The Stone Collective is aiming to weaken concrete and steel's hold on the architecture industry. As part of our Stone Age 2.0 series, the newly formed group explains its ambition. More about "We are proposing a simple switch from concrete to stone" says The Stone Collective
The Design Space AlUla gallery is set to open this weekend in a Corten steel-latticed building designed by Italian architects Giò Forma Studio in the town of AlUla, Saudi Arabia. More about Design Space AlUla launches with exhibition on local architecture, graphics and jewellery
One of the main trends at this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair was the use of pine, with designers using heat-treated pine for outdoor furniture, creating lighting from pine veneer and reevaluating waterlogged pine. More about Pine makes comeback at Stockholm Furniture Fair as designers embrace "underdog" wood
Architect and designer Manu Bañó explores the reflective qualities of copper with his OBJ-08 mirrors, launched as part of the Unique Design X fair at Mexico City art week. More about Manu Bañó forms sculptural mirrors from single sheet of copper
Local design studio Hauvette & Madani drew on the Haussmannian history of this Paris apartment to create a gallery-like interior for its occupant's vast art collection. More about Hauvette & Madani restores Haussmann-era Paris apartment to its "former glory"
Mexican architect Cesar Mancillas used high concrete walls while creating a linear house with spaces focused on relaxation in the often-changing urban landscape of Ensenada, Mexico. More about Cesar Mancillas distributes patios throughout linear Mexican house
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a pair of skyscrapers in Manhattan designed by BIG. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features BIG's "Allen key" Manhattan skyscrapers
Miami design studio Gharib Studio has contrasted concrete floors and exposed ceilings with soft-pink walls and clean lines for a jewellery store in Austin. More about Gharib Studio outfits Austin jewellery store with pink walls and arches
Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled 1550 on the Green in Houston, which is the studio's first skyscraper in the state of Texas. More about BIG completes staggered "bundle of towers" in Houston
Dezeen Courses: interested in studying graphic design? We've selected six graphic design courses available at universities in the USA, UK, Qatar and Estonia. More about Six graphic design courses listed on Dezeen Courses
Promotion: Corian Design and its Quality Network Partner fabricator Hasenkopf aim to achieve durability and "timeless elegance" in a complex of luxury apartments in Berlin. More about Corian Design aims to achieve "exceptional durability" in Berlin apartment complex
Wall-to-wall glass and a material palette informed by local vernacular define Zen House, a 33-square-metre micro home on stilts in Austria, completed by Czech studio Jan Tyrpekl. More about Jan Tyrpekl raises glass micro home on stilts in rural Austria
Stone has the potential to become a go-to, low-carbon structural material, but barriers around quarrying and a lack of awareness must be overcome to make this a reality, experts tell Dezeen in this Stone Age 2.0 feature. More about Why aren't more architects using stone as a building material?
Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia, in this Stone Age 2.0 interview. More about Sagrada Familia shows stone "can return to being used as a structural material"
Networking platform Archiboo presents an annual Activism Award. Here, its founder Amanda Baillieu selects six architects that embody the ideals of activism. More about Six activist architects "whose actions help effect social change"
Biomaterials have the potential to significantly cut carbon emissions but designers should approach them with caution to avoid creating a whole new set of problems, warns Sioban Imms. More about "The allure of the 'bio' prefix must be taken with some healthy scrutiny"
Danish architecture studio CEBRA has revealed its designs for three visitor centres in Albania, which will be topped with protruding concrete slabs that reference "shifting tectonic plates". More about Concrete slabs will enclose national park pavilions by CEBRA in Albania
Graphic designer Micha Weidmann has used vibrant abstract forms to craft this year's Dezeen Awards campaign. Here, he explains how the identity took shape. More about Dezeen Awards 2024 identity "embraces inclusivity"
Designer Fernando Laposse has created a 40-metre-long tapestry in avocado dye and a cabinet with avocado skin to raise awareness of the social and ecological impacts global avocado consumption has in Mexico. More about Fernando Laposse draws attention to impact of "conflict avocados" in Melbourne exhibition
Ambient music pioneer Brian Eno is exhibiting an updated version of his illuminated record player composed of two eccentric Perspex circles at London's Paul Stolper Gallery. More about Brian Eno's light-up turntable changes colour in "complex and unpredictable" patterns