Local clay and rubble from buildings razed during Apartheid were fired into bricks and fittings for the Rahmah Library in Cape Town, South Africa, completed by local studio The MAAK. More about The MAAK incorporates Apartheid-era demolition rubble into Cape Town school library
Dutch Design Week kicks off in Eindhoven tomorrow. Ahead of northern Europe's biggest design festival, we have rounded up 10 installations and exhibitions to look out for during the city-wide event. More about Ten things to look forward to at Dutch Design Week 2025
Design studio Uchronia has showcased works by British artists, including chairs made from extruded plastic and seafoam-green glass sculptures, in a suite at London's Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park for Frieze Art Fair. More about Uchronia designs celadon-hued suite at Mandarin Oriental hotel as "weird underwater world"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a wood-lined diabetes health centre in Copenhagen created by Danish studio Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. More about "A cathedral of wood" says commenter
London studios AHMM and TiggColl have completed a 12-storey building near Notting Hill, combining hotel stays and residences under the same roof. More about Mason & Fifth offers short and long stays in canal-side building by AHMM and TiggColl
As part of Designers' Saturday festival in Oslo, curators Kirsten Visdal and Per Olav Sølvberg displayed an array of vintage and contemporary Nordic design objects in the home of artist Paul Hellsegg. More about Zeitgeist 2.0 exhibition transforms artist's home into showcase for "new Norwegian design movement"
Design studio Symbolplus has renovated its office in Tokyo, using earthen plaster and delicate Japanese paper to complement the existing building. More about Symbolplus "quietly integrates" natural materials into its own office in Tokyo
The Appleby Blue Almshouse social housing complex in London, designed by local studio Witherford Watson Mann Architects, has won this year's RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK's best new building. More about "Hopeful and imaginative" social housing wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2025
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a colourful modular playground at a primary school in China. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features modular sports playground by Lego and Nike
Danish architecture studio BIG and New York studio Rockwell Group have completed a student centre at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, USA made of a cluster of mass timber volumes that ascend up the building's sloped site. More about BIG completes mass-timber "village of 29 pavilions" at Johns Hopkins
US president Donald Trump has held a briefing on a proposed classical-style triumphal arch that may be installed in Washington DC as part of the celebrations to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026. More about Trump doubles down on classical capital with "Arc de Trump" proposal
Dezeen Showroom: Australian design brand Bankston Architectural has published a selection of its latest door knobs, pulls and handles on Dezeen Showroom. More about Bankston Architectural uses tactile natural materials to create door hardware
An exposed concrete-framed extension frames views across a garden and sunken studio at this Victorian townhouse in Hampstead, converted into apartments by local architecture studio Pinzauer. More about Pinzauer transforms historic Hampstead home with concrete-framed pavilion
Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled plans for an interfaith complex on a hillside near Tirana, Albania, which will have a cluster of pavilions that celebrate different religions. More about BIG to weave tree-like interfaith complex through Albanian hillside
People have long searched for ways to reduce the time it takes to construct buildings but instead we should be trying to slow architecture down, writes Phineas Harper. More about "Like fast food and fast fashion, fast architecture is inevitably less fulfilling"
In a bid to reimagine "unpleasant and seemingly worthless" waste, Central Saint Martins graduate Olivia Gino has transformed cigarette butts into a shearling-style hat. More about Olivia Gino turns waste cigarette butts into fuzzy hat
Some of Johannesburg's most promising young designers joined forces for an exhibition at Design Week South Africa, using locally found and discarded materials to rewrite the narrative about their city. More about Emerging Johannesburg designers turn the city's rags to riches in The Price of Gold exhibition
Dezeen Events Guide has launched a guide to the 2025 edition of Dubai Design Week, highlighting the key events taking place from 4 to 9 November 2025. More about Dezeen Events Guide launches digital guide to Dubai Design Week 2025
A toilet-cleaning pod that doubles as a kidney disease screening device has been shortlisted as a global finalist in the James Dyson Award, recognising the best inventions by student and graduate designers. More about Urify is a toilet-cleaning tablet that helps diagnose kidney disease
Promotion: Portuguese furniture studio Viriato has created bespoke furniture and joinery for the Rosewood Amsterdam hotel, aiming to combine Dutch heritage with contemporary design. More about Viriato crafts luxurious furnishings for Rosewood hotel in Amsterdam