Government funding cuts will make it much harder for architecture firms in England to take on apprentices, having a major negative impact on the profession, writes RIBA president Muyiwa Oki. More about "There is a dark cloud over architecture apprenticeships"
The UK government has announced the shortlist for the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial, with studios Foster + Partners, Heatherwick Studio, WilkinsonEyre and Jamie Fobert Architects in the running. More about Foster and Heatherwick shortlisted to design Queen Elizabeth II Memorial
Spanish designer Jorge Penadés has unveiled a Madrid Design Festival exhibition showing how the discarded roots of olive trees could be turned into design objects. More about Jorge Penadés shows new uses for olive tree roots in Uprooted exhibition
Designers Samuel Ross and Henry Holland have joined the judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2025, alongside architect Carol Ross Barney and interior designer Tatjana von Stein. More about Samuel Ross, Tatjana von Stein and Henry Holland named Dezeen Awards 2025 judges
Designer Rio Kobayashi used salvaged wood to craft furniture and sculptures that are on display alongside works by American painter Fritz Rauh as part of an exhibition at California gallery Blunk Space. More about Rio Kobayashi creates furniture from redwood offcuts for Blunk Space exhibition
Promotion: architecture competition organiser Buildner has opened its competition for designers to create a futuristic home suitable for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). More about Entries open for Buildner's House of the Future competition
A 1970s office complex in Hampshire by engineering firm Arup, which is celebrated for its cascading green terraces, has been reborn as Plant following a renovation by a troop of British architecture studios and landscapers. More about British studios regenerate landmark "Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke" office
Italian design studio Pininfarina's Yachthouse has become the tallest building in Brazil, located in the skyscraper capital of Balneário Camboriú whose recent flurry of skyscraper construction was recently examined in a Dezeen feature. More about Brazil's tallest skyscraper features design informed by "nautical heritage"
American designer Ben Pennell worked with Virginia Tech students to create an experimental house with an exoskeletal structure on a sloped site in Christiansburg, Virginia, USA. More about Ben Pennell supports DIY house in Virginia with "exoskeleton" structure
Fluid shapes and ribbon-like bridges animate the Capital International Exhibition and Convention Centre, designed by UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects as "Beijing's largest" convention centre. More about Copper-coloured curves define Beijing convention centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
Local studio Dominic McKenzie Architects has extended a Victorian home in south London, uniting old and new with arched motifs that appear as decorative brickwork, openings and even a small cat door. More about Dominic McKenzie Architects enlivens Segmental House with arched details
Dezeen has launched Dezeen Competitions, a dedicated platform for discovering and participating in top architecture and design competitions worldwide. More about Dezeen Competitions launches to provide a platform for architecture and design contests
Norwegian robotics firm 1X has developed a humanoid robot for home chores that is wrapped in beige knitwear to "complement living spaces rather than disrupt them". More about Scandi robot servant Neo Gamma is dressed head-to-toe in beige knitwear
Architect duo Mathias Mentze and Alexander Ottenstein has swapped minimalist white for a range of soft colours in their overhaul of a thatched 19th-century country house in Jels, Denmark. More about Mentze Ottenstein is clever with colour in revamp of Dinesen Country Home
Designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello embraced the difficulties of working with copper in Nigeria, where the material is mined but rarely sold, to make his latest metal furniture collection for Los Angeles gallery Marta. More about Nifemi Marcus-Bello explores exploitation of Africa's natural resources with copper furniture
A football field, housing and retail spaces are united beneath a single swooping roof at Tammela Stadium in Tampere, designed by Finnish studio JKMM Architects as "a miniature city". More about JKMM Architects combines football stadium with housing in Finland
Industrial designer Tej Chauhan has revamped the 1960s DiaStar by Swiss watchmaker Rado, adding brightly coloured accents and a chunky bezel informed by golden sci-fi space helmets. More about Tej Chauhan's latest Rado watch tells the wearer when it's "party time"
New York studio General Assembly has outfitted a residence inside the SO-IL-designed 144 Vanderbilt development in Brooklyn, creating a model apartment that doubles as a shoppable design gallery. More about General Assembly curates model residence at Brooklyn's 144 Vanderbilt
A cluster of wooden cabins modelled on fishing huts surround a patio and swimming pool at Casa Donovan, completed by Portuguese studio PIMAA Architects in the coastal village of Comporta. More about PIMAA Architects organises Portuguese home across cluster of cabins
It divides opinion, but brutalist-style design can be deployed to great effect in the kitchen. In this lookbook, we collect eight recent examples. More about Eight brutalist kitchens where cooking meets concrete