Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Poltrona Frau has presented a selection of furniture on Dezeen Showroom, including a leather sofa with smile-shaped armrests and a bookcase with panels that users can slide to create geometric patterns. More about Leather-upholstered furniture from Poltrona Frau feature on Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Courses: interested in obtaining a design degree in London? We've rounded up five courses available at the University of East London. More about Five architecture and design courses at the University of East London
Nigerien architect Mariam Issoufou Kamara's studio Atelier Masōmī has revealed visuals of the Bët-bi museum near Kaolack in Senegal, which will draw on the area's ancient megaliths. More about Atelier Masōmī unveils design for geometric Bët-bi art museum in Senegal
Ecuadorian studio Leppanen Anker Arquitectura took cues from traditional haciendas to create a sculptural house in the Andes Mountains that is made of stone, wood and clay. More about Wavy roof tops Ecuador home by Leppanen Anker Arquitectura
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a plant-covered building in Silicon Valley by Kengo Kuma. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a plant-covered building by Kengo Kuma
American studio CLB Architects has created a circular wood-and-steel "chapel" in New York City's Times Square to mark the return of the city's annual NYCxDesign festival. More about CLB places steel "chapel" in Times Square for NYCxDesign
Promotion: now in its ninth year, Dubai Design Week's Downtown Design trade show has been instrumental in helping the emirate to establish its own contemporary design language, according to local creatives. More about The idea that clients in the Middle East seek ornamented interiors is outdated, say local designers
New York office SO-IL and Parisian studio FREAKS have completed the renovation and extension of an 18th-century glass factory in France, adding a sweeping concrete plaza that unites a series of cultural spaces. More about SO-IL and FREAKS extend glass museum in France with sweeping public plaza
Ahead of Crossrail's long-awaited opening this month, Dezeen was given an exclusive tour of one of its stations by Julian Robinson, head of architecture for the mammoth subterranean railway in London. More about Elizabeth Line "more mannered" than Jubilee predecessor says head of architecture
The legacy of deconstructivism was the death of postmodernism, says US architect Peter Eisenman in this exclusive interview as part of our series investigating the 20th-century style. More about Deconstructivism "killed off postmodernism" says Peter Eisenman
A vase that echoes the colours of Petra and a hot pink piggy bank shaped like a squeezed balloon are among the objects in the Departures collection of Jordanian collectible designs from gallery Adorno. More about Tradition and playfulness meet in Departures collection of Jordanian design
Düsseldorf studio Urselmann Interior has renovated its own office interiors using biodegradable, recycled or upcycled materials, including glueless joinery and a cellulose-based wall cladding. More about Urselmann Interior renovates own office using recycled and biodegradable materials
American fashion designer Thom Browne's Autumn Winter 2022 show in New York City was an ode to toys and featured sculptural tailoring and an audience of 500 teddy bears. More about Thom Browne holds "teddy talk" for toy-inspired Autumn Winter 2022 collection
The New York office of Dutch architecture studio OMA has revealed plans to turn a commercial bakery in Detroit into a mixed-use art and education facility named Lantern. More about OMA to transform derelict bakery in Detroit into gallery and artist studios
Local studio Mesh Architectures has completed Timber House, a condominium in Brooklyn that developer The Brooklyn Home Company claims is "the largest mass timber building in New York City." More about Park Slope condo becomes New York City's "largest mass-timber building"
A gridded facade dotted with trees animates the inner-city IKEA Vienna Westbahnhof store, which local studio Querkraft Architekten has deliberately designed without parking spaces. More about Gridded facade defines car-free IKEA store in Vienna by Querkraft Architekten
Austrian studio Coop Himmelb(l)au's rooftop extension on Falkestrasse in Vienna was one of the earliest completed deconstructionist buildings. Continuing our series reinvestigating the style, we look at the dramatic loft conversion. More about Coop Himmelb(l)au's Falkestrasse rooftop "broke every rule"
International group Design Holding is acquiring a majority shareholding in Denmark-based Designers Company, which owns brands including Menu, from investment company Polaris. More about Design Holding acquires Menu, By Lassen and Brdr Petersen
Icelandic architect Arnhildur Palmadottir has revealed her "radical and gigantic" Lavaforming proposal at this year's DesignMarch festival in Reykjavík. More about Arnhildur Palmadottir proposes building cities from lava
In this video the founders of Londons studio Tonkin Liu delve into their design of a medical stent with an expanding lace-like structure, which has recently received a patent. More about Short film spotlights Tonkin Liu's stent that echoes "geometry from nature"