Design duo Formafantasma paired harsh steel rods with delicate glass flowers in its La Casa Dentro furniture collection, comparing modernism's sobriety with the "femininity" of more decorative motifs. More about Formafantasma furniture interrogates "gendered nature" of modernism
Skyscrapers get a bad rap but are crucial to the success of cities, writes economics professor Jason Barr. More about "Great cities need tall buildings to help them thrive"
Architecture practice HCCH Studio has created a shell-like brick pavilion in Longyou County, China, which draws on its agricultural surroundings. More about HCCH Studio creates Twisted Brick Shell Library "to cuddle visitors" in China
Danish architecture studio BIG and technology company Lonestar Data Holdings Inc have created a data storage device for the moon, where it is designed to rest indefinitely after arrival. More about BIG creates 3D-printed data storage device to be sent to the Moon
Chinese architecture studio Ateneo has used 3D technology to form the undulating, sculptural walls of Wuyuanwan subway station in Xiamen, China. More about Ateno lines subway station in "continuous waves" of red concrete panels in China
Mexican studio COA Arquitectura has enclosed a winery outside of Guadalajara with a corrugated steel sawtooth roof and rammed earth walls. More about COA Arquitectura tops Mexico winery with sawtooth roof
The Kunstsilo art gallery has opened within the shell of a 1930s grain silo in the south of Norway, converted by Barcelona studios Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, BAX and Mendoza Partida. More about Kunstsilo gallery opens within "basilica-like" grain silo in Norway
Global architecture studio MAD has revealed its design for Cloud 9 Sports Center, a mirrored athletic complex designed as "a luminous cloud" with a wavy shape. More about MAD designs undulating Cloud 9 Sports Center for Shijiazhuang
The pressures of sustainability are making it harder to be a young designer starting out in the industry, Nendo founder Oki Sato tells Dezeen in this interview. More about Design no longer "just about coming up with ideas and making stuff" says Oki Sato
California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. More about TW Ryan Architecture clads pyramidal Montana house in weathering steel
Tropical modernism informed the plaster finishes of this extension in Hackney, London, which has been completed by local architecture studio Sonn. More about Sonn uses rough plaster finishes for "monolithic and sculptural" London extension
The United Nations has predicted it will take "until 2040 and probably longer" to rebuild the homes in Gaza that have been destroyed in the Israel-Hamas war. More about Rebuilding destroyed Gaza homes will take at least 16 years reports the UN
Italian architecture studio Carlo Ratti Associati has proposed a replacement design for the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore following its collapse in early 2024. More about Carlo Ratti Associati proposes replacement for collapsed Baltimore bridge
Sportswear brand Nike is developing its own generative AI model to design products using its vast bank of athlete data, Dezeen can reveal. More about Nike developing AI model as part of design "step change"
Dutch designer Gijs Schalkx has retrofitted an old car to run on an unusual fuel source: waste plastic that is turned back into oil. More about Gijs Schalkx converts car to run on plastic waste
Japanese studio Kooo Architects has designed the skinny Hotel Rakuragu in central Tokyo to have a "unique shape", with cut-out balconies that help to preserve privacy. More about Kooo Architects creates narrow Tokyo hotel with cut-out balconies and terraces
Toronto architecture studio Partisans has used parametric modelling to create an undulating stone storefront for a jewellery store with a dedicated boutique for luxury watch brand Rolex. More about Partisans sculpts limestone facade for boutique in Toronto
Scottish practices Loader Monteith and Studio SJM have completed The Harmeny Learning Hub outside Edinburgh, which is clad in larch to blend in with its woodland surroundings. More about Loader Monteith and Studio SJM create woodland school in Scotland
Japanese studio Tono Mirai Architects has used soil and wood to create Toiletowa, a curving structure in Saitama prefecture containing a public toilet that reuses wastewater. More about Tono Mirai Architects encloses toilet in Japanese park with rammed earth
Rental platform Airbnb has announced the addition of its Icons program, a category that provides a range of experiences including a stay in the house from Pixar's Up and an overnight stay in the Musee D'Orsay in Paris. More about Airbnb creates rentals from films including Up house suspended from crane