The inaugural Copenhagen Architecture Biennial wants to create practical solutions to the global challenges that are being exacerbated by the built environment, says director Josephine Michau in this interview. More about "It's time for activism" says inaugural Copenhagen Architecture Biennial director
Mexican studio V Taller has completed a residential complex in Tulum, Mexico that features a series of vaulted apartments surrounding a tower representative of the mythical Tower of Babel, all finished in pink stucco. More about V Taller references Tower of Babel in design of Mexican residential complex
Patterned walls of rammed-earth bricks and carpentry in local hardwoods celebrate "ancestral materials and methods" at the African Flow School, a kindergarten in Cameroon designed by Barcelona-based architecture studio Urbanitree. More about Urbanitree uses local materials and construction methods for African Flow School in Cameroon
The government of Canada has launched Build Canada Homes, a federal agency that will leverage public-private partnership "to build affordable housing at scale and at speed" in order to address the country's housing crisis. More about Canada launches nationwide home building agency focused on mass timber
Artist Roo Dhissou and UK studio Intervention Architecture have designed Heal, Home, Hmm, a modular pavilion made using Punjabi mud building techniques, which is on display at the V&A as part of the London Design Festival. More about Roo Dhissou builds cob house inside V&A using mud from HS2 excavation sites
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features an interview with Hyundai Design Centre head Simon Loasby, following the release of its compact EV concept. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Readers say "a big yes to more fun and small cars" in this week’s Dezeen Debate
Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron and landscape designer Piet Oudolf have completed the Calder Gardens art institution, composed of underground galleries and a large reflective wall that slices through its site in Philadelphia. More about Herzog & de Meuron embraces "no-design architecture" for Calder Gardens
Architecture studio Harp and Harp has finished a residential development in London with pale bricks, red roof tiles and pale green window frames in a characterful take on its Art and Crafts-style neighbours. More about Harp and Harp reinterprets suburban architecture for Croydon housing
Following the news of the passing of high-tech pioneer Nicholas Grimshaw at age 85, we revisit 10 highlights from the British architect's five-decade-long career. More about Ten key buildings by high-tech pioneer Nicholas Grimshaw
Architecture studio Gensler has released visuals of an urban district it has designed for Baghdad, Iraq, which will be set within an extensive forest with one million trees. More about Gensler designs forested district as "a beacon for the rebirth" of Baghdad
Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh is set to design the Jadids' Legacy Museum in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, which will be built in the former house of the first president of the Bukharan People's Republic. More about Lina Ghotmeh set to turn historic Uzbeki house into Jadids' Legacy Museum
International design practice Aidia Studio has lofted a wave-like vaulted roof with green details over a market in Quintana Roo, Mexico. More about Aidia Studio tops Mexican market with parabolic roof system
Grimshaw founder Nicholas Grimshaw, who designed the Eden Project and the International Terminal at Waterloo Station, has passed away at the age of 85. More about High-tech pioneer Nicholas Grimshaw dies aged 85
A curved volume wrapped in black-glass panels stretches between two rocky outcrops at Ånderkleiva, the headquarters of a fishing company in Norway, by architecture studio Snøhetta. More about Fish-farming facility by Snøhetta bridges rocky outcrops in Norway
A pitched roof with a subtle curve subverts the otherwise traditional barn-like form of this house in Kent, UK, designed by local studio Andy Martin Architecture. More about Twisted House "mirrors the undulating landscape" in Kent with curved roof
Designer Cheng-Tsung Feng has created four floating wooden shelters for ducks in Taiwan to provide protection from extreme weather conditions. More about Floating pinecone-shaped huts shelter ducks from "Taiwan's intensely hot summers and frequent typhoons"
Domed roofs and stone cladding lend an organic look to Suyian Lodge, a safari resort in Kenya by British firms Michaelis Boyd and South African studios Nicholas Plewman Architects and Fox Browne Creative. More about Suyian Lodge safari resort in Kenya "feels deeply integrated" with site
From a British school to a secluded house in the Hudson Valley, here is an eclectic mix of buildings from the Dezeen archives with rustic yet refined facades of rough-sawn timber. More about Eight buildings enveloped in rustic rough-sawn timber cladding
This week on Dezeen, we showcased nine striking architectural installations from the Burning Man festival in Nevada. More about This week we revealed the highlights from Burning Man 2025
Global architecture firm SOM has completed the restoration of the art deco Waldorf Astoria hotel in Midtown Manhattan in an attempt to "bridge the gap between the past and future". More about SOM carries out "complete transformation" of New York's iconic Waldorf Astoria hotel