In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a cottage in the Scottish Highlands finished with a natural material palette of local timber, clay plaster and earthenware tiles. More about "Unpretentious, lovely human scale" says commenter
A brutalist home punctuated by large cut-outs in Portugal and a home wrapped in a shiny steel facade in South Korea are among Dezeen's houses of the month for March. More about Dezeen's top five houses of March 2025
A rainwater collecting tower and a garment that adapts to climate extremes are among the futuristic prototypes developed by Benjamin Hubert's studio Layer for a Milan design week exhibition marking the firm's 10th birthday. More about Layer anniversary exhibition uses traditional craft to present "provocative vision for the future"
Dezeen's design and environment editor Jennifer Hahn has been named Young Arts Journalist of the Year at the Chartered Institute of Journalists' inaugural Young Journalist Awards. More about Dezeen design editor named Young Arts Journalist of the Year
Interior design studio Yatofu has combined stainless steel, warm wood and sky blue accents to create the flagship store of 80-year-old Finnish jewellery brand Kalevala in Helsinki. More about Yatofu takes cues from Kalevala's metallic jewellery for brand's flagship store
Promotion: bathroom and kitchen brand Grohe will unveil an installation that explores water's "function, form and impact" at Milan design week 2025. More about Grohe's Milan design week installation encourages visitors to experience "the pure joy of water"
American architect David Childs, who designed the One World Trade skyscraper in Manhattan, has passed away in Pelham, New York at age 83. More about American skyscraper architect David Childs dies aged 83
US studio Desai Chia Architecture has merged barn design with "a contemporary sensibility" to create the Clinton Corners House, which features charred cedar facades and a crisp silhouette. More about Desai Chia Architecture creates black gabled house in Upstate New York
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the Portlantis exhibition centre by Dutch studio MVRDV. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features MVRDV's Rotterdam exhibition centre
American architect Deborah Berke continues to advocate for accessible, "ordinary" architecture in opposition to starchitecture following her 2025 AIA Gold Medal win, she tells Dezeen in this exclusive interview. More about General public "less focused on starchitects" says AIA Gold Medal-winner Deborah Berke
A concrete structure that cantilevers over a sloping hill defines Vipp Tunnel, a guesthouse on the coast of a rugged Tasmanian island by local architecture studio Room11. More about Room11 perches tunnel-like guesthouse deep in Tasmanian bush
Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has designed the monochrome Beijing flagship store for Swedish clothing brand Toteme, which features a pleated white stone facade. More about Herzog & de Meuron inserts zigzagged staircase in Toteme Beijing flagship store
Betty Joel was one of the UK's most successful designers and furniture makers during the 1920s and 30s. As part of our Art Deco Centenary series, her great-nephew, Clive Stewart-Lockhart, picks his favourite of Joel's designs. More about Nine designs by Britain's forgotten queen of art deco
ASUS and Dezeen's Design You Can Feel showcase, which features an interactive installation by Studio INI, opens from 8 to 13 April during Milan design week. More about ASUS and Dezeen's Design You Can Feel showcase opens on 8 April at Milan design week
Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced an initiative that aims to encourage incorporating traditional architecture in the country's urban developments. More about Saudi Arabia launches design guidelines to preserve country's "distinctive architectural styles"
Vast ceremonial spaces, a presidential palace and the largest mosque in Africa have been captured in these photographs of Egypt's New Administrative Capital, taken by Johan Blasberg. More about Photos reveal monumental scale of Egypt's new capital city
A Solar Biennale exhibition has opened at the EPFL Campus in Lausanne, Switzerland, showcasing architecture designed to harness light, heat or power from the sun. More about Sun Shines on Architecture exhibition celebrates solar buildings from across history
Promotion: on the eve of its centenary, Italian furniture brand Porro has opened a New York flagship store designed to resemble a "grand house" on Madison Avenue. More about Porro opens first dedicated US showroom in New York City
Local architecture studio AMASA Estudio has repaired a communal pavilion for a housing block in Mexico City as part of an overall effort to improve public spaces in the city. More about AMASA Estudio repairs derelict pavilion for Mexican social housing block
Los Angeles-based Assembledge+ and Jamie Bush + Co have teamed up to create the Rustic Canyon Residence in Pacific Palisades, referencing the form of a previous Richard Neutra design, updated using natural materials. More about Rustic Canyon Residence in Los Angeles references early Richard Neutra design