Designer Keiji Ashizawa has turned a former hostel in Shintomicho, Tokyo, into Tomi Ginza, a boutique hotel with a single suite on each of its floors that was designed to fulfil a need for group accommodation in the city. More about Eight-room Tokyo hotel designed to feel like staying "at the home of a tasteful friend"
Watts Towers in Los Angeles, Dallas City Hall and the City of New Orleans are among at-risk places designated as "irreplaceable" cultural assets in the USA by heritage organisation World Monuments Fund for the country's 250th anniversary. More about World Monuments Fund selects 10 "irreplaceable" American places for USA 250
The World Cup has highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of public transportation in North America and provided cities with the opportunity to test and implement novel approaches, writes scholar Deb Chachra. More about "The World Cup is a unique opportunity to make different public transit approaches visible"
Dezeen School Shows: a Polish embassy located next to Chicago's Kennedy Expressway is among the student projects by The Bartlett School of Architecture. More about Proposal for Polish embassy in Chicago among projects from the Bartlett School of Architecture
Indian studio Meister Varma Architects has completed Shilaya, a home in Tamil Nadu built using stone salvaged from a ruined cottage that once stood on its site. More about Meister Varma Architects uses salvaged stone for home in India
A trio of brick-walled homes features in Dezeen's top five houses of the month for June, including a holiday cabin in the Netherlands and a compact British residence built on an infill site. More about Dezeen's top five houses of June 2026
Danish architect Nikolaj Mentze has overhauled the interior of Cobe's architecture studio in Copenhagen by adding a bookshop dedicated to publications on the built environment. More about Nikolaj Mentze fits out Cobe's Copenhagen studio with architecture bookshop
Sabine Marcelis's self-designed resin bathtub and three-metre-tall lava lamp feature in her Rotterdam family home, which she continuously reconfigures with her architect partner Paul Cournet. More about Sabine Marcelis's Rotterdam loft apartment is "forever evolving" with her life
Tiny built-in fans help to circulate air around the wearer of these inflatable Adidas jogging suits, unveiled by fashion designer Rick Owens as part of his Spring Summer 27 menswear show in Paris during the city's record-breaking heatwave. More about Rick Owens creates Adidas tracksuits that double as personal airconditioning
Visual artist Christina Augustesen used acrylic lamellas to create a series of colourful sculptures, with hues that change depending on how the light hits them, for the 3 Days of Design festival in Copenhagen. More about Christina Augustesen creates "daylight sculptures" to evoke colours of sunset
Dezeen School Shows: a museum for Emirati culture and craft located in Sharjah, UAE, is among the architecture projects from Ajman University. More about Museum of Arabic culture and digital art is among projects from Ajman University
Promotion: during a NeoCon panel in Chicago, furniture brand Keilhauer and design studio Yabu Pushelberg discussed their collaboration for the Etta Collection, which translates luxurious forms for healthcare and office environments. More about Keilhauer and Yabu Pushelberg detail "softer approach to contract seating" at NeoCon panel
California designers A Teatro and Balcony Studio have completed a slender, vertical house in Los Angeles with facades made of striated plaster and interior rooms that "unfold like galleries in a museum". More about A Teatro and Balcony Studio tuck Museum Tower House into steep site in Los Angeles
Dezeen School Shows: an exhibition featuring an audio composition that reflects urban transformation in Doha at the Venice Biennale is among the projects from the Institute for Creative Research Labs at VCUarts Qatar. More about Soundscape reflecting Doha's urban transformation among projects from VCUarts Qatar
Architect Joe Burke has self-built Leyton House, a home that bookends a 1960s terrace in London, using rough, pale brickwork and a concrete plinth for tactility. More about Joe Burke bookends 1960s London terrace with compact brick home
Australian architecture studio Billard Leece Partnership has created an aluminium-clad acute-care facility for The Children's Hospital Westmead in Sydney, drawing on its inland river setting. More about Billard Leece Partnership unveils Sydney children's hospital with folded metal facade
Cantilever chairs, wood panelling and mirror-clad surfaces meet in Lève Office Bar, a Space Age-informed bar in Turin by Italian architect Fabio Fantolino. More about Fabio Fantolino looks to 1960s offices for interior of retro Turin bar
British design studio Layer has developed a family of charging products, including a dock with interchangeable modules that can be moved to wherever they are required around the house. More about Layer designs "playful and personal" modular system for charging devices at home
Promotion: Chinese glass manufacturer NorthGlass has developed a curved glass technology to create the rippling glass facade of the Glasshouse Theatre in Brisbane, Australia. More about NorthGlass curved glass technology creates Glasshouse Theatre's rippling facade
Dezeen School Shows: material made from florists' waste and floral remains from funeral services is among the projects from Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art. More about Material crafted from plant waste among projects from Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts