In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a veterinary hospital in Albania with sculptural curved-concrete walls by Swiss studio Davide Macullo Architects. More about "Nothing short of amazing" says commenter
Austrian architect Jakob Sprenger and designer Antonia Crespi have transformed the restaurant of a boutique hotel in Gstaad, Switzerland, with bespoke furniture and fittings. More about Jakob Sprenger updates codes of Swiss chalet design in The Alpina Gstaad restaurant
French studio Hamonic+Masson & Associés has completed the Monsieur Claude restaurant in Rueil-Malmaison, Paris, which is surrounded by a cloud-like sculpture made from 3,240 stainless steel tubes. More about Hamonic+Masson & Associés raises cloud-like restaurant on stilts above French square
Studio Mumbai founder Bijoy Jain has collaborated with Louis Vuitton creative director Pharrell Williams to create a giant snakes and ladders board for the brand's Spring Summer 2026 menswear show in Paris. More about Giant snakes and ladders board designed as "perfect metaphor for life" at Louis Vuitton Pompidou show
Promotion: German appliance brand Gaggenau has launched an oven and appliance series made with stainless steel and smoked glass that can be arranged in a variety of combinations and inserted into kitchen cabinets. More about Gaggenau creates oven series informed by "Bauhaus principles"
Following the dismantling of the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Japan, MoMA has displayed a fully restored capsule for a New York exhibition, complete with ephemera such as original drawings and documents of tenants' lives. More about MoMA displays "faithful restoration" of original Nakagin capsule
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Honor's Magic V5, the thinnest possible folding phone. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about The "world's thinnest" folding phone features in this week's Dezeen Agenda
Dezeen School Shows: a typeface referencing traditional Palestinian embroidery is among the projects from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar. More about Typeface informed by Palestinian embroidery among projects by VCUarts Qatar
Dutch practice Studioquint has renovated and extended a farmhouse in the Netherlands, adding a barn-like form clad in black timber that was designed to resemble the "shadow" of the existing building. More about Studioquint extends Dutch farmhouse with black-timber Shadow Barn extension
In its latest exhibition More Than Human, London's Design Museum explores what happens when we design not for people but for animals, plants and other living things. Here, the curators preview five works that give an insight into this new frontier of thinking. More about Design Museum curators pick five projects that exemplify "more-than-human" design
Public toilets are vital infrastructure and architects and designers should do more to increase their prevalence in our cities, write Edit Collective. More about "As architects and designers, we don't talk about toilets enough"
A couple in London have been awarded £500,000 compensation over light being blocked from their apartment by a PLP Architecture-designed office tower – but a court refused their request for the offending building to be partially demolished. More about Judge spares London office tower from demolition in right-to-light legal battle
Fashion designer Iris van Herpen has worked with biodesigner Chris Bellamy to create a "first-of-its-kind living look", a dress made from 125 million bioluminescent algae that emit light as it moves. More about Iris van Herpen dress covered in glowing algae is "cultivated rather than constructed"
Wet clay was allowed to collapse in on itself to form these sculptural ceramic socket boards, born from a collaboration between designer Willem van Hooff and Danish design brand Pedestal that challenges the idea that "power needs to be tucked away". More about Willem van Hooff transforms extension cords into modern-day altars
Promotion: pavers by American brick manufacturer The Belden Brick Company define the urban landscape of historic downtown Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA, recently revamped by Iowa-based studio Snyder & Associates. More about Belden clay pavers add character to Cedar Falls' revamped downtown district
A Scottish prison, a fashion university building and the renovation of Elizabeth Tower have been named among the winners of the Royal Institute of British Architects' National Awards for 2025. More about RIBA announces best British buildings for 2025
Architecture studio LOHA has completed Isla Intersections, a low-cost housing complex for formerly homeless residents that comprises stacked shipping containers and sits on a triangular site near a busy highway interchange. More about LOHA creates affordable housing on challenging site in Los Angeles
Dezeen School Shows: streetwear fashion influenced by traditional Swiss folk costumes is among the textile design projects from Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art. More about Streetwear informed by Swiss folk costumes among projects from Lucerne School of Design Film and Art
New York-based startup Infinite Machine has unveiled the Olto minimalist e-bike that looks like a scooter but doesn't require a motorcycle license, according to the brand. More about Infinite Machine creates two-person electric vehicle built for bike lanes
Six volumes clad in sandstone define this ring-shaped visitor centre dedicated to Maiji Mountain in Tianshui, designed by Chinese studios ZXD Architects and Beijing Institute of Architectural Design. More about Sandstone cloaks ring-shaped Maiji Mountain Visitor Centre in China