Local studio Range Design & Architecture has wrapped a furniture studio and showroom in a brick screen that responds to the building's Chicago context. More about Range Design & Architecture hides Chicago furniture showroom behind brick screen
Vertical stone walls intersect with horizontal concrete planes to frame the rooms and terraces of the Southwand House holiday home designed by K-Studio in the Greek region of Messinia. More about K-Studio pairs stone with concrete for holiday home in Greece's Costa Navarino
Dutch studio MVRDV has overhauled a former industrial site in Shanghai to create the Gate M West Bund Dream Center, a riverside cultural district punctuated with bright orange circulation routes. More about MVRDV adds orange stairs to Shanghai cement factory
Pictograms: Iconic Japanese Designs is the latest exhibition at Japan House London, investigating the integral yet often overlooked role of graphic signage in our day-to-day lives. More about Japan House London exhibition explores how pictograms "transcend linguistic and cultural barriers"
The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced its shortlist for this year's Neave Brown Award for Housing, which includes an almshouse designed to reduce social isolation for older residents. More about RIBA announces shortlist for UK's best affordable housing 2025
Classic furniture pieces and neutral colours are meant to give an ageless quality to this office in Cologne, courtesy of German architect Thomas Van den Valentyn and interior designer Johannes van Linn. More about Valentyns office in Cologne is "designed around a principle of timelessness"
UK studios POOR Collective and Wiggle Wonderland have designed an artwork-covered pavilion to draw attention to the City of London's night workers. More about Unheard Voices pavilion spotlights "people who keep things running while most of us sleep"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features an infill home in Belgium with a glass brick facade, designed by local studio Delmulle Delmulle Architecten. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about "A lot of effort for dubious effect" says reader in this week's Dezeen Debate
Architecture studio Stantec has designed a "retro-futuristic" diner in Los Angeles for car company Tesla with meals served in Cybertruck packaging and parking reserved for electric vehicles only. More about Stantec designs "classic American diner" for Tesla in Los Angeles
Dezeen School Shows: a spatial learning device designed to help children understand geometry is among the projects from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. More about Spatial learning device among projects from Hong Kong Polytechnic University
New York-based studio Solk Architecture has designed a rectangular, gabled house with fibre cement siding as a way to find beauty in functionality in the Hudson Valley. More about Solk Architecture places white house on Hudson Valley hilltop
Architecture studio Loader Monteith has renovated and extended an 18th-century cottage in Scotland, creating a series of open and accessible spaces for a resident living with Alzheimer's disease. More about Loader Monteith renovates 18th-century Scottish cottage to be a "safe haven"
British studio Zaha Hadid Architects has completed Go Park Sai Sha, a multi-storey sports and commercial complex in Hong Kong linked by elevated ramps and walkways. More about Zaha Hadid Architects designs Hong Kong leisure complex as "a lifted village"
A study has calculated that it could take four decades to clear the rubble from destroyed and damaged buildings caused by Israel's bombardment of Gaza and the process would yield over 90,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. More about Gaza rubble clearance could result in 90,000 tonnes of carbon emissions
Ravensbourne University graduate Rahat Rai has created a pair of slippers made using dust collected from a vacuum cleaner that was compressed to form a felt-like fabric. More about Slippers made from dust showcase "meaningful" use for household waste
A group of emerging designers created their own iterations of the humble ashtray for a one-day exhibition as part of 3 Days of Design, producing everything from puffy, dimpled dishes to trough-like vessels. More about Smoking Diaries exhibition reimagines the ashtray 17 different ways
Dezeen School Shows: a redesign of the Bumble dating app, which prioritises friendships, is among the projects from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. More about Connection-making app among projects from Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Architecture studio Ennead Architects has completed a US consulate at the Arizona-Mexico border that features metal roofs informed by traditional southwestern structures. More about Ennead Architects creates US consulate with "monumental diplomatic presence"
A corridor of decorative ceramic blocks connects the rooms of Jurumirim House, a vacation home designed by Nitsche Arquitetos on the edge of a reservoir in Brazil. More about Jurumirim House by Nitsche Arquitetos features wall of perforated green blocks
Italian studio Fōntego Architettura has converted a former barn near Florence into Fienile N, a compact house with geometric window screens and mint-green cabinets. More about Fōntego Architettura converts rural Florentine barn into space-efficient home