In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a concrete spiritual enclosure in Mexico designed by Rubén Valdez Practice. More about "Sophistication doesn't always mean complication" says commenter
As the Venice Architecture Biennale continues, we spotlight five country pavilions that reframe soil as a material of the future. More about Five pavilions championing soil at the Venice Architecture Biennale
Multidisciplinary design studio Space Available has established a community centre in Jakarta, Indonesia, featuring a conversation pit containing recycling machines and furniture made from ocean plastic. More about Space Available crafts Self Care Community Centre from 11 tonnes of plastic waste
Promotion: Mulliner, Bentley's Bespoke Studio, has taken automotive artistry and personalisation to "extreme lengths", says the brand's visualisation manager Rich Morris. More about Bentley's Bespoke Studio aims to revolutionise automotive personalisation
New York design studio Earth to People has swapped synthetic glue for tree sap to bind its debut furniture collection, which features monolithic chairs hand-crafted from centuries-old cedar. More about Earth to People binds timber furniture with tree sap
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the opening of the V&A East Storehouse in London. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features the opening of V&A East Storehouse in London
American architecture studio CetraRuddy and developer Silverstein Properties have released redesigns of a casino and mixed-use complex located on Manhattan's West Side. More about CetraRuddy updates New York casino skyscraper design with "harmonious waves"
Dezeen School Shows: a project that envisions a future in which society is fully reliant on AI is among the architecture projects from the Manchester School of Architecture. More about The Matrix-like AI project among proposals from the Manchester School of Architecture
A team of computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University has created LegoGPT, an AI model that can build real-life Lego structures from a single text prompt. More about LegoGPT AI model turns text prompts into Lego designs
Architect Max Otto Zitzelsberger worked with students from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern-Landau to create the Learning House, a barn-like teaching building in Bavaria with an exposed timber structure. More about Max Otto Zitzelsberger collaborates with university students on barn-like teaching building in Germany
A linear veranda forms a spine for Cooroy House, an off-grid home built by design duo Henry Bennett and Dan Wilson on a bushland site in Queensland, Australia. More about Australian duo stitch together off-grid Cooroy House with long veranda
Ahead of Norman Foster's 90th birthday this weekend, Dezeen explores how he became the most successful architect the world has ever seen – including by asking the man himself. More about How Norman Foster became the most successful architect in history
London's Barbican Centre has unveiled an immersive exhibition that explores how sound shapes emotions and memories. More about Barbican launches multi-sensory exhibition exploring how we experience sound
Nigerian designer Paul Yakubu combined an umbrella with a modular system of display crates to create this trading stall, designed to optimise space in busy street markets. More about Umbrella Crate Stall makes life easier for Nigeria's street market traders
Ideal Standard has launched a shower system made from 84 per cent recycled aluminium, which is captured in this video produced by Dezeen for the bathroom brand. More about Ideal Standard creates water-saving shower system using recycled aluminium
Indian studio Prithvi Architects has completed Winterfell, a mud-walled house woven around existing trees and rock formations in the village of Shoolagiri in Tamil Nadu. More about Prithvi Architects winds mud-walled Indian house around existing trees
Today is the last day you can enter Dezeen Awards 2025 before the entry deadline tonight 29 May at 23:59 London time! More about Dezeen Awards 2025 closes for entries tonight at 23:59 London time
American architecture studio Populous has been named the primary architect of a plan to redevelop a portion of Oklahoma City into an entertainment district, with NBA player Russell Westbrook serving as creative director. More about Populous and Russell Westbrook behind design of Oklahoma City redevelopment
From reissues of classic chairs by architect Antoni Gaudí to an MSCHF lamp made with a Mercedes seatbelt and a reimagined folding chair, here are 14 of the best designs we saw during the yearly NYCxDesign showcase. More about Fourteen of the best furniture designs from NYCxDesign
Dezeen School Shows: a project exploring the low-carbon emissions of a locally-sourced thatch is among projects from the Manchester School of Architecture. More about Low-carbon Somerset thatch among projects from Manchester School of Architecture