A monumental granite-clad tower surrounded by artificial hills has been completed by US studio Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to honour US president Barack Obama. More about Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects completes "intentionally sculptural" Obama Presidential Center
UK studio Tim Ronalds Architects has converted a series of 17th- and 18th-century buildings in Clerkenwell, London, into the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration. More about Historic windmill and engine house transformed into Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
The completed Obama Presidential Center represents a concerning shift in the image ex-presidents want to convey, writes Anthony Paletta. More about "The Obama Presidential Center unquestionably breaks free of tired precedent"
Geospatial research studio Conflict Ecology has used synthetic aperture radar to identify damage to over 2,000 buildings in Lebanon in the first five weeks of the recent war between Israel and militant group Hezbollah. More about Conflict Ecology uses synthetic aperture radar to analyse building damage in Lebanon
Local studio Felipe Caboclo Arquitectura has completed a small, oblong chapel out of wood and glass, flanking it with sinuous concrete walls on a residential property in São Paulo, Brazil. More about Felipe Caboclo Arquitectura creates "sublime path" at undulating private chapel in São Paulo
Copenhagen-based Tableau has many projects for this 3 Days of Design, including a pavilion shaped like the iconic Aalto Vase. Founder Julius Værnes Iversen tells Dezeen why architecture was the next step for his multi-hyphenate studio. More about "I've always been the black sheep here in Copenhagen" says Tableau's Julius Værnes Iversen
Nura, a wearable communication device that converts sign language into spoken words while converting speech into readable text for deaf users, has won the Rimowa Design Prize 2026, as shown in this video produced by Dezeen. More about Bracelet that translates sign language into speech wins Rimowa Design Prize
Design studio Nice Projects drew on the surrounding art deco architecture when designing a cinema for private members' club The Roof Gardens in Kensington, London. More about Nice Projects designs cinema to capture the "glamour and sophistication" of the 1920s
Mexico City-based studios TO and Palma have designed an extension for Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá in Panama, informed by the country's status as a place of exchange. More about TO and Palma design museum as "climatic infrastructure for Panama City"
Mexican studio Lanza Atelier has created A Serpentine, a snaking brick-walled structure for the 25th edition of the Serpentine Pavilion in London. More about Lanza Atelier designs snaking brick Serpentine Pavilion in London
Ahead of the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago next week, we take a look at 13 of the completed presidential libraries in the US. More about The architecture of 13 presidential libraries from Hoover to Bush
Dezeen School Shows: a proposal to surround the Manchester United football stadium with an urban forest is among the projects from the Manchester School of Architecture. More about Urban forest surrounding stadium among projects from Manchester School of Architecture
Icelandic studio T.ark Architects has completed Laugarás Lagoon, a geothermal spa topped by a grass-covered roof with large parabolic archways that reference the region's ancient cave dwellings. More about T.ark architects cloaks Laugarás Lagoon in Iceland with "grass tent"
The first photographs of this year's brick-walled Serpentine Pavilion in London, which was designed by Mexican studio Lanza Atelier, have been released. More about First images of crinkle crankle Serpentine Pavilion revealed
Brooklyn-based studio Out of Line has completed an attached accessory dwelling unit that extends a New Jersey suburban home by extending its colours and creating a gable form in the negative for the entryway. More about Out of Line adds playful ADU with "absent gable" to New Jersey house
Today is the last day you can enter Dezeen Awards 2026 before the entry deadline closes on 3 June at 23:59 London time! This is the final chance to enter – there will be no extension to the deadline. More about Dezeen Awards 2026 late entries close today
Colombian artist Delcy Morelos has created Origo, a 24-metre-wide installation made from spice-infused soil at the Barbican Centre's Sculpture Court in London. More about Delcy Morelos creates monumental soil installation by hand at the Barbican
Promotion: 2026's Milan design week saw architecture studio Snøhetta create a tile-clad structure punctuated with voids to highlight recycled washbasins and tile products by Turkish brand VitrA. More about VitrA and Snøhetta collaborate on Milan design week installation
The latest Dezeen Debate newsletter features a stone toilet block in London designed by Studio Weave. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features a "sorely needed" toilet block in London
In this roundup, author Ari Seligmann spotlights 11 iconic houses in Japan captured by some of the country's leading photographers, who are the focus of his latest book, Ka Me Ra. More about Eleven iconic Japanese houses seen "through the photographer's lens"
Promotion: to commit to craft under contemporary constraints, makers have to embrace community and find unique audiences, according to a panel hosted at British design brand Toast at its West Village store during NYCxDesign. More about Finding community essential for craft say panellists at Toast talk in New York
Artist Theaster Gates and landscape designer Sara Zewde have designed a pavilion from recovered building materials that will be a community centre in a historic Black neighbourhood in Houston, Texas. More about Theaster Gates and Studio Zewde to create performance space for Houston's Freedmen's Town
Malaysian architect Eleena Jamil has completed a house and studio space near Kuala Lumpur, with airy interiors and terraces shaded by canopies built using a hybrid of bamboo and green-painted steel. More about Eleena Jamil shades Malaysian guesthouse with bamboo and steel canopy
Brick arches frame views through the interior of this office in Gugarat, India, which also features colourful glass panels informed by one of architect Anuj Kapoor's favourite artists. More about Logic transforms bland commercial office into "humble and collaborative" workspace
Technology brand Apple is bringing its Designers of Tomorrow exhibition back to Design Miami Paris in October as part of its push to showcase emerging designers. More about Apple resumes Designers of Tomorrow initiative at Design Miami Paris