Three villages will make up Omani Mountain Destination, a mixed-use district for 8,000 people being developed for Oman by the country's Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning. More about Oman announces plans for mixed-use district in Jabal al Akhdar mountains
Samsung has previewed its first smart ring at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, positioning it as a comprehensive health tracker enhanced with AI insights. More about Samsung unveils Galaxy smart ring for health tracking
Danish architecture firm BIG has designed the 3D graphics that define the identity of this year's 3 Days of Design festival in Copenhagen under the slogan Dare to Dream. More about BIG unveils visual identity for Denmark's 3 Days of Design festival 2024
Dezeen's YouTube channel, where you can watch all our video content including documentaries and interviews with architects and designers, has surpassed 250,000 subscribers. More about Dezeen's YouTube passes a quarter million subscribers
Developer HUB and investor Bridges Fund Management have revealed plans to convert a 1950s office building in London into Cornerstone, a co-living residential scheme designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. More about AHMM to transform office into co-living space next to London's Barbican estate
A trio of incomplete skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles have been covered with graffiti, sparking debate about the development, which has been abandoned since 2019. More about Trio of abandoned Los Angeles skyscrapers covered in graffiti
Space tourism company Space Perspective has unveiled a test capsule for its Neptune spacecraft that, buoyed by a giant balloon, could carry tourists into the stratosphere next year. More about Space Perspective completes capsule for balloon-powered "journey to the edge of space"
International design platform and fair Design Miami has announced the first edition of Design Miami/ Los Angeles, which will take place from 16 to 20 May at a private estate in the northwest of the city. More about Design Miami announces Los Angeles edition for May 2024
Scientists from South Korea's Yonsei University have invented what they believe to be a sustainable, high-protein food in the form of "beef rice", made by growing cow cells in grains of rice. More about Scientists develop hybrid "beef rice" as future meat alternative
Google has opened a building serving its North American operations in New York City that is housed in a 1930s rail terminal restored and adapted by architecture studios CookFox Architects and Gensler. More about Google opens New York headquarters built on renovated 1930s train terminal
UK architecture firm Studio Egret West has shared its plans to create housing within two concrete 1960s buildings in London, which were formerly the headquarters of food company Heinz. More about Studio Egret West to transform former Heinz HQ into London housing
The seven finalists for this year's edition of the Mies van der Rohe Award have been revealed and include a Czech art gallery, an urban space in southern Sweden and a copper-clad convent in Corsica. More about Mies van der Rohe Award reveals finalists for 2024
Former US president Donald Trump has launched a trainer collection including golden high-top sneakers, designed for "true Patriots", that are said to have already sold out. More about Donald Trump launches gold "Never Surrender" trainers that quickly sell out
Development company Human Nature has received planning approval to transform a former industrial site in Lewes into a sustainable 685-home neighbourhood that will be the UK's largest made from timber. More about UK's "most sustainable" neighbourhood the Phoenix receives planning approval
This week on Dezeen, we launched our editorial series Stone Age 2.0, exploring the potential of stone to be a viable, low-carbon, modern structural material. More about This week we launched our Stone Age 2.0 series
The Design Space AlUla gallery is set to open this weekend in a Corten steel-latticed building designed by Italian architects Giò Forma Studio in the town of AlUla, Saudi Arabia. More about Design Space AlUla launches with exhibition on local architecture, graphics and jewellery
Danish architecture studio CEBRA has revealed its designs for three visitor centres in Albania, which will be topped with protruding concrete slabs that reference "shifting tectonic plates". More about Concrete slabs will enclose national park pavilions by CEBRA in Albania
Swedish furniture brand IKEA has released two images from a series of photographs taken by Annie Leibovitz, its first-ever artist-in-residence, showing people in their homes across the world. More about IKEA unveils "powerful" first photos by artist-in-residence Annie Leibovitz
Global architecture firm BIG has designed a pair of Manhattan skyscrapers connected by a twisting skybridge as part of a four-tower development that includes a spiral-shaped museum at its centre. More about BIG designs skyscrapers with cantilevered skybridge in Manhattan
Brands should continually evolve their products instead of prioritising new launches, according to Magnus Wästberg, founder and CEO of Swedish lighting brand Wästberg. More about "Just doing new things is not the solution" says Wästberg CEO