The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features glass lifts designed by Olson Kundig for Seattle's Space Needle. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features double-decker elevators for Seattle's Space Needle
As part of a larger reuse project of a former convent in Montreal, curatorial collective Nouveau Milieu has commissioned design objects repurposed from the pews, which were showcased during Montreal Design Week. More about Montreal designers turn pews into design objects to mark convent's conversion
American studio ZGF Architects has revealed designs for an angular Navy SEAL Museum on the harbourfront of San Diego, USA, meant to evoke the site and contemporary martial qualities. More about ZGF Architects designs stealth-informed Navy SEAL Museum for San Diego
Architectural designer Isabel Strauss has designed a public bathroom for the grounds of German-American architect Walter Gropius's self-designed home in Massachusetts, USA, chosen from hundreds of submissions. More about Isabel Strauss wins competition for public bathroom at Gropius House
Architecture studio Rever & Drage has expanded a cluster of rural buildings in Norway, adding a barn-like form that steps up a sloping, rocky site. More about Rever & Drage extends smallholding in Norway with stepped barn-like volume
Despite it being adopted more slowly than he anticipated, Patrik Schumacher believes parametricism will still become a universal architectural style, he tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "I'm not happy" with how fast parametricism is being adopted says Patrik Schumacher
British company Team Repair has launched a STEM learning kit specifically designed for grown-ups, using a dummy object to teach people how to fix their own phones. More about Team Repair's adult STEM kit shows how to fix your phone
Following the release of Home for Now: Living Well Without Staying Long, a book spotlighting interior design for rental homes, authors Paul Firmin and Niko Dafkos talk Dezeen through eight of the most inspiring examples. More about Earl of East founders reveal how to bring personality to a rental home
Emerging designers explored sustainability and everyday designs for the Shared Matter exhibition at Milan design week, which had a focus on international collaboration. More about Young designers show paper glasses and aluminium-foam lightbulbs in Milan
Architect Malini Doshi, interior designer Elisa Ossino and designers Lucas Muñoz and Mario Tsai have joined the judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2026. More about Elisa Ossino and Malini Doshi named Dezeen Awards 2026 judges
Promotion: embracing a "beta mindset", Swiss furniture brand Vitra and German industrial designer Konstantin Grcic have released a new flexible table system for offices or educational settings named Scout. More about Vitra and Konstantin Grcic's Scout is "dynamic tool" for today's work and learning environments
The American Institute of Architects has released a statement criticising the federal government's exclusion of architecture as a professional degree, which it says may discourage students from becoming architects. More about Changes in architecture degree classification may "push students out of the profession" says AIA
Culinary studio Menu Extra and local interior design studio Atelier Zébulon Perron have created a temporary bar outfitted with a custom chandelier for festival-goers at Montreal Design Week. More about Bar Extra forms stylish social centrepiece for Montreal Design Week
Local studio ODDO Architects has extended TH+ House in Vietnam, organising a series of shared, flexible spaces around tall voids informed by the "social intensity" of Hanoi's urban alleyways. More about ODDO Architects looks to urban alleyways for narrow extension in Vietnam
What actually is parametricism? As part of our series on the style, we've written a quick and simple overview of the notoriously complex and contentious concept. More about A simple guide to parametricism
The 250-metre-tall Mohammed VI Tower designed by architecture studios Rafael de La‑Hoz and Hakim Benjelloun has opened in Morocco as the country's tallest building and the third tallest in Africa. More about Rocket-like skyscraper becomes Morocco's tallest building
Dutch designer Linde Freya Tangelder has partnered with Italian brand Cassina on a Milan exhibition featuring furniture and lighting made from blown glass, cast bronze, sheet metal and lacquered wood. More about Linde Freya Tangelder blends "ancient and contemporary" crafts in Fluid Re-Collection
David Chipperfield Design has developed a wooden bathtub for Italian bathroom brand Agape, featuring a pared-back form with an integrated seat, shelf and washbasin. More about David Chipperfield creates freestanding plywood bathtub for Agape
Students at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, have converted the Kevlar fabric used for the infamous Montreal Olympic Stadium into furniture for an exhibition held during Montreal Design Week. More about Montreal students convert Olympic Stadium roof into design objects
Designs have been revealed for a Trump Tower development in Tbilisi, Georgia, designed by Gensler, which will contain "six architecturally distinctive towers", including a 70-storey skyscraper that is set to be the tallest in the country. More about Gensler reveals design for Trump Tower skyscraper in Georgia