Italian architect Carlo Ratti has created a "mobile relay cauldron" to accompany the torches for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics, which have been showcased in front of iconic Milan landmarks ahead of the games. More about Carlo Ratti reveals mobile mini cauldron for Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games
It's 2026 – the year imagined in Fritz Lang's sci-fi epic Metropolis almost a century ago. Despite its laboured plot the film got a lot right about the future city, writes Catherine Slessor. More about "Metropolis's prophetic vision of chaotic skylines and unequal social conditions still resonates"
MIT Media Lab has developed a prototype that uses generative AI to interpret and distil the contents of a photograph into a fragrance. More about AI-driven "scent-memory machine" turns photographs into custom fragrances
Multiple well-known architecture studios, including Zaha Hadid Architects and Grimshaw, have created proposals for Washington Dulles Airport, following president Donald Trump's call for a redesign. More about Flurry of famed architects submit designs for Trump airport terminal
Local construction firm Boszko & Verity and design studio Superkül have renovated the Lower Observation Level at the iconic CN Tower in Downtown Toronto, adding a "undulating biophilic ceiling system" to the interior 1,200 feet above ground. More about CN Tower observation deck renovation honours "monument to Canadian life"
Samara, the factory-built ADU company co-founded by US chief design officer Joe Gebbia, has installed the first of a series of units in Los Angeles on the site of a home that burned down in the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. More about Samara installs its first factory-built home in Los Angeles rebuild effort
The Olympic Council of Asia has "confirmed the postponement of the 2029 edition" of the winter games, which were set to be hosted at the unbuilt Trojena ski resort in Neom, Saudi Arabia. More about Neom's Asian Winter Games postponed indefinitely
Architect Hayley Pryor has created The Oculus, a tiny moveable cabin in Byron Bay that was designed to resemble a typical Australian shed. More about Australian sheds inform compact mobile cabin by Hayley Pryor
For our latest lookbook, we've collected homes, offices and shops where Japanese shoji screens were used to create practical and beautiful sliding doors and walls. More about Eight interiors where translucent shoji screens let the light in
Local outfit Studio Valle de Valle has worked with seasoned New York restaurateurs to create a wine bar in a single room with a zinc-covered bar, cedar panelling and custom furniture. More about Studio Valle de Valle contrasts zinc and cedar at Stars wine bar in New York
A series of "forest rooms" draws pockets of the surrounding woodland into Common Woods, a housing development in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, by Dutch studio Space&Matter. More about Space&Matter nestles timber housing blocks into a Dutch woodland
Belgian architecture studio Felt has completed Heifort, an accessible home for a retired couple in Ghent that is topped by a large copper-clad roof. More about Felt completes "house for life" for retired couple in Belgium
Dezeen has launched a brand new podcast that will see our journalists discuss the key design and architecture stories of the week, with the first episode now available for listening. More about Dezeen launches new weekly podcast. Listen now!
Glass bricks and stainless steel characterise this apartment by Berghain designer Studio Karhard, renovated to capture the mood of Berlin's most famous nightclub. More about Berlin apartment designed to be "Berghain in a homely context"
American architecture studio SOM has revealed the interiors of the trading floors inside the new Foster & Partners-designed JPMorganChase supertall skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan. More about SOM unveils NYC's "most advanced trading environment" inside JPMorganChase skyscraper
A curvy three-tiered roof tops the red brick and tile walls of Clay Rise, a house designed and built by the founders of British studio Templeton Ford in southeast England for their own family. More about Templeton Ford builds multigenerational home that reinterprets archetypal Sussex houses
The only building attributed to Roman architect Vitruvius, who wrote the first book on architecture, has been identified in Fano, Italy. More about Vitruvius's only building discovered in Italy
Interiors studio YSG used glossy tiles, saturated colours and plenty of patterned wallpaper to create the interior of Plantasia, a colourful holiday home in a 1990s building. More about YSG creates "welcome to the funhouse" feeling in Australian holiday home
American studios Gensler and HDR, with Spanish studio Luis Vidal + Architects, referenced the hills and foliage of Western Pennsylvania when creating a terminal building for Pittsburgh's international airport. More about HDR, Gensler and Luis Vidal create "pavilion in the landscape" for Pittsburgh airport terminal
Architecture studio BIG has released photos of San Pellegrino Flagship Factory under construction in a mountain valley in Italy, nearly a decade after designs were first revealed. More about BIG reveals colonnaded entrance to San Pellegrino factory in Italy