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
Design company Form Portfolios has acquired Dansk, the homewares brand co-founded by Danish modernist Jens Quistgaard, and plans to "carry forward everything Dansk represents". More about Form Portfolios acquires lifestyle brand Dansk
Local studio Nimtim Architects has playfully transformed a Victorian terrace house in London for Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft, adding an extension with exposed easi-joists and cork-clad walls. More about Nimtim Architects uses "everyday materials in unusual ways" for London house extension
Architecture studio Metrooffice Architetti has renovated an abandoned Italian factory for fashion brand Balenciaga, creating a sculptural reinforced-concrete building where "nothing is concealed or decorative". More about Metrooffice Architetti evokes "raw architecture" concept for Balenciaga factory
The original Hoxton hotel in east London has been given a refresh after two decades, featuring warm materials and second-hand furniture, as seen in our latest Dezeen Exclusive. More about The Hoxton hotel celebrates 20th anniversary with interior revamp "rooted in Shoreditch"
Architecture education is often criticised but it remains good at its most important function of teaching design, writes Charles Holland. More about "It is easy to find fault in architecture education"
A blocky fireplace and a fold-down desk both feature in this rework of a 1960s home on the outskirts of Ghent, designed by Kortrijk studio Decancq Vercruysse. More about Decancq Vercruysse reorganises mid-century Belgian bungalow around fireplace
AI is a tool for deep contemplation rather than quick gratification in Cognitive Bloom, a device concept created by industrial design studio Map Project Office and recent Royal College of Art graduate Chanwoo Lee. More about AI-powered Cognitive Bloom device provides prompts for self-reflection