A mass-timber structure designed by a pair of architects as their holiday home and a house that was renovated by a studio principal for her mother feature in our houses of the month list for September. More about Dezeen's top five houses of September 2025
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has converted an old factory on the island of Teshima into a cafe, swapping its metal walls with polycarbonate that allows light into the building. More about Schemata Architects turns ironworks on former "garbage island" into cafe and brewery
Earthy tones and tactile materials characterise Toybox, a 160-year-old Portuguese-style home in Goa, restored by Indian practice Grounded. More about Grounded adapts 160-year-old Goan home for contemporary living
Architecture studio BIG has completed a building at Claremont McKenna College in Los Angeles made of "a series of parallel building volumes side by side" that surrounds a central atrium. More about BIG completes "first built project in Los Angeles" at Claremont McKenna College
International studio MASS Design Group renovated and adapted six derelict factory buildings into a mixed-use community hub in New York's Hudson Valley. More about MASS Design Group turns historic New York factory into community hub
A pastel colour palette, metal canopies and furniture informed by children's block games lend a playful feel to Gyöngyszem Kindergarten in Budapest, Hungary, renovated by local studio Archikon. More about Archikon updates prefabricated 1960s kindergarten to be "playful and liveable"
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled the 90-metre-long, four-storey-high Humanise Wall as the centrepiece of the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. More about Heatherwick reveals twisted Humanise Wall at Seoul Architecture Biennale
Architect Terry Farrell, best-known for the postmodern MI6 and TV-am buildings, along with his high-tech collaborations with the late Nicholas Grimshaw, has passed away at the age of 87. More about "Maverick and non-conformist" architect Terry Farrell dies aged 87
Open Architecture has risen quickly to become one of China's most influential studios and is now set to design a major exhibition in Sydney. In this interview, married founders Huang Wenjing and Li Hu explain their unusual approach. More about "If a client wants a specific style, it's kind of boring to us" says Open Architecture
Dezeen has announced the shortlisted projects for this year's Dezeen Awards China, which include a seaside pavilion on the remote island of Chaishan and a cultural centre sheltered by sloping roofs in Guangzhou. More about Over 100 architecture, interiors and design projects shortlisted for Dezeen Awards China 2025
Students from London's Architectural Association have developed a low-cost and easily repeatable way to build with tree forks – a type of timber that is usually discarded as waste even though it is unusually strong. More about AA Design & Make students devise simple way to build with tree forks
Identical shipping container-style units make up this hotel, where guests feel as though they are "on Mars" at the edge of Joshua Tree National Park, designed by Benjamin Uyeda, Adam Wininger and Gry Space. More about Prefabricated containers form Reset Hotel in California's high desert
London studio James Grayley Architecture has used red bricks, oak shingles and terracotta floors to give a rustic character to its extension of Church Cottage, an old farmhouse in Suffolk, UK. More about James Grayley Architecture finishes Suffolk cottage extension with "hairy shingle exterior"
A chicken-shaped observation deck and a geometric classroom were among the playful installations on show at Cabin Fever 2025 in the Czech Republic. More about Five playful and functional pavilions from Cabin Fever 2025
Prefabrication specialist Blok Modular has worked with Australian architecture studio Vokes and Peters to create Blok Three Sisters, a trio of prefabricated holiday homes on North Stradbroke Island in Queensland. More about Trio of identical holiday homes built for siblings in Queensland
This week on Dezeen, RIAS announced four buildings in contention for this year's Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award, including a bridge clad with local granite. More about This week we revealed the shortlist for Scotland's building of the year
Massachusetts-based designer and professor Iman S Fayyad has created a shelter from standard sheets of plywood, moulding it and fastening it with straps to form a "collective space" that is easy to assemble for the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More about Iman S Fayyad fastens plywood shelter with straps for Chicago Architecture Biennial
British architecture studio Medium has completed its renovation of Hearth House, a 1950s country home in Surrey, bringing clarity to a series of hotchpotch extensions. More about Medium consolidates and unifies sprawling 1950s home in Surrey
This year's Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism aims to directly engage the public rather than replicate the "echo chamber" of other architecture festivals, says the event's general director Thomas Heatherwick in this exclusive interview. More about Seoul Architecture Biennale "a very sincere attempt to invite a bigger conversation" says Thomas Heatherwick
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a collection of reflective cabins designed by prefabricated housing company ÖÖD for a remote hotel on Oregon's Rogue River. More about "These guys sure must hate birds" says commenter