In this week's comments update, readers are discussing videos released by US company Alef Aeronautics of an electric flying car in California. More about "What could possibly go wrong?" asks commenter
The UK government has announced debarment investigations for the architecture and construction firms related to the deadly Grenfell Tower fire, as well as building safety reforms. More about Grenfell Tower architects and construction firms face debarment investigation
Spanish studio Bofill Taller de Arquitectura has revealed designs for the 190-metre-tall Barcelona Tower skyscraper in Tirana, Albania. More about Bofill Taller de Arquitectura to create red twisted skyscraper in Tirana
A storm felled-timber chair and a giant mushroom lamp are among our highlights from this year's Collect fair for contemporary craft and collectible design, opening today at Somerset House in London. More about Six home objects pushing natural materials to their limit from Collect 2025
New York-based designer Nik Bentel has unveiled the RC Car Handbag, a leather accessory that functions as a fully operational remote-control car. More about Nik Bentel creates remote-control handbag informed by toy cars
Promotion: this month saw electric vehicle brand Zeekr partner with Stockholm Design Week to celebrate emerging and established studios pushing the boundaries of design. More about Zeekr celebrates "inimitable" Swedish design talent at Stockholm Design Week
A lunar lander designed by space exploration company Intuitive Machines began a mission to the moon, carrying objects such as a BIG-designed data centre and a protective material by sportswear company Columbia for testing. More about BIG-designed hard drive launches to the moon on SpaceX rocket
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a Scandi robot servant designed by robotics firm 1X. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features humanoid robot designed to assist with household chores
Chicago has approved plans for architecture studio RIOS and landscape studio Field Operations to transform 55-acres around the United Center arena as part of the 1901 Project. More about United Center's parking lots to be turned into "network of plazas and paseos"
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have created a thin and flexible fibre computer and woven it into clothes, suggesting a potential alternative to current wearable electronics. More about MIT researchers create "fibre computer" that can be woven into clothes
Promotion: Dezeen is partnering with New York's International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) for the ninth edition of its Look Book design exhibition of curated products from North America. More about ICFF and Dezeen celebrate North American design at Look Book 2025
Designer Monica Förster has created Berghem, a holiday home designed to blend into its rocky surroundings in the Stockholm archipelago, as her first-ever architecture project. More about Monica Förster makes architectural debut with "deconstructed" summer house
Non-profit company Urban-Think Tank Empower has completed a development in the South African township of Khayelitsha, creating a triangle of terraced housing that it says provides a model for how to build in the country's informal settlements. More about UTT Empower grows shacks into safe and vibrant terrace housing in South Africa
Dezeen has teamed up with technology brand ASUS for the second year running to curate a major exhibition at Milan design week, which will feature an interactive installation by Studio INI. More about Dezeen and ASUS to bring new Design You Can Feel exhibition to Milan design week
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed designs for the Centre of Mediterranean Culture, which is currently under construction on its coastal site in Reggio Calabria, Italy. More about Zaha Hadid Architects designs starfish-like cultural centre in Italy
To celebrate Ramadan, local studio Faum Architecture and artist Zarah Hussain have created the vibrant pink Ramadan Pavilion in Bradford, the 2025 UK City of Culture, featuring repeating arch forms that reference Islamic and gothic architecture. More about Ramadan pavilion fuses historical architecture of Bradford and Mecca
Front's Anna Lindgren and Sofia Lagerkvist have unveiled three 3D-printed vases that were designed by artificial intelligence based on their two-dimensional drawings. More about Front uses AI to translate sketches into "brilliantly bad" objects
The 200-metre-long roof canopy above the Sydney Fish Market, designed by architecture studios 3XN and BVN, has been completed. More about Southern hemisphere's largest timber roof tops Sydney Fish Market
With bar and cafe interiors announced as a new Dezeen Awards category this year, we've rounded up a selection of bakeries, coffee shops and bars as inspiration for your entries. More about Five cafes that transform into bars at night
Creative director Rudy Guénaire has completed an interior in Reims, France for his own restaurant, inspired by the iconic modernist interiors and colours of California. More about Rudy Guénaire designs PNY restaurant as an ode to modernist California