roundup of student projects published on Dezeen. More about Fish skin salt among student projects that scale up culinary experiences
A team of Virginia Tech researchers have developed the Sustainable Art Painting toolkit for kids, which converts food scraps generated by US schools into watercolour paint. More about Virginia Tech designers create kid's toolkit for converting compost into paint
New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority has released a redesigned map of its subway system, which maintains the colours of the prior one while "simplifying" it. More about New York City releases first new subway map in decades
Promotion: American electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian's new colour, California Dune, references "the essence of going out in the dunes of California," the company's design head explained at a panel talk at SXSW. More about Rivian's SXSW talk explores how a vehicle's colour affects emotion
Dezeen Showroom: porcelain textures are combined with natural earthy hues in the Terrae collection by Italian tile maker Casalgrande Padana, which includes a cool-toned Beige colourway. More about Beige Terrae collection tiles by Casalgrande Padana
Dezeen Showroom: curved paper lampshades can be angled to change the direction of light in this collection of lamps by designer Sebastian Herkner for German brand Midgard Licht. More about Loja lighting collection by Sebastian Herkner for Midgard Licht
A structural stone loggia and cross-laminated timber upper storey frame views of the English countryside at Field House, a home in West Sussex by London studio Wilkinson King Architects. More about Limestone loggia wraps rural English home by Wilkinson King Architects
Architects and designers including David Chipperfield, Daniel Libeskind, Audrey Large and Philippe Starck have created funeral urns for Il Tornitore Matto by Alessi's The Last Pot exhibition at Milan design week. More about Philippe Starck and Daniel Libeskind create funeral urns for Alessi
As British furniture brand SCP celebrates its 40th anniversary, its founder Sheridan Coakley reflects on the brand's journey over the past four decades. More about "You can't have your roots in modernism forever" says SCP founder Sheridan Coakley
Dezeen Showroom: work and leisure combine in designer Niels Diffrient's eponymous lounge chair for furniture brand Humanscale. More about Diffrient lounge chair by Niels Diffrient for Humanscale
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Philippe Starck's surreal nine-storey Maison Heler hotel in Metz, France, topped with what appears to be a 19th-century mansion. More about "We all need a bit of silliness" says commenter
Local studio In Praise of Shadows has added a curved wooden salon bar to the BioRio cinema in Hornstull, Stockholm, which it refurbished to create a "warm and inviting atmosphere". More about In Praise of Shadows gives historic Stockholm cinema a tactile makeover