Today we're launching Dezeen Awards 2026, in partnership with Trimble, our new headline sponsor, beginning this year's search for the best buildings, interiors and designs around the world. More about Dezeen Awards 2026 launches and adds new Regional Showcases
American studio SOM and Australian studio Hassell have revealed plans for Bradfield City, a new, 114-hectare city in western Sydney, which is set to include 10,000 homes, a university campus and a two-hectare park. More about Plans unveiled for Australia's first new city in over 100 years
During Stockholm Design Days, furniture brand Lammhults Design Group opened a showroom created by Note Design Studio to provide a neutral backdrop for presenting its range of contract furniture. More about Note Design Studio envisions Lammhults showroom as hub for creative collaboration
Promotion: cost consultancy EthosEQ has completed a report for workplace furniture brand Mute, which found that Mute's Modular, a room-in-room office system, reduces businesses' costs and emissions. More about EthosEQ study finds Mute Modular rooms "far more economically efficient than traditional constructions"
American architecture practice Studio Gang has completed the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in Central Brooklyn, a rippled brick building that contains a fitness centre and public programming for the surrounding neighbourhood. More about Studio Gang completes Brooklyn recreation centre with "welcoming presence"
Denver-based studio Tres Birds Inc has completed a compact, gabled home using salvaged library fittings and material from a bowling alley in Boulder, Colorado, revealed exclusively on Dezeen. More about Tres Birds outfits energy-efficient Colorado house with reclaimed materials
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features sculptural lights made from unwanted glassware by designer Simon Skinner. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about "Amazing concept that should be celebrated" features in Dezeen Debate
Interactive design in a geographic jukebox and an acoustic ping-pong table featured alongside an exhibition made with local found waste materials at Unique Design X during Mexico City art week 2026. More about Interactivity and local talent shine at Unique Design X Mexico City
Dezeen School Shows: a building that creates calmer microclimates by responding to wind behaviour is among the architecture proposals from American University in Dubai. More about Wind-responsive architecture proposal among projects from American University in Dubai
UK studio Denizen Works has exclusively revealed its first house in Japan, which features an almost entirely blank street-facing facade. More about Denizen Works designs Japanese house with "enigmatic quality"
Misty landscapes and birds in flight were visual references for this sculptural silver-white airport terminal, completed by Chinese studio MAD near the city of Lishui. More about MAD models Lishui Airport in China on "mist-covered hills"
The Southbank Centre in London, which includes the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Undercroft skatepark and was once voted "Britain's ugliest building", has been heritage listed. More about London's brutalist Southbank Centre becomes Grade II-listed
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has revealed his first residential project in the UAE, the Baccarat Residences, which are set to be located next to Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island. More about Sou Fujimoto unveils first residential project in United Arab Emirates
South African architect Sumayya Vally has designed a site-specific installation for the inaugural Art Basel Qatar fair in Doha, with moveable components that pay homage to lost communal spaces across the Islamic world. More about Sumayya Vally creates modular forum for Art Basel Qatar based on Muslim gathering spaces
Bangalore-based studio Shibanee & Kamal Architects explains why gardens are central to how it designs housing projects in one of India's most densely populated cities, in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen. More about "If it can't have a garden, we won't do it" says Shibanee & Kamal Architects
Described as the largest design festival in Southeast Asia, Bangkok Design Week returned for its ninth edition with 350 events across 140 venues throughout Thailand's capital city. More about Six shows celebrating Thai design at Bangkok Design Week
Promotion: ergonomic design brand Colebrook Bosson Saunders has unveiled an adaptable laptop stand specially engineered for hybrid work. More about Colebrook Bosson Saunders' Lana laptop stand aims to support hybrid workers' wellbeing
The celebratory, symbolic set design for Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show allowed the artist to "make his comments in a way that felt elegant," according to its creative director Harriet Cuddeford. More about Bad Bunny's Super Bowl stage illustrates "surreal journey" through Puerto Rico
Mexican design gallery Studio 84 and Unno Gallery have presented Inner Stage, a collection of works by designers including Sabine Marcelis and glassworks studio 6AM, at a local ballet theatre for Mexico City art week 2026. More about Studio 84 exhibits furniture onstage at Escuela del Ballet Folklórico de México
"Intimacy was non-negotiable" for Kelly Wearstler when interior designing Kappo Kappo, a charred-wood-clad French and Japanese restaurant at the Austin Proper Hotel in Texas. More about Kelly Wearstler wants diners to "feel completely present" at low-lit fusion restaurant