On the heels of London Design Festival, we have rounded up a selection of furniture and products presented during the city-wide event made of scraps that would otherwise have gone to waste. More about Seven savvy pieces from London Design Festival made of material offcuts
The conversion of a Victorian hospital is one of three reuse projects that make up the shortlist for the 2026 RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award. More about Building reuse defines shortlist for Scotland's best building
Washington DC nonprofit The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which sued the government last year over the White House ballroom extension, has announced a $10 million fundraising campaign for legal defence in support of US landmark preservation. More about National Trust for Historic Preservation creates defense fund in light of "urgent threats"
Car brand Bentley has revealed the Torcal, its first fully electric car. Ahead of its unveiling, we spoke to design director Robin Page about how the car balances an electric future with the brand's heritage. More about Bentley's first fully electric car embraces heritage in a "progressive way"
Alaska-based artist Nicholas Galanin has created a metal sculpture resembling a stretched animal hide in front of the St Louis Gateway Arch to challenge "narratives of westward expansion" for art festival Counterpublic. More about Nicholas Galanin "interrupts sightline" of Gateway Arch with animal-hide sculpture
Dezeen School Shows: a centre dedicated to nuclear learning set within the historic landscape of Stowe, UK, is among the projects by students at Cardiff University. More about Nuclear education centre within English garden among projects from Cardiff University
Mexican lighting designer Federico Stefanovich has worked with local interiors firm Nama Studio to renovate his studio in a hotel-turned-arts building in Mexico City's Centro neighbourhood. More about Federico Stefanovich revamps studio in 1920s Mexico City building to showcase his lighting
Scottish architecture studio Pend has expanded and updated a Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh, complementing its existing pale stone exterior with an extension clad in skinny red bricks. More about Pend uses skinny red bricks for extension to stone townhouse in Edinburgh
Dezeen has announced the design shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes projects by Bocci, Kvadrat, and Fuseproject. More about Dezeen Awards 2026 design shortlist announced
Paranoia over so-called "teen takeovers" ignores the fundamental problem: that our cities have left young people with nowhere to go, writes Christopher Martin. More about "We remove places where young people can gather in small groups, then panic when they gather in large ones"
Design firm Yont Studio has used salvaged car seats and more than 140 cassette tapes to create an analogue sound installation inside Berlin department store KaDeWe. More about Brutalist cassette listening booth in Berlin's KaDeWe unlocks "music you can't find on Spotify"
Tech brand Apple has revealed the 600-seat Apple Music Hall, its first live music venue, which sits alongside its offices within London's Battersea Power Station. More about Apple unveils music venue within Battersea Power Station
Furniture brand Karimoku has opened Oyado Mas, an exhibition of furniture and accessories by its Mas label, showcased in an environment designed to resemble an inn complete with a reception and guest room. More about Karimoku turns Tokyo showroom into "imaginary Japanese inn"
Dezeen Showroom: a chair informed by rustic agricultural construction common in rural Australia is among new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Cattle armchair by Design By Them among 13 new products on Dezeen Showroom
Photographer Gurpreet Chawla has captured this year's architectural installations at the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, from a broken Eiffel Tower to a chapel made from nylon panels. More about The quirky architecture of Burning Man 2026
Researchers at Parsons School of Design's Healthy Material Lab have released a study that raises concerns about the "many substances harmful to human health" in a typical prefabricated American home. More about Parsons researchers warn of plastic toxicity in American manufactured homes
The summer 2026 installation of the Dezeen Showroom New Releases newsletter includes a modular kitchen crafted from oak. Subscribe to Dezeen Showroom New Releases now! More about Dezeen Showroom New Releases newsletter includes oak modular kitchen
Charred-timber cladding is contrasted with warm plywood-lined interiors at House in Mibu, a home in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, completed by local studio Tato Architects. More about Tato Architects completes charred timber-clad home in Japan
Dezeen has announced the interiors shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes projects by Isern Serra, Snøhetta and YSG. More about Dezeen Awards 2026 interiors shortlist revealed
A lack of money, materials or equipment shaped every object in this mock apartment, which has taken over the basement of London shop Aram as part of an exhibition by guerrilla design collective Design Everything. More about With Limitations apartment reveals unvarnished glimpse into life as a London designer