Hempcrete and timber were used to create this compact chicken coop in Portugal, designed by local architect Ricardo Leal to demonstrate that "even the most modest structures deserve careful thought". More about Ricardo Leal perches hempcrete chicken coop alongside Portuguese home
Considering building your own custom-made house? Here are eight examples of successful residential self-build projects from the Dezeen archives to get your creative juices flowing. More about Seven self-build housing projects to inspire your own
This week on Dezeen, we reported on Paris Fashion Week where fashion designer Rick Owens showed inflatable Adidas jogging suits. More about This week Rick Owens created air-conditioned tracksuits
Promotion: a Vietnamese temple and a Mexican tequila factory are among the eclectic winners of this year's Brick Award programme. More about Brick Award 2026 winners create "a sense of wonder and beauty"
Architecture studios The Miller Hull Partnership and Woods Bagot have completed an extension to Concourse C at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, integrating a large timber-clad "tree" that arches over a gathering space. More about Seattle airport expansion features massive timber-clad "tree"
Architecture studio BIG has completed the headquarters for Danish material supplier Dymak in Odense, Denmark, sheltering its rounded mass-timber structure with a roof evoking a Möbius strip. More about BIG arranges circular Dymak HQ around stepped courtyard
Jay Morton, director at architecture studio Bell Phillips, has been elected to become the next president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. More about Jay Morton elected RIBA president
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a 37-metre-wide jumbo wave that formed the backdrop of Louis Vuitton's Spring Summer 2027 menswear show in Paris. More about "Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't the world on fire?" says commenter
Would we wear the new Meta smart glasses? Is Frank Gehry's Abu Dhabi opera house actually pretty good? And why did Paris Fashion Week feel like the last days of the Roman Empire? Listen to the latest episode of Dezeen Weekly now. More about Can Kylie Jenner detoxify AI smart glasses?
Architecture studio Cubo has unveiled the Kornmarken Campus manufacturing innovation centre as the latest building on the Lego campus in Denmark. More about Cubo arranges "unmistakably Lego" innovation centre around 25‑tonne brick
The tongue of Lacoste's reptilian mascot served as the unlikely inspiration for this one-off Alpine A290 Rally, with all-red interiors designed to feel like "stepping into the crocodile's mouth". More about Lacoste incorporates 290 crocodiles into special edition Alpine race car
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features news that construction has commenced on Dar al Funoon Abu Dhabi, which was designed by Frank Gehry before his death. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Frank Gehry-designed venue in Abu Dhabi
Architecture studio Snøhetta has laid a hill-like green roof over timber-and-earth volumes for a building dedicated to American president Theodore Roosevelt, connecting it to the rolling landscape of North Dakota, USA. More about Snøhetta uses mass timber and earthen walls for Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
Perforated steel screens filter light into this multi-generational house in Coimbatore, India, which architecture studio SpaceDNA completed with an oxide-coated staircase that steps around a triple-height void. More about SpaceDNA arranges split levels of Indian home around rust-orange staircase
Three interconnected curved volumes and two office towers comprise the Tengyun Center in Shenzhen, China, which has been completed by architecture studio MAD for technology company Tencent. More about MAD adds trio of "cloud buildings" to Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen
Multidisciplinary team RUA Studio has won this year's Davidson Prize with Playdeck, a concept design that envisions repurposing decommissioned buses into playscapes for people of all ages. More about Davidson Prize winner proposes reusing buses as mobile playgrounds
Local firm Open Studio has created a gigantic fibreglass dumpling to illuminate and beckon visitors into Dumpling Darlings, a small-plates restaurant in Singapore's New Bahru shopping centre. More about Open Studio designs izakaya-style restaurant with "half-dipped dumpling" lamp
Local studio Stylus Architects has completed Green Lodge, a partially submerged family home in Roehampton Village, southwest London, where a series of sunken lightwells brings daylight into rooms set below ground. More about Sunken lightwells illuminate partially submerged London home by Stylus Architects
Local studio Pliskin Architecture has updated a rowhouse with an interlocking brick entry programme to create a two-family home that fits into the context of a Brooklyn street. More about Pliskin Architecture creates "welcoming threshold" at brick-clad Brooklyn rowhouse
A team of architects has produced a multi-building complex called La Hacienda for tequila brand Clase Azul in Jalisco, Mexico, integrating artisanal building practices at an industrial scale for its red-hued structures. More about Clase Azul's La Hacienda complex in Jalisco features "ceramic horizon"