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
Dezeen Showroom: from cork flooring to materials made from recycled plastic, the following surfaces are among those recently published on Dezeen Showroom. More about Nine materials and tiles that add dimension to flat surfaces
US president Donald Trump has announced that there will be a 30 per cent tariff on upholstered furniture being imported to the USA from the start of October. More about Donald Trump announces 30 per cent tariff on upholstered furniture
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
While big brands largely steered clear of major launches at this year's London Design Festival, the next generation was out in force. Below, we meet some of the most promising young furniture and lighting designers coming out of the UK. More about Twelve emerging designers who stole the show at London Design Festival
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
Eighteen leading architects and designers met this week to decide the winners of Dezeen Awards 2025, in partnership with Bentley, who will be revealed at the Dezeen Awards 2025 party in November. More about Patty Hopkins and Richard Hutten among judges to decide Dezeen Awards 2025 winners
British designer Terence Woodgate has created a collection of carbon-fibre furniture for Carpenters Workshop Gallery, featuring super-slim forms that lend the pieces a lightweight appearance. More about Terence Woodgate designs furniture collection where "carbon fibre is the structure"
International architecture practice OF Studio has created a brutalist concrete house with a cantilevered terrace and sloped foundations shaped by its site on a mountainside in Mendoza, Argentina. More about OF Studio designs Argentinian mountain house that "emerges from the terrain"
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features renderings for a UFC stadium set to be built on the White House lawn. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features UFC's plans to build an arena on White House lawn
Local firms Good City Studio and Hexagon Studio Architects have converted the main turbine hall of a historic Philadelphia power plant into Ballers, a sports club that includes indoor pickleball, soccer and squash courts. More about Philadelphia power plant transformed into sports venue
Dezeen School Shows: a community space for Indigenous people to celebrate their culture is among the projects from students at Mount Royal University. More about Vibrant space for Indigenous communities among projects from Mount Royal University
US architecture studio Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed a skyscraper clad in glass on top of a restored 1899 train station in Boston, USA, the "busiest transit hub in New England". More about Pelli Clarke & Partners "reshapes the skyline" with Boston South Station skyscraper
Japanese studio SANAA has reached completion on its largest cultural project to date, Taichung Green Museumbrary in Taiwan. More about SANAA completes Taichung Green Museumbrary in Taiwan
A 700-year-old church tower has been suspended above a construction site during excavation works for the upcoming 50 Fenchurch Street skyscraper in London, designed by architecture studio Eric Parry Architects. More about Medieval church suspended 14 metres above London skyscraper construction site
Making clothes using living organisms is fundamentally changing how Iris van Herpen thinks about materials, the Dutch fashion designer tells Dezeen in this interview. More about Biodesign adds "a whole new range of possibilities" to fashion says Iris van Herpen
Rumours of the metaverse's demise are greatly exaggerated – particularly when it comes to designing virtual buildings, writes Sarah Housley. More about "The idea of designing for virtual worlds is just getting started"
Landscape architect Kongjian Yu, the founder of Chinese studio Turenscape, and three others have died in a plane crash in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands while reportedly making a documentary about his sponge city model. More about Sponge city creator Kongjian Yu killed in Brazil plane crash