Local development and design studio Optima has announced the six-tower residential McDowell Mountain development in Arizona, designed to harvest up to 210,000 gallons of rainwater in an underground vault. More about Optima designs apartments with America's "largest private rainwater harvesting" system
Fire Island is a narrow barrier island off the coast of New York's Long Island and is home to many examples of coastal modernist architecture. We round up six houses that have undergone renovations, bringing them up to date while maintaining their original character. More about Six respectfully renovated modernist homes on Fire Island
Indian practice Studio Naqshbandi has completed the Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Centre, a partially walled spiritual education hub in western India surrounded by rainwater harvesting ponds. More about Studio Naqshbandi surrounds Indian spiritual hub with bio-ponds for "journey of discovery"
Flowing curves and a cloud-like cluster of spherical domes are intended to evoke the sea and the sky at this rooftop skatepark in Qingdao, China, by local practice Within Beyond Studio. More about Clouds and waves inform rooftop skatepark in China by Within Beyond Studio
Local studio Bench Architecture has completed the renovation of a multi-storey Brooklyn warehouse into artist studios and a member's club with a rooftop pool. More about Bench Architecture converts Brooklyn steel mill into spa and artists studios
A public barbecue finished with deep blue tiles and a sculptural pergola is the centrepiece of this plaza revamped by Spanish studio H3O on the Costa Brava in Catalonia. More about H3O designs The Communal Barbecue as "celebration of collective life" in Spain
This week on Dezeen, we exclusively showcased a number of Expo 2025 Osaka Pavilions, including the Bahrain Pavilion by architect Lina Ghotmeh. More about This week we revealed the Expo 2025 Osaka pavilions
NYCxDesign 2025, Boston Design Week and Capital Brutalism are among the current and upcoming architecture and design events in the US that are featured in Dezeen Events Guide. More about Five US architecture and design events from Dezeen Events Guide
A near-continuous curved facade and slatted screens have been included to create privacy for this house designed by Canadian studio Architecture Building Culture on a prominent rocky outcrop in West Vancouver. More about Architecture Building Culture wraps white curved facade around Piano House in Canada
A thick thatched roof topped with purple iris flowers shelters this timber sheep pen in Kyoto, Japan, which has been designed by local architecture practice 2m26. More about Purple flowers crown thatched sheep pen in Japan by 2m26
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a curved concrete church in Albania completed by architecture practice Arkpro Studio. More about "An interesting little church" says commenter
Local practice Fffaaarrr has designed a coffee shop-cum-tennis club, complete with full-size tennis court, in the centre of the Indonesian capital. More about Fffaaarrr completes "experiment in typology" with tennis court coffee shop in Jakarta
American studios Lehrer Architects and AyD have used thick concrete slabs to create an open-air "vertical mausoleum" covered with trees within a renowned Los Angeles cemetery. More about Lehrer Architects and AyD create tree-covered mausoleum for Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Photos of construction at the Obama Presidential Center Museum Building in Chicago have shown an exterior wrapped in granite panels, as well as the interior of the partially completed uppermost floors. More about Photos reveal construction progress on granite-wrapped Obama Presidential Center museum
A sheltered external walkway connects two wings of this pavilion-like house in New South Wales, Australia, designed by local studio DFJ Architects to facilitate family gatherings. More about DFJ Architects links wings of Mango Lane house with external walkway
Dutch studios MVRDV and Zecc Architecten have revealed plans to overhaul a vacant church in the Netherlands by adding a swimming pool with an adjustable floor that allows visitors to "walk on water". More about MVRDV unveils design for Holy Water swimming pool in former Dutch church
Sweeping rib-like strips of aluminium cloak the facade of SAP Garden, a sports stadium in Munich's Olympic Park recently completed by Danish studio 3XN. More about Aluminium ribs wrap sports arena by 3XN in Munich's Olympic Park
Low-carbon building and affordable housing in the US are likely to be particularly badly hit by uncertainty around president Donald Trump's import tariffs, experts have told Dezeen. More about Sustainable architecture and affordable housing will be tariff casualties, experts warn
American architecture studios Handel Architects and HWKN have completed the Journal Squared development in New Jersey, USA, which contains three skyscrapers with gridded facades. More about Three connected white-clad skyscrapers completed in New Jersey
Sweden-based group Architectural Uprising has released an announcement naming Steven Holl Architect's Simmons Hall at MIT the winner of its International Aesthetic Atrocity Awards. More about Anti-modernist architecture group declares Simmons Hall "America's ugliest building"