Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has collaborated with furniture fair Salone del Mobile to design a cross-laminated timber Alpine bivouac, which will be exhibited at the 2026 Winter Olympics. More about Carlo Ratti Associati designs Alpine bivouac for Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games
Swathes of glass and steel make up the sinuous exterior of the new Gare de Mons station in Belgium, which has been designed by Swiss-Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. More about Santiago Calatrava arranges Belgian station around "monumental bridge"
Designer Luke Edward Hall used antique and custom-made furniture, trompe l'oeil marble and hessian wallpaper to make visitors "feel very at home" at the Deux Gares Express restaurant in Paris. More about Luke Edward Hall blends British and French interior design at Deux Gares Express
Spanish designer Lucas Muñoz has created a showroom for furniture brand Sancal in a former office building in Madrid, reusing all materials from the original space that could not be recycled. More about Lucas Muñoz converts 1960s office into offbeat furniture showroom
Promotion: international commercial bathroom and washroom brand The Splash Lab has unveiled a handwashing system, Lumashelf, which it says "brightens the handwashing ritual". More about The Splash Lab's Lumashelf establishes "new dawn in handwashing"
Texas studio Lake Flato Architects has created a library with a porch-like scheme, featuring mass-timber elements and a designated space for children, outside of Austin, Texas, USA. More about Lake Flato Architects evokes "feeling of being on a porch" at Texas library
Nike has released early concept designs of its battery-powered Project Amplify anklet that adheres to a person's lower leg to give them a motorised "boost" while running or walking. More about Nike developing "second set of calf muscles" with motor-assisted running device
Glazed living areas shaded by a steel-framed cloister overlook a courtyard at Three Oaks Farm, a home in West Sussex designed by London studio Nick Willson Architects. More about Nick Willson Architects organises rural Sussex home around steel-framed cloister
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled photos of Danjiang Bridge under construction in Taiwan, which is set to become the world's longest single-tower, cable-stayed bridge. More about Photos reveal Danjiang Bridge by Zaha Hadid Architects nearing completion in Taiwan
Designers have emerged as the group most sceptical towards artificial intelligence in an attitudes survey of UK creative professionals, with four in five saying that the technology undermines originality. More about Designers most likely among creatives to believe AI dulls creativity
Germany-based studio Kéré Architecture has designed its own football kit for its team to wear in Berlin's architecture football championship. More about Kéré Architecture football kit named "Best Jersey Design"
Furniture brand Massproductions has collaborated with its Stockholm neighbour, lifestyle brand Arket, on a capsule collection that features both new products and reimagined existing designs. More about Massproductions creates "sculptural objects for everyday use" with Arket
Swedish designers Adrian Bursell and Siri Svedborg have launched a series of timber furniture and lighting, distinguished by a repetitive pattern of lines that is drawn directly onto their surface using colourful wax crayons. More about Crayon Pine collection sees wood decorated with thousands of hand-drawn lines
A countertop made entirely from recycled plastic anchors this colourful bar in Denver, Colorado, designed and co-owned by local studio Wunder Werkz. More about Wunder Werkz chooses "humble materials" for Semiprecious bar in Denver
Perforated brick walls, courtyards and arcades are intended to imitate the bylanes of an Indian city at The Street, a community clubhouse in Pune, India, designed by local practice Studio VDGA. More about Meandering alleyways encourage "spontaneous interactions" at Pune clubhouse by Studio VDGA
From a Japanese book lover's house to a brutalist holiday home in Mexico, the living rooms compiled in this lookbook feature lofty ceilings and interiors to match. More about Seven double-height living rooms with a sense of high drama
Architecture firm X+Living has renovated a large bookstore in Tianjin, China, using layered brickwork and slatted steel to form wave-like shelves, steps and seating that flow around its central hall. More about Steel slats form sculptural shelves at Tianjin Zhongshuge bookstore by X+Living
Architecture studio ZGF and Whiting-Turner have renovated a training facility used by the NFL team the Baltimore Ravens, using the American football team's moniker as a driving design concept. More about ZGF and Whiting-Turner upgrade Baltimore Ravens training facility
Carlotta Di Sandro and Cecilia Marcheschi of Atelier Vago have added pops of bright blue and yellow to the Pailunga creative space in a deconsecrated chapel near Pisa, Italy. More about Atelier Vago transforms Tuscan chapel into "house for art"
In our latest roundup, we look at houses where solid, windowless walls create privacy and intrigue by hiding interior spaces from the outside world. More about Eight closed-off homes concealed behind windowless facades