Barbican curator Karen Van Godtsenhoven and assistant curator Jon Astbury discuss the subversive role of dirt in fashion in this video produced by Dezeen to mark the opening of the London cultural centre's new exhibition. More about Barbican exhibition Dirty Looks explores the "disruptive" potential of dirt
US architecture studio Populous has revealed images of the expansion to the Los Angeles Convention Center in Downtown Los Angeles in conjunction with the project's groundbreaking, which took place earlier this month. More about Populous reveals images of Los Angeles Convention Center "decades in the making"
Mexican architecture studio Pedro & Juana has opened up the roof of a Valle de Bravo house to install a pine staircase, which connects to a residential extension higher on the site. More about Pedro & Juana creates wooden tunnel staircase to bridge Mexico house extension
Chicago is an "anchor" for architecture and design in the US, according to panellists at a Dezeen talk filmed in partnership with King Living at its showroom in Chicago, Illinois. More about "Chicago is an icon of great design" says panel at Dezeen x King Living talk
London studio Carmody Groarke has overhauled a gallery at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, UK, reinstating 19th-century details including timber trusses and cobbled floors. More about Carmody Groarke completes "transformative yet discreet" overhaul of Manchester museum
Dezeen has announced the design shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes projects by India Mahdavi, Konstantin Grcic and MVRDV. More about Dezeen Awards 2025 design shortlist reveals 79 leading projects
Global architecture studio SOM has revealed the 2026 Winter Olympics Athletes' Village in Porta Romana, Milan, which was completed in 30 months and will be turned into student housing after the games. More about SOM unveils Winter Olympics Athletes' Village on former railyard in Milan
Dutch artist and OMA co-founder Madelon Vriesendorp has been awarded this year's Soane Medal for her surrealist artworks that "continue to influence the architects of today and tomorrow". More about OMA co-founder Madelon Vriesendorp wins 2025 Soane Medal for architecture
Dutch studio MVRDV has made its CarbonSpace web-based tool, which can be used to estimate the embodied carbon of a building at the early design phases, free to the public. More about MVRDV releases web-based tool to "help architects design with carbon from day one"
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed its design for the 35-storey office and residential Alta Tower in Belgrade, Serbia. More about Zaha Hadid Architects unveils Belgrade skyscraper for Serbian bank
Swooping stools referencing early surfboards and frosted acrylic lighting featured in this year's edition of The Mindcraft Project, an annual exhibition of Danish design and craft in Copenhagen. More about The Mindcraft Project showcases 10 designs informed by "nature's geometry and laws of physics"
London's discarded takeaway coffee cups are given a long and useful life in Cupsan, a new biomaterial that local design practice Blast Studio has started producing at scale. More about Blast Studio launches Cupsan biomaterial made from London coffee cups
Promotion: British lighting brand Tala has collaborated with Heatherwick Studio to create a sunrise alarm clock disguised as a table lamp, with no visible buttons or screens to bring a sense of "analogue calm" into the bedroom. More about Tala and Thomas Heatherwick's Wake bedside lamp doubles as a "non-alarming alarm"
The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York has brought together work across various disciplines for an exhibition on accessible and inclusive design, including a colourful rolling closet that neatly displays donated clothing. More about Adapt/Evolve in New York showcases "empathy" in designing for accessibility
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the world's largest skate ramp. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features the "most hardcore thing I've ever seen"
From a massive metal greenhouse placed in an art gallery to vibrant red-vinyl seats, here are the stand-out designs from Los Angeles Design Weekend selected by US editor Ben Dreith. More about Dezeen selects eight elegant objects from Los Angeles Design Weekend
Dezeen School Shows: a handheld device designed to help stroke survivors regain movement is among the projects from students at OCAD University. More about Rehabilitation device for stroke survivors among projects from OCAD University
Scottish architecture studio O'DonnellBrown has overhauled and extended a 1970s community centre in Kilmarnock to create a performing arts hub for the charity organisation Take A Bow. More about O'DonnellBrown frames Scottish performing arts hub with timber colonnade
Dezeen has announced the interiors shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes projects by Dimore Studio, Lina Ghotmeh and Isern Serra. More about Dezeen Awards 2025 interiors shortlist highlights world's most striking spaces
A pair of old farm buildings in Denmark will be incorporated into this museum, designed by architecture studio Cobe to celebrate the work of Danish furniture designer Hans J Wegner. More about Cobe plans Museum Wegner for "an absolute legend in Danish design"