Antoni Gaudí, the architect behind the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona, has been declared "Venerable" by Pope Francis, the second step in the path to canonisation. More about Pope moves "God's architect" Antoni Gaudí one step closer to sainthood
The Designed in CH Made in JP exhibition at Milan design week showed chairs designed by students at Swiss design school ECAL for the country's national pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. More about ECAL students and Karimoku create HUG chair for Swiss pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed Essential, a pair of deliberately pared-back iridescent torches that will carry the Olympic and Paralympic flame at next year's Milano Cortina Winter Games. More about Carlo Ratti unveils duo of torches for Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games
Architecture studio DeDraft used a plinth of rough-hewn Cotswold stone to ground this home in Rural Oxfordshire within its Grade II-listed parkland site. More about DeDraft contrasts concrete with rough Cotswold stone for parkland home
Architects Trey Trahan, Manuelle Gautrand and Anna Herringer, alongside designer Tejumola Butler Adenuga, have joined this year's judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2025. More about Trey Trahan, Manuelle Gautrand and Anna Herringer revealed as Dezeen Awards 2025 judges
Promotion: flooring brand Forbo presented its Furniture Linoleum collection in a brand new colour palette at Milan's Rosanna Orlandi Gallery during the city's design week. More about Forbo's Furniture Linoleum collection unveiled in a new colour palette at Milan design week
Copenhagen design studio SAGA has completed a four-bedroom astronaut training facility for the European Space Agency that will be used to train American and European space professionals for habitation on the moon. More about SAGA completes astronaut training habitat to simulate life on the moon
Dezeen School Shows: stainless steel sugar dispensers are among the experimental projects that challenge the dominance of western design paradigms by students at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. More about Rotating sugar dispensers among designs from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Large-scale works by Paris design studio Uchronia and TSOA's dean Stephanie Lin feature among the installations created for the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, USA. More about Coachella 2025 installations include giant flowers and pinwheels
Curved concrete walls direct light towards the altar of Narac Church, completed by architecture practice Arkpro Studio in Albania. More about Arkpro Studio designs concrete church in Albania as "new village centre"
Following Milan design week, we've rounded up furniture and lighting designed by well-known architects and studios that made an appearance at this year's event. More about Ten notable furniture designs by architects from Milan design week
American tech entrepreneurs have opened up talks with officials about placing research-oriented freedom cities on the island of Greenland, according to a report in Reuters. More about American investors suggest building "freedom city" tech hub in Greenland
Design is being taken over by "toxic" luxury trends, French designer Philippe Starck told Dezeen in an interview at Milan design week. More about "I was shocked" by dominance of luxury brands in Milan says Philippe Starck
A lush secret garden is among the spaces to discover inside the France Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, which French firm Coldefy and Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati have fronted with a giant copper staircase. More about Huge helical staircase emblazons French pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
Google has worked with artist Lachlan Turczan at Milan design week to present an immersive installation of mist and lasers that allows visitors to move light as though sweeping back curtains. More about Lachlan Turczan makes "the invisible visible" for Google Milan installation
Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa and playground brand Jakuets have unveiled a series of sculptural objects for children to climb on, slide down or play with in any way they like, at Milan design week. More about Naoto Fukasawa designs colourful children's sculptures that are "impossible not to play with"
Promotion: American brick manufacturer The Belden Brick Company has created Luminescent, a range of decorative glazed bricks designed to shift in appearance from dawn to dusk. More about Belden Brick's Luminescent brick is designed to respond to changing daylight
A staircase formed from sinuous curves connects the levels of this Victorian home that Toronto studio Dubbeldam Architecture + Design has renovated for a ceramicist. More about Dubbeldam Architecture + Design sculpts "fluid contours" through renovated Toronto home
Indian architecture practice Studio Saransh has married black basalt with steel for its self-designed workspace in the suburbs of Ahmedabad, India. More about Studio Saransh escapes "chaos of the city" with self-designed Ahmedabad studio
Whether creating a dramatic entrance or elegantly connecting indoor and outdoor spaces, our latest lookbook collects homes where pivot doors make a striking visual impact. More about Ten head-turning home interiors that make a statement with pivot doors