Danish studio BIG has completed its first buildings in Japan, creating a trio of rammed-earth villas on the remote island of Sagishima for hotelier Not A Hotel. More about BIG uses rammed earth to create trio of luxury villas in Japan
A trio from Seattle have created Tin Can, a landline telephone that allows children to make calls without giving them access to the harmful distractions of a smartphone. More about Tin Can is an old-school phone with modern safety measures for children
Architect Massimiliano Fuksas and interior designer Tekla Evelina Severin, alongside designers Zandra Rhodes and Tawanda Chiweshe, have joined the judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2026. More about Massimiliano Fuksas and Zandra Rhodes revealed as Dezeen Awards 2026 judges
Located in the historic House of Tan Yeok Nee, Japanese restaurant Loca Niru in Singapore has a pared-back, simple interior that contrasts its ornate exterior. More about Keiji Ashizawa envisions Loca Niru restaurant as "a dialogue across time"
DesignSingapore Council will launch the Singapore Design Biennale in 2027, which will succeed the long-running Singapore Design Week event. More about Singapore Design Week to relaunch as Singapore Design Biennale in 2027
Promotion: from 4 to 10 May, Munich Creative Business Week is set to host its 15th annual festival around the city of Munich, which will feature exhibits, events and an all-day Design Summit. More about Munich Creative Business Week spotlights the "joy of creating"
A group of 12 architecture studios, including SHoP Architects, Weiss/Manfredi and Ennead Architects, has been selected by the US Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations to work on diplomatic buildings for the next five years. More about Twelve "regionally diverse" architecture studios selected for US embassy design
Angular black-concrete volumes are punctured by small tree-filled patios at this home in Mexico, completed by architecture studio Taller Alberto Calleja. More about Black concrete defines "strong and monolithic" Casa Mavra in Mexico
Belgian design duo Muller Van Severen has developed a collection of oversized aluminium candlesticks that tower over humans, which will be on show at Milan design week. More about Muller Van Severen creates human-sized candelabras for Milan design week
Canadian studio Ste Marie has crafted interiors for amenity spaces within a renovated 1960s tower in Chicago, which echo the "glamour and confidence of the mid-century office". More about Ste Marie "reimagines Chicago's corporate landscape" at The Bell
Textured brickwork, arch motifs and large mansard roofs nod to the Arts and Crafts style surroundings of Farmstead Road, an affordable housing development in London by local studio Metropolitan Workshop. More about Arts and Crafts details enliven London housing by Metropolitan Workshop
Receiving a tattoo is likened to a spiritual and religious experience in this lookbook of tattoo parlours run by renowned artists across the world. More about Six tattoo parlours that celebrate the "ceremonial practice" of tattooing
The director of interior design firm Care Of Studio has renovated a Victorian terrace in Sydney to form her own family home, choosing to keep much of its original structural fabric. More about Care of Studio preserves character in overhaul of 19th-century home in Sydney
Local studio Byben has created an accessory dwelling unit in southern California called Offset ADU, which features ipe-wood cladding and curved elements that "soften the feel and look" of the building. More about Byben completes Los Angeles house with sculptural Offset ADU
Ukrainian architecture studio Replus Bureau has renovated a 20th-century villa in Lviv, contrasting the exposed surfaces of its historic shell with contemporary extensions and finishes. More about Replus Bureau avoids "nostalgic reconstruction" in Ukrainian villa renovation
For our latest roundup, we have collected five times architects have either created new cowsheds or transformed existing sheds into houses, studios and libraries. More about Five cowsheds that showcase the beauty of agricultural buildings
This week on Dezeen, a three-year renovation of Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous building, Fallingwater, was completed. More about This week we revealed the renovation of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater
Promotion: trade show Design Shanghai returned for its 13th edition last month, bringing together over 500 Asian and international brands for the four-day-long event. More about Design Shanghai 2026 championed modern design across Asia
California-based artist Kelly Akashi has created a glass chimney to recount her personal experience of loss after the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles for the 2026 Whitney Biennial exhibition. More about Kelly Akashi creates glass chimney as memorial to Los Angeles wildfire losses
Austere brick walls cloak a bright skylit painting studio at the heart of Atelier Cambre in Argentina, designed by local architecture practice Esteras Perrote. More about Esteras Perrote nestles brick-clad painting studio in Argentinian woodland