The average gender pay gap at the UK's largest architecture studios has narrowed slightly year-on-year, with Zaha Hadid Architects seeing wage disparity fall by almost 10 percentage points. More about Gender pay gap drops dramatically at Zaha Hadid Architects
Dutch studio NEXT Architects has completed Watchtower Einderheide, a bat-friendly wooden lookout in the Netherlands with a curved cut-out that reveals a spiral staircase. More about NEXT Architects creates bat-friendly watchtower overlooking Dutch forest
In this lookbook, we round up 15 dream bathrooms with statement freestanding baths ideal for luxurious bathing, including tubs made from teak, clay, concrete and marble. More about Fifteen designer bathrooms with freestanding baths
New York design studio BHDM has renovated a hotel in Sunnyvale, California, leaning into the retro vibe of the 1960s property and introducing a "poolside chic" palette. More about BHDM reinvigorates vintage California hotel with bold colours
New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority has released a redesigned map of its subway system, which maintains the colours of the prior one while "simplifying" it. More about New York City releases first new subway map in decades
Architects and designers including David Chipperfield, Daniel Libeskind, Audrey Large and Philippe Starck have created funeral urns for Il Tornitore Matto by Alessi's The Last Pot exhibition at Milan design week. More about Philippe Starck and Daniel Libeskind create funeral urns for Alessi
Italian architect Carlo Ratti explains how people, not technology, will be at the centre of this year's Venice Architecture Biennale in this exclusive interview. More about "This certainly won't be the tech bro biennale" says Venice Architecture Biennale curator Carlo Ratti
Designer Tim Fu has unveiled plans for a housing development close to Slovenia's Lake Bled, which he claims is the first architecture project to use AI at all design stages. More about Tim Fu uses AI as "design collaborator" for Slovenian housing development
Architecture studio Marutau Arqui has completed a home with a multi-faceted red facade on a tight plot on Japan's Shikoku island. More about Marutau Arqui builds Octa House on former car parking space
New York City has passed several bills aimed at reducing the nearly 400 miles of scaffolding sheds covering buildings in the city, some of which have been installed for more than five years. More about New York City passes "Get Sheds Down" legislation to reduce city's scaffolding
Following our feature investigating why skyscrapers are often clad in glass, we've rounded up 10 contemporary skyscrapers from around the world that use a variety of other materials for their facades. More about Ten skyscrapers that buck the all-glass trend
Local architecture studio Carmody Groarke has overhauled a penthouse apartment in London, adding slanted panels of aluminium to create a sheltered rooftop terrace. More about Carmody Groarke tops listed London penthouse with aluminium "rooftop pavilion"
Swedish designer Gustaf Westman and sex-positive dating app Feeld have created a playful multipurpose bed for at least three people. More about Gustaf Westman designs three-person bed for throuples to "explore what's new and possible"
IKEA is working on plans for a linear store that would depart from the Swedish home-furnishings retailer's usual labyrinthine layout, Dezeen can reveal. More about IKEA to build two-kilometre-long store that is "impossible to get lost in"
Design marketplace Basic.Space has launched the first edition of its Design.Space event in Los Angeles, featuring curated collectible design and a full-scale gas station created by French designer Jean Prouvé. More about Inaugural Design.Space event in Los Angeles features Jean Prouvé gas station
A twisting wood-framed roof doubles as a garden at CMP Inspiration, a museum in Taichung, Taiwan, completed by architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates. More about Kengo Kuma tops sunken museum with garden in Taiwan
Designer Philippe Starck has unveiled the surreal nine-storey Maison Heler hotel in Metz, France, which is topped with what appears to be a 19th-century mansion. More about Philippe Starck reveals surrealist hotel topped with 19th-century mansion
Decorative rocks, discarded toys and undulating mosaics feature in our latest lookbook of richly detailed Indian house interiors with eclecticism at their core. More about Eight Indian homes united by eclectic interior designs
UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has released designs of a solar panel-lined tower for use on the moon as part of a project with NASA and 3D printing studio Branch Technology. More about Foster + Partners designs 50-metre-tall "solar energy tower" for moon infrastructure
Clay wall finishes and built-in oak joinery were used to add warmth and facility to this Victorian terraced house in south London, extended by British architecture studio Pensaer. More about Pensaer prioritises natural materials for Clay House extension in London