Luxury fashion brand Armani has revealed its plans for its first series of branded residences, which will be built in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, and have private beach access. More about Armani reveals plans for branded coastal villas in UAE
Architectural studio BLDUS has created a slender home in an urban alleyway called Brown House, which features a rooftop farm and the use of "healthy" building materials such as cork, bamboo and hemp. More about BLDUS creates alley house in Washington DC with cork cladding
Local practice Carmody Groarke has converted a former textile workshop in London into an office block, placing a "distinct but unified" extension clad in galvanised steel atop the existing grey brick structure. More about Carmody Groarke tops former warehouse in London with steel-clad extension
Producer Pharrell Williams and fashion designer Nigo are collaborating with Japanese hospitality brand Not A Hotel to design a commercial district in central Tokyo. More about Pharrell and Nigo design "surprising and entertaining" district in Tokyo
Deconstructivist architect Helmut Swiczinsky, a founding partner Viennese studio Coop Himmelb(l)au, has passed away at the age of 81. More about Coop Himmelb(l)au co-founder Helmut Swiczinsky dies aged 81
San Francisco studio Aidlin Darling Design has wrapped concrete and cedar panels around the L|J Residence in Atherton, California, which was designed to support multigenerational living. More about Aidlin Darling Design sculpts concrete bas relief into California house
There's still the chance to be listed in Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to London Design Festival 2025, which highlights the key events taking place during the week. More about You can still feature in Dezeen's guide to London Design Festival 2025
A corrugated metal roof supported by turquoise-coloured steelwork declares the renovation of this public pool house in the Czech Republic, completed by local studio Mjölk Architekti and architect Marie Vondráková. More about Mjölk Architekti and Marie Vondráková rebuild fire-ravaged Forest Pool in Liberec
From a privacy-conscious home in Japan to a vaulted greenhouse in Chile, this roundup spotlights buildings from around the world that are brightened by luminous glass bricks and blocks. More about Eight buildings bejewelled with glass bricks and blocks
Irish practice Fuinneamh Workshop Architects has completed an events space for the Tramore Valley Park in Cork, creating a "deliberately rudimentary" shelter of rammed earth, timber and thatch. More about Fuinneamh Workshop Architects adds rammed-earth shelter to Irish park
This week on Dezeen, president Donald Trump revealed plans to add a neoclassical ballroom to the White House in Washington DC. More about This week president Trump unveiled White House expansion plans
Architecture studios Frida Escobedo Studio and Handel Architects have created a brick tower in Harlem, USA, that contains apartments atop a multi-level arts centre. More about Frida Escobedo Studio and Handel Architects complete brick tower in Harlem
Architecture studio Specht Novak Architects has wrapped a Frank Lloyd Wright-informed house in blackened-wood siding in Pennsylvania, USA. More about Specht Novak Architects reimagines Usonian design for lakefront house
Indian architecture studio Iki Builds has completed Soil and Soul Studio, a home in Hyderabad crafted with a palette of natural, local materials and construction rubble. More about Iki Builds critiques "disposable nature of modern construction" with rural Indian home
Architecture studio Reed Watts is set to create the Museum of Brutalist Architecture as part of a wider renovation of the Grade II-listed Acland Burghley School in north London. More about Brutalist London school to host UK's first brutalist architecture museum
Architecture institutions must respond with action following the UK's Supreme Court gender ruling, Lenny Rajmont, founder of LGBTQ+ architecture group Queerscapes, argues in this interview. More about Architecture profession "must engage" in ensuring safety for trans people says Queerscapes founder
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the conversion of a Florentine barn into a compact home by Italian studio Fōntego Architettura. More about "Green is such a relief in a world of beige!" says commenter
American start-up InventWood claims to have "reinvented wood from the inside out" with a patented process that restructures the material's molecules to make it ten times stronger than regular wood. More about Superwood is a chemically modified wood that is stronger than steel
London-based exhibitions Feel the Sound, Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style and Flowers – Flora in Contemporary Art and Culture are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this August. More about Five architecture and design events in August from Dezeen Events Guide
US president Donald Trump has commissioned architecture firm McCrery Architects to add a neoclassical ballroom to the White House on the site of the East Wing. More about President Donald Trump to add neoclassical ballroom to White House