Design festivals DW! Sao Paulo Design Week and Perth Design Week are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this March. More about Six architecture and design events in March from Dezeen Events Guide
British architecture studio Allies and Morrison has created a university building for London College of Fashion at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London. More about Allies and Morrison completes "21st-century factory" for London College of Fashion
Promotion: US-based philanthropic organisation the Vilcek Foundation has announced the winners of its 2024 Prizes in Design and awarded a total of $250,000 to four designers. More about Vilcek Foundation announces winners of its 2024 Prizes in Design
Furniture company Cassina has partnered with Lancia to design a homely cabin for the automaker's Ypsilon model featuring "the first-ever table" in a car's cockpit and seats upholstered in lush blue velvet. More about Cassina models Lancia car interior on Italian living rooms
US studio Robert Gurney Architect has completed a beachfront house in Delaware consisting of "simple and pure forms" wrapped in white cedar, salvaged barn wood and fibre-cement panels. More about Robert Gurney clads gabled Delaware house with cedar shingles
German car brand Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its first branded skyscraper in North America created in collaboration with SHoP Architects and informed by a philosophy of "sensual purity". More about SHoP Architects designs Mercedes-Benz' first US residential skyscraper
Making a built environment that works for everyone will require the end of profit- and ownership-obsession in the industry, argues New York-based architect and researcher Emanuel Admassu in this interview. More about Dismantle developer-led "value system" dictating architecture says Emanuel Admassu
Promotion: the Florence Institute of Design International has launched two new bachelor's degree programmes for 2024 in interior design and graphic design at its campus in Florence, Italy. More about Florence Institute of Design International unveils new degree programmes with Goldsmiths
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish design brand Nanimarquina has released a collection of rugs informed by plastic beads in collaboration with German artist Sabine Finkenauer. More about Pearls rugs by Sabine Finkenauer for Nanimarquina
Vienna-based studio Steiner Architecture has completed a private clinic in Salzburg, Austria, made from wood-textured red concrete and topped with a serrated roof. More about Steiner Architecture finishes sculptural Clinic in Anif with wood-textured red concrete
Architecture studio Foster + Partners has revealed 50 Electric Boulevard, an 18,580-square-metre workplace within London's Battersea Power Station development. More about Foster + Partners unveils curving office building at Battersea Power Station
A disaster-proof chandelier from Lebanon and a towering sand dune-style stone installation feature in Arab Design Now, the main exhibition at the inaugural Design Doha biennial. More about Ten highlights from Design Doha exhibition Arab Design Now
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, electronics brand Lenovo has unveiled a laptop concept with a transparent screen that allows users to see through the device. More about Lenovo reveals "industry's first" laptop with transparent display
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a trio of incomplete skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles that have been covered in graffiti. More about "The graffiti rather improves the aesthetics" says commenter
Dezeen Showroom: UK-based brand Karndean Designflooring has expanded its range of Van Gogh flooring to include six new herringbone-style, oak-effect surfaces. More about Van Gogh herringbone flooring by Karndean Designflooring
First-time data on Australia's gender pay gaps has revealed the country's 22 biggest architecture firms pay men between five and 27 per cent more than women, failing to meet the government's target pay gap range. More about Australia's largest architecture firms fail to meet gender pay gap
London-based designer Lee Broom has joined Dezeen Awards 2024 as a judge. Here, he selects five projects that best reflect his work. More about "There is often a sense of drama in my work" says Lee Broom
Three villages will make up Omani Mountain Destination, a mixed-use district for 8,000 people being developed for Oman by the country's Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning. More about Oman announces plans for mixed-use district in Jabal al Akhdar mountains
On the heels of a two-year research process, Dutch studio Raw Color has released an IKEA collection in which no item features less than two colours to explore how our perception of a hue can change based on its context. More about "Surprising colour combinations" define Raw Color's IKEA collection
British company Tate & Lyle Sugars has unveiled a rebrand of its Lyle's Golden Syrup for the first time since the inception of the sugar syrup brand in the late 19th century. More about Lyle's Golden Syrup changes dead lion logo after 150 years