Local studio Nicolas Laisné Architectes has completed Vatea, a riverside apartment block in France with a sleek, skinny form that references ship design. More about Vatea apartment block resembles "ship set along the riverbank" in France
Australian studio Ian Moore Architects has transformed a 19th-century pub in Sydney into The Corner House, a home with a rear wing clad in glass bricks. More about Ian Moore Architects transforms Sydney pub into house with "wall of light"
Designer Sabine Marcelis is headlining this year's Coachella Art program with an inflated maze, alongside a pleated-orb installation by architect Kyriakos Chatziparaskevas and a brutalist tower by The Los Angeles Design Group. More about Sabine Marcelis installs Maze with "coloured walls of shade" at Coachella 2026
New book Brutalist Korea showcases designs ranging from a blocky kindergarten to a building designed to "conjure the image of an open book". Author Paul Tulett chooses 11 favourites. More about Brutalist Korea presents "nu-bru" buildings from Seoul to Jeju Island
The Trump administration has released updated designs of its proposed triumphal arch project by architecture studio Harrison Design, which were submitted to the Commission of Fine Arts on Friday. More about Trump officials release designs of triumphal arch in Washington, DC
Why is the White House currently stuck with a giant hole in the ground? And what does it mean to be a successful designer in 2026? The latest episode of Dezeen Weekly is available now. More about Are the walls closing in on Donald Trump's ballroom?
French architecture studio Wilmotte & Associés has released visuals of the Centre Pompidou Hanwha in Seoul, South Korea, which is set to open in June. More about Visuals of Centre Pompidou Hanwha in Seoul revealed ahead of opening
Street artist Frankey has created Lucky Dragon, a playful interactive sculpture at the Rosewood hotel in Hong Kong with a light-up heart that aims to "bring joy". More about Frankey draws on local legends and childhood memories for Lucky Dragon installation
A group of scientists has claimed a pronounced heat island phenomenon correlated with the development of data centres in an early study, speculating on the heat's "remarkable influence on communities and regional welfare". More about Study links data centres to heat island effects worldwide
Czech automaker Škoda has created the Duobell bicycle bell, which penetrates noise-cancelling headphones in a bid to tackle a growing cause of bike-pedestrian collisions. More about Škoda redesigns bike bell to be heard through noise-cancelling headphones
Scottish studio Moxon Architects has extended a house in rural Aberdeenshire, adding two barn-like volumes that are clad in timber battens. More about Moxon Architects references farmsteads for Corriebeg house extension in Scotland
Architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has collaborated with Danish manufacturer Dinesen on the wood-and-brick Earth / Tree installation at art centre Copenhagen Contemporary. More about Kengo Kuma creates "sensorial moments" with Earth / Tree installation in Copenhagen
Canadian-American actor Pamela Anderson and Los Angeles furniture company Olive Ateliers have collaborated on a 40-piece furniture collection designed to be "a little French, a little wild". More about Pamela Anderson releases rattan furniture line informed by seaside childhood
Micromobility company Lime is rolling out a new design of its rental electric bikes in the UK that it hopes will be more appealing to women and older riders. More about Smaller-wheeled Lime bike aims to "get more people cycling"
Niger-based Mariam Issoufou Architects has designed the darkly toned Gourmega restaurant in New York around a series of connecting circular tables. More about Mariam Issoufou Architects unveils "zero-waste restaurant" Gourmega in Manhattan
Beirut designer Davina Atallah has adapted the familiar typology of stacking blocks to create a wooden toy that allows children to explore complex ideas around body image. More about Body Blocks stacking toy helps children explore the many shapes a human can take
Clerestory windows and a curved ceiling create shifting patterns of light and shadow through this timber-lined home near Tokyo, designed by local studio HYG Architects. More about HYG Architects designs Japanese home as "spatial continuum" of its surroundings
Danish studio BIG has completed its first buildings in Japan, creating a trio of rammed-earth villas on the remote island of Sagishima for hotelier Not A Hotel. More about BIG uses rammed earth to create trio of luxury villas in Japan
A group of 12 architecture studios, including SHoP Architects, Weiss/Manfredi and Ennead Architects, has been selected by the US Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations to work on diplomatic buildings for the next five years. More about Twelve "regionally diverse" architecture studios selected for US embassy design
California-based artist Kelly Akashi has created a glass chimney to recount her personal experience of loss after the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles for the 2026 Whitney Biennial exhibition. More about Kelly Akashi creates glass chimney as memorial to Los Angeles wildfire losses