Japanese design studio Nendo has created a gold-coloured Christmas tree for the Tokyo Midtown shopping centre in Roppongi, Tokyo, with kinetic cutouts designed to resemble "sparkling lights". More about Nendo designs polyhedral Christmas tree with flickering star-shaped cutouts
This week on Dezeen, we looked ahead to the FIFA World Cup 2026, rounding up the 16 stadiums across the USA, Mexico and Canada that are set to host the games. More about This week we looked ahead to the World Cup 2026
NYC-based firm Garrison Architects has completed an animal shelter in Staten Island, which is wrapped in full-height translucent walls that provide even lighting conditions throughout the day. More about Polycarbonate-wrapped rescue shelter by Garrison Architects maximises light for animals
Chicago-based Studio Gang has completed a pair of residential buildings called the Q Residences in Amsterdam with balconies that "migrate in and out of the facade" and a public plaza that links them. More about Studio Gang unveils its first European buildings in Amsterdam
Austere concrete block walls conceal a timber-framed structure that fans out to overlook a garden and pond at House that Opens up to the Sun in the Czech Republic, designed by local studio Stempel & Tesar. More about Stempel & Tesar completes curved home overlooking a Czech forest
Next in our review of 2022, we collect 10 of the most popular furniture and homeware designs published on Dezeen this year, from a high-powered office chair by Volkswagen to stools made of olive waste. More about Dezeen's top 10 furniture and homeware designs of 2022
Architecture studios Grimshaw, HWKN, WHY and Farshid Moussavi have partnered with metaverse company Pax.world to create a series of virtual hubs informed by the ancient Silk Road. More about Grimshaw and Farshid Moussavi create metaverse social spaces
The leadership team of British architecture and interior design practice Conran and Partners has finalised a management buyout of the company, which is now owned by its principals. More about Leadership team buys British studio Conran and Partners
Proponents of the built-from-scratch smart cities emerging around the globe fail to understand that communities cannot be created through technological innovation, write Adam Scott and Dave Waddell. More about "Cities born fully formed are simply bad ideas thrown at the world"
Architecture office OHLAB has renovated a historical apartment building in Palma de Mallorca introducing contemporary elements including a meandering wooden walkway that contrast with the original features. More about OHLAB celebrates historical details at Can Santacilia apartments in Palma de Mallorca
British designer Thomas Heatherwick's studio has opened its first office outside of the UK at 1000 Trees in Shanghai, a commercial building designed by the practice that opened late last year. More about Heatherwick Studio opens "first permanent overseas base" in Shanghai
Ukrainian architects Veronika Arutunyan and Olga Malyshenko have transformed the interior of a former factory in Kyiv into meeting and manufacturing spaces for fashion label Sleeper. More about Sleeper turns Kyiv shoe factory into eclectic headquarters
Dezeen School Shows: for this roundup of student projects, we've selected six architectural designs for religious and multi-faith buildings that have been presented on Dezeen School Shows. More about Six student architecture designs for religious buildings
Promotion: creative think-tank Be Open has launched an international competition inviting students and graduates to come up with innovative ways of advancing sustainable energy systems. More about Call for entries to Be Open's Better Energy by Design competition
Design studio Coordination has combined two attic apartments into a single penthouse in Berlin, crafting its interiors around the owner's art collection. More about Coordination merges Berlin attic apartments to create artsy penthouse
New York architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has been selected to renovate the Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas, Texas, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro set to restore Frank Lloyd Wright theatre in Dallas
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Debate newsletter features BIG's completed Iqon skyscraper in Quito, Ecuador. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features BIG's "beautiful" concrete skyscraper in Ecuador
Paz Arquitectura created a compact mixed-use building in the middle of Guatemala's capital city with "strict geometry interlocked with constant movement". More about Paz Architectura creates a stacked structure meant to reflect "basic concepts of time"
Promotion: online art and furniture shop Singulart helps art enthusiasts choose work from over 12,000 designers in over 110 countries, while allowing them to search via a "myriad of specifications". More about Online platform Singulart showcases art and furniture from over 110 countries
Dezeen Showroom: Australian brand Derlot has collaborated with designer Alexander Lotersztain on a seating system informed by German highways. More about Autobahn seating by Alexander Lotersztain for Derlot