Ailing design education is leaving graduates unprepared for the realities of industry and saddled with debt, established designers have warned as part of our Performance Review series. More about Quality of design education "lower than it was" say designers
A cave-like ground floor accessible on all sides will be the focal point of this opera house, which architecture studio Snøhetta is designing for Düsseldorf, Germany. More about Snøhetta unveils plans for cavernous opera house in Düsseldorf
Loans available to architecture students in the USA will be reduced under the terms of president Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, as architecture will not be considered a professional degree. More about Architecture no longer considered a "professional degree" in US
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled plans for Symphony Tower, a residential skyscraper in Dubai that will be enclosed by an illuminated lattice structure. More about Zaha Hadid Architects draws on Emirati embroidery for Dubai skyscraper
Architects must get over their aversion to the business side of practice, writes Gareth Stapleton as part of our Performance Review series. More about "Too many architects wear their ignorance of finance as if it were a mark of purity"
Design agency Morrama has partnered with 3D-manufacturing studio Batch.Works to create headphones for kids that were designed to be assembled and repaired by the children themselves. More about Kibu children's headphones are crafted from agricultural packaging waste
Architecture studio Standard Practice has created a gallery-informed interior for the Copenhagen Eye Institute, with details including a circular sculpture plinth and a steel-tiled reception desk. More about Standard Practice designs Copenhagen eye clinic to double as a gallery
Car brand Kia has presented its EV5 model at an educational complex in Gyeonggi province in the latest instalment of our video series pairing its electric vehicles with contemporary South Korean architecture. More about Kia unveils new EV5 at educational academy surrounded by courtyards and water gardens
Graphic designer Rikako Nagashima has created a series of rolled calendars for Danish textile brand Kvadrat that have been shortlisted in the graphic design project category of Dezeen Awards 2025. More about Rikako Nagashima creates wool calendars to illustrate the urgency of the climate crisis
An LA-based team comprised of Mouthwash Studio and Aunt Studio has designed Mexican restaurant with ample patio space underneath a railway in the city's Chinatown neighbourhood. More about Cafe Tondo designed to "fill the void" of social spaces in Los Angeles
Dezeen School Shows: plans to renovate the disused Morgex station into a village's agriculture and community centre are among the projects from Politecnico di Torino. More about Disused station reimagined into agriculture centre among Politecnico di Torino projects
Indian architecture studio 23 Degrees Design Shift has created a five-bedroom weekend home surrounded by a moat near Hyderabad, India. More about 23 Degrees Design Shift surrounds multi-generational Hyderabad home with moat
It's rapidly cooling down across the northern hemisphere. To mark the seasonal shift, we've collected a lookbook of eight fireplaces installed in living spaces from Lithuania to Chile. More about Eight living spaces anchored by statement fireplaces
Furniture made from melted aluminium and compressed wool features in this fine-dining restaurant in Budapest, Hungary, which architecture firm URBA designed to highlight sustainability and local identity. More about URBA uses reclaimed materials to craft "multi-layered" interior for Onyx Æther restaurant
A luxury grocery store featuring interiors by Brooklyn designer Sarah Carpenter with a curated art program and sculptural floral displays has opened in New York City's Tribeca neighbourhood. More about Meadow Lane "reimagines the grocery experience" in Tribeca
Dezeen School Shows: a project exploring the effects of building sports architecture in the USA is among the thesis projects from the University of Southern California. More about Sports architecture analysis among projects from University of Southern California
Red-painted timber walls and a white corrugated metal roof form the "bold and distinctive" exterior of House Comet, a family home in Riga, Latvia, designed by local architecture studio Gaiss. More about Gaiss tops red home in Latvia with corrugated metal roof
This week, designer John Pawson brought his minimalist ethos to fashion with his first garment. Here, we look at six minimalist things created by the British designer. More about Six things reduced to the bare minimum by John Pawson
This week on Dezeen, we launched our latest series, Performance Review, which will explore the multitude of issues plaguing the architecture and design industry. More about This week we begun our architecture and design Performance Review
Architecture studio Snøhetta is nearing completion on a massive, interconnected headquarters for automotive company Ford in Michigan, USA, completing an engineering-focused central building. More about Snøhetta showcases "transformative" Ford headquarters building in Michigan