The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced its shortlist for the Neave Brown Award for Housing 2026, which includes the expansion of a 1970s housing estate with 46 homes for social rent in London. More about RIBA reveals four-strong shortlist for UK's best affordable housing for 2026
Local interior studio Crissy Zhang Design has transformed the interior of the Parkhill residence in Melbourne, Australia, using arched forms and tactile materials to create a soft, calming space. More about Crissy Zhang creates Melbourne home shaped by "modern Parisian sensibility"
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an optical illusion font designed to trick artificial intelligence chatbots into misreading messages. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Decoy Font designed to trick AI
Canadian practice Leckie Studio has completed Twin Peaks House, which features an asymmetrical roof and silvery wood cladding that helps the building "recede among the trees". More about Leckie Studio tucks house clad in "silvered wood" into forested Vancouver site
Media personality and former Queer Eye host Tan France has released an 18-piece homeware collection with Singapore brand Castlery, which marks his first foray into furniture design. More about Tan France launches debut furniture collection with Castlery
Gently curving rooflines and an asymmetrical heart-shaped stairwell characterise this multi-generational home in Ahmedabad, designed by local practices Studio Saransh and Iksoi Studio. More about Multi-generational LJ House in Ahmedabad prioritises shared living
Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed designs for the Bihailou Art Village, a cultural development in Shenzhen, China, set to comprise a stack of colourful volumes. More about MVRDV designs colourful stacked volumes for Shenzhen cultural complex
The lily pads that float on the Kerala backwaters were the inspiration for this multi-generational apartment renovation in Mumbai by local studio The Act of Quad. More about Mumbai apartment designed to feel like "arriving at the edge of a still body of water"
Architect Charles Holland, academic Catharine Rossi and design studio Local Works have fabricated a table from materials harvested within a 40-mile radius of Canterbury, UK. More about Harvest Moon table fabricated with materials and tools from within a 40 mile radius
With the recent release of plans to build on top of Eero Saarinen's terminal building at Dulles International Airport, we take a look at old and new controversies surrounding significant works of architecture and their preservation across the US. More about Eleven architecture preservation battles across the US
International architecture studio SOM has released designs of the 20-storey 934 Central Street data centre in Kansas City, USA, with a facade configured to "feel at home within its downtown context". More about SOM designs "vertical data center" for Downtown Kansas City
A vast grid of red scaffolding surrounds The Reclaimed Pavilion, a temporary events space in India designed by local studio Kanan Modi Associates using materials that were salvaged from local construction sites. More about Red scaffolding surrounds temporary pavilion in India
Architecture studio MAD has unveiled Shenzhen Bay Culture Square in China, a design museum formed of stone-like volumes perched atop an undulating green roof. More about MAD scatters boulder-like galleries across green-roofed museum in Shenzhen
Asca Studio and Relief Gallery joined forces to create the interiors of the Ómós guesthouse outside Abbeyleix, Ireland, which was converted from a ruin into a welcoming space filled with tactile materials. More about Ómós guesthouse designed to "feel like nothing else in Ireland"
Researchers in China have created a textile from living mycelium that is self-cleaning, near self-repairing and can be coloured or made UV protective through "plug-and-play" add-ons of different fungi or yeast. More about Dress made of living mycelium can renew and repair itself
The latest Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Donald Trump-backed plans to extend Eero Saarinen's terminal at Dulles airport. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "shameless" proposal for Dulles airport
Local studio River Architects has designed a wood-clad structure to Passive House standards, orienting gabled volumes around a pond in New York's Hudson Valley. More about River Architects replaces Hudson Valley structure with gabled Passive House
New York studios Schlaich Bergermann Partner and Snøhetta have replaced an ageing bridge in Upstate New York with a steel half-arch span that is mounted on one side of a gorge and cantilevers across to the other side. More about SBP and Snøhetta cantilever bridge between rock faces in Upstate New York
Agricultural barns and sheds informed the corrugated metal-clad volumes of House in a Clearing, a house in East Sussex completed by UK studio TaylorHare Architects. More about Farmsteads inform corrugated metal-clad home in Sussex
Designer Joyce Wang has completed an interior renovation at the Mandarin Oriental The Landmark hotel in Hong Kong, designed to evoke the feel of living in a colonial mansion. More about Joyce Wang draws on "colonial country manors" for Hong Kong hotel interior