The NCPC is not expected to vote today on the contentious White House East Wing Modernization proposal, due to "the large amount of public input on the project". More about "Large amount of public input" delays White House ballroom vote
Local practice Wiercinski Studio has updated a 1930s villa in Poznań, Poland, creating a total of 45 bespoke, industrial-style fittings and furniture pieces to celebrate Polish craftsmanship. More about Wiercinski Studio designs bespoke, industrial-style furniture for renovation of historic villa
With the Pritzker Architecture Prize in potential jeopardy over its patron's links to Jeffrey Epstein, Edwin Heathcote reflects on the award's relevance in 2026. More about "Maybe the Pritzker delay says exactly what we need right now"
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has unveiled the design for a timber concert hall in Altdorf, Switzerland, which will be located inside a listed historic building. More about Shigeru Ban to create wooden concert hall inside 19th-century armoury
UNESCO has reported that World Heritage-listed Golestan Palace in Tehran has been damaged following a nearby airstrike in the Iranian capital. More about US-Israeli airstrike damages UNESCO-listed palace in Tehran
Technology brand Apple has launched the MacBook Neo, which it describes as its "most affordable laptop ever". More about Apple launches first-ever budget MacBook
Koko designer Archer Humphryes Architects has renovated the upstairs bar at London's iconic Ronnie Scott's jazz club to balance old-school glamour with the space's contemporary musical offering. More about Upstairs at Ronnie's is an intimate venue designed to help guests "lose their sense of time"
Design studio Akasaki & Vanhuyse has presented the Home-Home exhibition, which showcased works by 16 designers and artists in a modernist house in Chiba, Japan. More about Chiba design exhibition explores "the idea of home as both origin and destination"
Architecture studio Zeller & Moye has added a series of concrete insertions to a colonial building in Mérida, Mexico, to create the Hotel Sevilla. More about Zeller & Moye "combines ruinous character with luxury" for Mérida hotel
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have unveiled the Heirloom House project, a series of nine structural-concrete components that can be manually rearranged and that are intended to last for 1,000 years. More about MIT researchers design Heirloom House concrete components to last "1,000 years"
British designer Jasper Morrison and design brand Hay have collaborated on a collection of over more 30 objects designed for camping, styled with nautical striped fabrics informed by samples Morrison found in Majorca and the Pyrenees. More about Hay and Jasper Morrison collaborate on "useful and characterful" camping collection
Organisers in Montreal, Canada, have announced the first-ever dedicated design week for the city, including a trade show, conference and activities across a network of galleries and studios. More about Inaugural Montreal Design Week set to "energize the city" in April
Opposition to Donald Trump's White House expansion plans has focused on the building itself but the implications for the grounds are just as egregious, writes Charles A Birnbaum. More about "The proposed White House ballroom is wholly incompatible with the site"
Indian studio Madras Spaces has completed The Threshold House, a farmhouse in Tamil Nadu built using a locally sourced palette of repurposed brick, timber and tiles. More about Madras Spaces creates rural Indian home using "only what was necessary"
Chinese electronics company Honor has previewed a smartphone with an articulating robot arm at this week's Mobile World Congress. More about Honor's Robot Phone is a smartphone with an articulating arm
An office chair, a lighter and a close-up of a PDF on a laptop are among the everyday scenes hand-painted on canvases by design studio Formafantasma for the set of Marni's Autumn Winter 2026 show at Milan Fashion Week. More about Formafantasma creates "intentionally banal" set for Marni's Milan Fashion Week show
British architecture studios Allies and Morrison and Asif Khan Studio's plan to renew the Barbican Centre have received planning approval from the City of London Corporation. More about Plans for Barbican revamp get go-ahead
Lebanese-Italian studio AB+AC Architects has created an "urban retreat" with terracotta floors in Lisbon, Portugal, for clients who wanted to feel like they were living in the countryside. More about AB+AC Architects uses natural materials and sculptural furniture for House of Green Patios
Dutch social venture Shift has revealed the five shortlisted designs in a competition to design "a new wonder of the world" to promote action against climate change. More about Heatherwick, MVRDV and Mecanoo among shortlisted designs for "new world wonder"
A scalloped design by Snøhetta and Canadian studio Hariri Pontarini Architects has been selected for the Ontario Science Centre on the Toronto waterfront as part of a wider, years-long redevelopment of the area. More about Snøhetta and Hariri Pontarini Architects design revamped Ontario Science Centre