Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has created a range of street furniture made from bamboo including seating, tables and accessories that are stabilised by the fabric of the surrounding city. More about BLUE creates "symbiotic" street furniture that relies on urban structures
In this week's comments update, readers discussed an opinion piece that argued "architecture is a hollowed-out profession with architects seemingly less vital than ever".
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Locally produced bricks and recycled materials feature in this vaulted residence in Kerala, India, named The Wendy House. More about Earthscape Studio nestles vaulted house in Kerala forest
Architecture studio Grimshaw has completed the 27-storey Poly Centre office skyscraper in downtown Sydney, which is fronted by a series of arched cantilevers. More about Grimshaw unveils "sculptural" Sydney office skyscraper
As architecture has evolved it has become detached from an understanding of construction and engineering that was once at the profession's core, writes Eleanor Jolliffe. More about "Architecture is a hollowed-out profession with architects seemingly less vital than ever"
Dutch studio MVRDV has released visuals of the Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence, a circular masterplan for a technology and innovation hub in Heilbronn, Germany. More about MVRDV designs German AI hub to be "visible in satellite photos"
Iranian architecture studio Hooba Design Group has completed the Saman Satellite office block, which was previously left unfinished on a technology park in Tehran. More about Hooba Design Group adds concrete volumes to unfinished office in Tehran
Miami-based Brillhart Architecture consulted on the design of a pavilion-like island home in the Bahamas with local architects Garth and Darren Sawyer. More about Brillhart Architecture collaborates with Darren Sawyer for pavilion-like Bahamas home
Emerging London studio Fardaa has converted an abandoned basalt barn on the Isle of Mull in Scotland into the Croft 3 restaurant, which is characterised by raw plaster walls and exposed timber beams. More about Fardaa explores "ambiguity between old and new" at Isle of Mull restaurant
As our Timber Revolution series comes to an end, we round up the 10 significant buildings that have pushed the use of mass-timber. More about Ten significant mass-timber buildings that changed the way we think about wood
The final case study in our Timber Revolution series is Ascent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Korb + Associates Architects, which has been certified as the world's tallest mass-timber building. More about World's tallest timber tower replaced by forest growth "in less than 25 minutes"
Zurich studio Appels Architekten has created the Wooden House by the Lake, a home in southeast Germany with a cross-laminated timber structure and black-stained cladding. More about Appels Architekten prefabricates black house in rural Bavaria
Architecture studio Bindloss Dawes has created a garage and workshop named Autobarn on a Georgian estate in Somerset, UK, to house a collection of classic Porsches. More about Bindloss Dawes creates car barn for classic Porsche collector
US architect Morris Adjmi took cues from tenements that once housed Italian immigrants to create a new mixed-use building with a decorative brickwork facade. More about Morris Adjmi uses domed brick on facade to evoke historic New York
London studio SIRS Architects has converted a 19th-century brewery into a public gallery for artist duo Gilbert & George in London. More about SIRS Architects converts London brewery into gallery for Gilbert & George
UK architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has revealed the design for its first public library, a plant-covered building in Columbia, Maryland. More about Heatherwick Studio designs Columbia public library as "new type of community centre"
Dezeen's top five Houses of the month for March 2023 include a snake-like dwelling in India and a converted 19th-century school in southern Italy. More about Dezeen's top five houses of March 2023
The penultimate case study in our Timber Revolution series is a 20-storey mass-timber building just below the Arctic Circle – the Sara Kulturhus Centre by Swedish studio White Arkitekter. More about Sara Kulturhus Centre "unleashed a world of previously unimagined design possibilities"
The third edition of our monthly Dezeen In Depth newsletter features a dive into why the sustainability of mass-timber buildings can't be taken for granted. Subscribe to Dezeen In Depth now. More about Dezeen In Depth explores why the sustainability of mass-timber buildings can't be taken for granted
Architects are increasingly using mass timber in the hopes of creating net-zero buildings but carbon assessments are missing key sources of potential emissions, researchers tell Dezeen in this Timber Revolution feature. More about The hidden carbon impacts of getting mass timber wrong