A mass-timber structure designed by a pair of architects as their holiday home and a house that was renovated by a studio principal for her mother feature in our houses of the month list for September. More about Dezeen's top five houses of September 2025
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has converted an old factory on the island of Teshima into a cafe, swapping its metal walls with polycarbonate that allows light into the building. More about Schemata Architects turns ironworks on former "garbage island" into cafe and brewery
MAD founder Ma Yansong discusses a range of projects featured in a solo exhibition at Rotterdam's Nieuwe Instituut with curator Aric Chen in this recorded conversation produced by Dezeen. More about "I don't believe in a fixed style or methodology" says Ma Yansong in talk with Aric Chen
Earthy tones and tactile materials characterise Toybox, a 160-year-old Portuguese-style home in Goa, restored by Indian practice Grounded. More about Grounded adapts 160-year-old Goan home for contemporary living
Architecture studio BIG has completed a building at Claremont McKenna College in Los Angeles made of "a series of parallel building volumes side by side" that surrounds a central atrium. More about BIG completes "first built project in Los Angeles" at Claremont McKenna College
Central Saint Martins is developing emotional and conceptual tools to navigate how students ethically approach artificial intelligence, says Alex Warnock-Smith, programme director of its Spatial Practices programme. More about "AI has a significant impact on thinking and practice" says CSM's Alex Warnock-Smith
International studio MASS Design Group renovated and adapted six derelict factory buildings into a mixed-use community hub in New York's Hudson Valley. More about MASS Design Group turns historic New York factory into community hub
Dezeen School Shows: a proposal for modern housing in Berlin's former East Side, informed by housing strategies in Barcelona, is among the projects from Washington University in St Louis. More about Berlin housing proposal among projects from Washington University in St Louis
A pastel colour palette, metal canopies and furniture informed by children's block games lend a playful feel to Gyöngyszem Kindergarten in Budapest, Hungary, renovated by local studio Archikon. More about Archikon updates prefabricated 1960s kindergarten to be "playful and liveable"
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled the 90-metre-long, four-storey-high Humanise Wall as the centrepiece of the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. More about Heatherwick reveals twisted Humanise Wall at Seoul Architecture Biennale
Architect Terry Farrell, best-known for the postmodern MI6 and TV-am buildings, along with his high-tech collaborations with the late Nicholas Grimshaw, has passed away at the age of 87. More about "Maverick and non-conformist" architect Terry Farrell dies aged 87
Designer Marc Newson has made his first foray into runway sets, combining blocks of 101 different colours into an undulating terrain to host Fendi's Spring Summer 2026 presentation at Milan Fashion Week. More about Marc Newson forges landscape of colourful pixels for Fendi
Open Architecture has risen quickly to become one of China's most influential studios and is now set to design a major exhibition in Sydney. In this interview, married founders Huang Wenjing and Li Hu explain their unusual approach. More about "If a client wants a specific style, it's kind of boring to us" says Open Architecture
A medical device to support a newborn's body during resuscitation and a pregnancy test feature in this roundup of the curators' favourite pieces from the Designing Motherhood exhibition. More about Five highlights from the Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births exhibition
Dezeen has announced the shortlisted projects for this year's Dezeen Awards China, which include a seaside pavilion on the remote island of Chaishan and a cultural centre sheltered by sloping roofs in Guangzhou. More about Over 100 architecture, interiors and design projects shortlisted for Dezeen Awards China 2025
Students from London's Architectural Association have developed a low-cost and easily repeatable way to build with tree forks – a type of timber that is usually discarded as waste even though it is unusually strong. More about AA Design & Make students devise simple way to build with tree forks
Identical shipping container-style units make up this hotel, where guests feel as though they are "on Mars" at the edge of Joshua Tree National Park, designed by Benjamin Uyeda, Adam Wininger and Gry Space. More about Prefabricated containers form Reset Hotel in California's high desert
London studio James Grayley Architecture has used red bricks, oak shingles and terracotta floors to give a rustic character to its extension of Church Cottage, an old farmhouse in Suffolk, UK. More about James Grayley Architecture finishes Suffolk cottage extension with "hairy shingle exterior"
A chicken-shaped observation deck and a geometric classroom were among the playful installations on show at Cabin Fever 2025 in the Czech Republic. More about Five playful and functional pavilions from Cabin Fever 2025
Emory University scientist Roxana Chicas has collaborated with the Georgia Institute of Technology to create a wearable biopatch for outdoor workers to monitor and protect their health. More about Roxana Chicas designs wearable patch for early detection of heat exposure