Japanese studios Unemori Architects and Teco Architects have turned a commercial building in Kitakami, Japan, into a health and childcare support centre, adding undulating floors and ceilings. More about Unemori Architects and Teco Architects create "park-like" health and childcare centre
Architect Marc Thorpe has unveiled renderings of a set of houses in Uganda that will be constructed almost entirely from bio-bricks made from local soil and feature solar-panelled roofs. More about Marc Thorpe designs Kampala houses made from local soil bricks
Tenants have moved into Italian architect Stefano Boeri's Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex, the first of his vertical forest towers to open in China. More about First vertical forest towers by Stefano Boeri open in China
Bursts of blue and green appear inside this centuries-old canal house in Amsterdam that has been renovated by local architecture studio i29. More about i29 enlivens 17th-century canal house in Amsterdam with pops of colour
Design studio Bompas & Parr has created a pop-up bar serving glow-in-the-dark sushi and cocktails in Abu Dhabi. More about Bompas & Parr creates Glow-in-the-Dark Sushi bar
The Friendship Hospital in Bangladesh by local architecture studio Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA has been awarded the RIBA International Prize 2021. More about Rural hospital in Bangladesh named world's best building by RIBA
Greek studio KRAK Architects has conceptualised an angular underground house on the south coast of Crete with semi-open living spaces and an infinity pool that looks out to the Libyan sea. More about KRAK Architects imagines subterranean house on Cretan coast
A planning law introduced in the city of Brighton and Hove, England, calls for new buildings to include special bricks that provide nests for solitary bees. More about Bee bricks become planning requirement for new buildings in Brighton
Interior courtyards filled with indoor trees and greenery create a tranquil, peaceful atmosphere. For our latest lookbook, we've collected ten homes from the Dezeen archive with beautiful courtyards at the heart of the interior. More about Ten homes centred around bright interior courtyards
Sportswear brand Adidas has collaborated with London's public transport network Transport for London to launch a football kit for English club Arsenal that uses a pattern found on Underground train seats. More about Arsenal uses Piccadilly Underground line seat pattern as latest kit
Prefabricated and movable hospitality pods from US startup Moliving will make up the Hurley House hotel, which is set to open this spring in upstate New York. More about Moliving will open first “nomadic hotel” in New York’s Hudson Valley
A snaking bridge that incorporates spaces for play, rest and planting connects two areas of wetland across Shanghai's Yuandang Lake, in this project by Brearley Architects + Urbanists. More about BAU designs winding bridge in China as a "hybrid" of landscape and infrastructure
Overloaded cyberpunk masks, hulking exoskeletons and other imagined wearable tech feature in an exhibition by artist Ikeuchi Hiroto, who mixes pop culture references and model-making. More about Ikeuchi Hiroto sculpts wearable cyberpunk fantasias from gadgets
Dezeen has teamed up with electric vehicle company Arrival to launch a global competition for mobility solutions that reimagine the future of transportation. More about Arrival and Dezeen launch ,000 Future Mobility Competition
This drone video captures the exterior of 1,000 Trees, a shopping centre in China that Thomas Heatherwick's studio designed to resemble a greenery-covered mountain. More about Drone video showcases exterior of 1,000 Trees by Heatherwick Studio
Rutgers professor Jason Barr has proposed adding 1,760-acres of reclaimed land, named New Mannahatta, to the tip of Manhattan to provide housing and combat climate change. More about Manhattan Island extension could provide homes for 250,000 people
David Chipperfield's restoration of Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie, a memorial park on the site of a former synagogue and a visitor centre by Dorte Mandrup are among the 40 European projects shortlisted for this year's Mies van der Rohe Award. More about Mies van der Rohe Award 2022 shortlist revealed
Search engine company Google has purchased the Renzo Piano-designed Central Saint Giles development in London for £730 million, as it commits to a future of physical office working. More about Google buys Renzo Piano's Central Saint Giles as London office
An extra-wide oak staircase doubles as a piece of furniture in this renovation of a Victorian terrace in east London, designed by Paolo Cossu Architects. More about Chunky staircase features in Farleigh Road renovation by Paolo Cossu Architects
Dezeen Showroom featured over 600 products from a host of global brands last year. Here we round up the 10 most viewed products in 2021. More about Ten most popular furniture and lighting designs on Dezeen Showroom in 2021