As developmental models for sports venues shift, architects and planners are being tasked with designing vast districts to support year-round activity. For our Future Stadium series, we look at the rise of the sports district and some factors driving the change. More about How stadiums are turning into entertainment districts
Dezeen School Shows: a museum dedicated to celebrating the history of Folkestone, UK, and the work of the RNLI is among projects from Lancaster University. More about Museum celebrating work of RNLI among projects from Lancaster University
Architecture collective Assemble has converted a pair of former dairy warehouses into a "robust and adaptable" community centre and church on Becontree Estate in east London. More about Assemble turns former dairy warehouses into adaptable community hub
Watchmakers Swatch and Omega have collaborated to celebrate the anniversary of the first moon landing on 21 July 1969 with a limited run of 1,969 watches, made of gold from 1969. More about Omega and Swatch release gold MoonSwatch in limited edition of 1,969
Italian photographer Andrea Ferro has documented the remaining 1950s bubble houses in Dakar, Senegal, as they face increasing threats of demolition. More about Andrea Ferro photographs Dakar's under-threat bubble houses
Architecture studio MVRDV has been revealed as the winner of social enterprise Shift's competition to design a €240 million landmark in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. More about MVRDV wins competition for "new world wonder" in the Netherlands
Product design desperately needs to drop the notion that things can be made based on an "average-sized" human being, writes Karen Korellis Reuther. More about "Women are living in a physical world that is too often designed without them in mind"
Charity organisation Sunflower Network has opened a paediatric clinic in Brody, Ukraine, which it claims is the country's first healthcare infrastructure to open since Russia's invasion in 2022. More about Sunflower Network opens modular children's hospital in Ukraine
Lanterns, alley-like walkways and other details reminiscent of Tokyo's Golden Gai neighbourhood feature in this restaurant designed by Joyce Wang Studio in Hong Kong. More about Tokyo's drinking alleys inform interior of Genso restaurant by Joyce Wang Studio
Architecture studio Ortega Diago has transformed part of a warehouse in San Sebastian, Spain, into a locker room and changing facility for more than 100 factory workers. More about Ortega Diago creates brutalist changing rooms for San Sebastian factory
Dezeen School Shows: a hotel located in a former railway station in New York City is among the projects from students at Pratt Institute. More about Hotel in former New York City train terminal among projects from Pratt Institute
Continuing our Future Stadium series, we take a look at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, where Populous aimed to innovate the stadium typology with a multifunctional design that prioritised the fan experience. More about Tottenham Hotspur Stadium by Populous "democratised the stadium experience"
Recycled plastic tiles that mimic natural slate cloak a dormer extension at this terraced home in London, which has been updated and expanded by local practice YN Studio. More about YN Studio extends London home around light-filled stairwell
Architecture studio Vector Architects has arranged a cluster of art galleries around a preserved Banyan tree canopy near Guangzhou, China. More about Vector Architects rejects "white cube" design for Aranya Art Center Guangzhou
Japanese studio Kenta Sano & Associates has completed a four-storey building in Tokyo that that has a glass-fronted dance studio on its lower floors and a house on top. More about Tokyo Ballet House combines ballet studio and home
Dezeen School Shows: a proposal to reimagine the historic Japanese port town of Tomonoura is among the projects from the Singapore University of Technology and Design. More about Japanese port town regeneration among projects from Singapore University of Technology and Design
Brazilian studio Suite Arquitetos has used Portinari ceramic tiles to create a residential-style show space during Casacor São Paulo 2026. More about Suite Arquitetos installs rust-toned Casa Magma showroom in São Paulo
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup reaching its conclusion and in keeping with our Future Stadium series, we've rounded up all the stadiums set to host matches at the 2030 World Cup, which will be played across three continents. More about All 23 stadiums set to host the 2030 World Cup
Australian interiors studio YSG has converted a historic warehouse in Sydney into a modern co-working space. More about YSG evokes Mojave desert for warehouse conversion in Sydney
Local practice Note Design Studio has completed Villa Österlen, a holiday home in southern Sweden designed as a contemporary take on the traditional rural dwellings of Skåne county. More about Note Design Studio looks to traditional farmsteads for villa in southern Sweden
Architecture studio OMA has designed a "jewel box" restaurant clad in cork inside its recently completed extension to the New Museum in Manhattan. More about OMA's Oberon restaurant at the New Museum is "hidden in plain sight"
Dezeen School Shows: the reimagining of a former seaside thermal power plant north of Barcelona set out in painterly visualisations is among projects by Elisava students. More about Adaptive reuse of Barcelona power plant among projects by Elisava
A one-kilometer-long series of terraces and planted staircases wraps around a trio of interconnected buildings in Shenzhen, China, for tech company TP-Link. More about KPF wraps China skyscraper in one-kilometer-long "landscape ribbon"
Our latest lookbook features eight living rooms in cottages united by their peaceful interiors, from the Scottish Highlands to Czechia's Bohemian Forest. More about Eight cottage living room interiors fit for a rural retreat
Architecture studio Bokey Grant has designed a monolithic house on the edge of a bushland escarpment in New South Wales, Australia. More about Bokey Grant creates "low-tech" sanctuary in Australian Flame Zone