Berlin-based artist Martin Binder has installed the Balance Bench in Einbeck, Germany, which acts like a seesaw. More about Martin Binder designs seesaw bench to encourage "more playfulness and less polarisation"
Local studio Sanders Pace Architecture has completed a steel pavilion with an "innovative structural cantilever system" in a 100-acre park in Knoxville, Tennessee. More about Sanders Pace Architecture cantilevers porous steel pavilion over Tennessee park
Dezeen School Shows: a series of pavilions along an abandoned Parisian railway, designed to engage the senses, are among the architectural proposals from students at Architectural Institute Paris. More about Immersive sensory pavilion among projects by students at Architectural Institute Paris
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Architecture studio Gensler has revealed designs for a 22,000-seat stadium for the Chicago Fire FC soccer team that will be the anchor for The 78 development in the city. More about Gensler unveils design for Chicago Fire FC soccer stadium
Architecture studio Henning Larsen has unveiled Højvangen Church in Skanderborg, Denmark, which aims to balance the community and spiritual needs of a contemporary church. More about Henning Larsen designs Danish church as "space for reflection, gathering and encounter"
French studio Chatillon Architectes has completed the final phase of its transformation of the historic Grand Palais on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, now set to become the temporary home of Centre Pompidou. More about Grand Palais fully reopens following Chatillon Architectes restoration
UK-based Architects for Gaza has written an open letter to RIBA demanding it table a resolution to remove Israel from the UAI and publicly condemn the destruction in Gaza. More about Architects for Gaza demand RIBA call for an "expulsion of Israel" from International Union of Architects
Architecture studio MAD has created a canopy that reinterprets traditional Chinese oil-paper umbrellas at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More about MAD installs draping Chinese Paper Umbrella at Venice Architecture Biennale
Japan is having a moment. Michelle Ogundehin considers what the West can learn from the country's approach to design and culture. More about "Japan has perfected the art of questioning the norm"
Architecture studio Stufish created a futuristic interpretation of a Roman amphitheatre for a stage at an electronic music festival on Italy's Adriatic Coast. More about Stufish builds dance-music colosseum for Adriatic Sound Festival
At Copenhagen's 3 Days of Design festival, Dutch manufacturer Aifunghi is debuting a series of furry mycelium chairs that prove sustainable furniture doesn't have to look drab and can actually be produced at a "semi-industrial" scale. More about Moooi alumni launch design brand to make mycelium furniture "a little bit more sexy"
British designer John Pawson has created Whitescale, a colour palette that features only white hues, including marble, milk and salt, that was showcased during 3 Days of Design. More about John Pawson develops paint collection of 14 "perfect white" hues for Bleo
Architecture studio WATG and Wimberly Interiors have completed a boutique hotel in Wuxi, China, evoking a sense of tranquility informed by local poetry. More about Hotel Wuxi MGallery Collection informed by historical poet's home
Dezeen School Shows: a book with a typeface design inspired by the ancient Slavic script of Glagolitic is among the design projects by students at Vilnius Academy of Arts. More about Typeface informed by ancient script among projects from Vilnius Academy of Arts
Rhode Island design studio Pneuhaus worked with production designer Sue Chan to produce hundreds of inflatable cushions made from a flexible plastic for the design of sci-fi habitats on the set of AppleTV+'s Murderbot series. More about Pneuhaus innovates inflatable panelling for extraterrestrial buildings in Murderbot series
Non-profit organisation HouseEurope! has been named winner of this year's Obel Award for "its spearheading role" in creating a fairer and more sustainable construction industry across Europe. More about Sustainable construction organisation HouseEurope! wins Obel Award 2025
Curved walls, breezeways and gill-like openings "channel and intensify " the wind to naturally cool this office in Jakarta, Indonesia, designed by local architecture studio RAD+ar. More about RAD+ar carves planted breezeways into Sagehaus Office Garden in Jakarta
Canadian designer Thom Fougere has created a series of commemorative tables for the G7 political summit in Alberta, Canada, using a stone unique to the region and commonly used on its civic buildings. More about Thom Fougere designs veiny stone tables for G7 summit at remote Canadian lodge
Melbourne City Council has decided that the MPavilion by Japanese architect Tadao Ando will remain in Queen Victoria Gardens until 2030. More about Tadao Ando's concrete MPavilion to remain on site for five years