British artist-designer Leo Maher has created sculptural lights that tell stories about homosexuality, set to feature in the Alcova exhibition during Milan design week. More about Leo Maher references "queer legends" with Something Sticky lighting sculptures
The Global Centre for Clean Air Research has published research that found botanical gardens are one of the best ways to cool cities and mitigate the effects of heatwaves. More about Study finds botanical gardens offer "greater cooling effect" in cities compared to parks
French fashion house Saint Laurent will unveil the Villa Planchart Segnaposto collection of 12 porcelain plates designed by Italian architect Gio Ponti in 1957 at Milan design week. More about Saint Laurent rereleases handpainted Gio Ponti plates designed for Villa Planchart
Toronto studio Workshop Architecture Inc has created a prefabricated home in Ontario with an exposed structure and blue-painted elements on the interior. More about Workshop Architecture Inc creates "raw and unvarnished" prefabricated home in Ontario
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Fletcher Crane Architects' pale brick home overlooking Richmond Park in London. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "a delicious slice of design cake"
US studio Page Southerland Page has worked to "cultivate a stronger sense of community" with the urban design surrounding the Texas State Capitol that integrates historical landmarks in Austin. More about Page Southerland Page integrates "past and future" at Texas Capitol Complex
Dezeen School Shows: a 3D printed panel made from wood and clay that is filled in with hempcrete is included in this school show by the New York Institute of Technology. More about New York Institute of Technology spotlights seven fabrication and robotics projects
Sportswear brand Nike has unveiled its new collection of elite footwear ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this summer, claiming that AI is sparking a "super cycle" of innovation. More about Nike unveils "new and better" athlete shoes ahead of Paris Olympics
Finnish studio MNY Arkitekter has completed Two Sisters, a timber holiday home in Salo that is designed to allow two siblings to live "together separately". More about MNY Arkitekter completes "down-to-earth" house for two sisters in Finland
Mass-timber columns fan out to form a tree-informed roof structure at the World of Volvo exhibition and events centre in Gothenburg, Sweden, by architecture studio Henning Larsen. More about Henning Larsen tops World of Volvo with "forest-like canopy"
An official report into the collapse of a 10-year-old mass-timber bridge in Norway in August 2022 has criticised the structure's design and construction. More about "Strong focus on aesthetics" contributed to collapse of Norway timber bridge
People of colour and women working as architects are often actively discouraged from following their design instincts, FAME Collective founder Tumpa Husna-Yasmin Fellows tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "Those in power want to hold on to their one way of designing" says Tumpa Husna-Yasmin Fellows
Trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort, designers Tej Chauhan and Inga Sempé, as well as Natural Material Studio founder Bonnie Hvillum and architect Andre Herrero have joined the Dezeen Awards 2024 judges. More about Lidewij Edelkoort, Tej Chauhan and Inga Sempé are announced as judges for Dezeen Awards 2024
London studio Mikhail Riches has shared visuals for Phase 5 in the regeneration of Park Hill estate in Sheffield, which will "tie together all the buildings and landscapes". More about Mikhail Riches unveils plans for final phase of Park Hill regeneration
Last week we launched our public nomination for the Designers of the Year awards at Dezeen Awards 2024. Here, we round up last year's winners. More about Three weeks left to nominate your favourite studios for Designers of the Year at Dezeen Awards 2024
California-based studio Moss has developed a self-watering planter and lamp that lets users without any gardening experience grow a variety of plants indoors. More about Moss creates self-watering Grow Lamp to simplify indoor gardening
Designer Gary Card has given London's LN-CC boutique a redesign that includes a sci-fi-looking wooden tunnel and a room "shaped like the inside of a foot". More about Gary Card redesigns London's LN-CC store with orange tunnel and LED-lit club
Brooklyn architecture studio Allied Works has created a building with interlocking boxy forms clad in sandstone and steel for the Palmer Museum of Art in University Park, USA. More about Allied Works layers sandstone for facade of Pennsylvania museum
A minimalist exterior of white render and local stone paving reference the traditional architecture of Italy's Salento region at Casa Ulìa, a villa by local architecture studio Margine. More about Margine draws on Salento's vernacular architecture for minimalist Italian villa
A swooping tiled roof will be the defining feature of Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian extension designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, which is nearing completion in Lisbon. More about Photos reveal Kengo Kuma's swooping art centre extension nearing completion in Lisbon