Fluorescent yellow anti-tank hedgehogs and dragon's teeth take centre stage at Latvia's pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which aims to draw attention to the changing landscape on NATO's borders. More about Latvia Pavilion questions what it means "to live on NATO's external border in times of geopolitical conflict"
With two weeks left to enter Dezeen Awards 2025, in partnership with Bentley, make sure to submit your projects by 29 May at 23:59 London time for your chance to win one of the most coveted awards in architecture, interiors and design. More about Two weeks left to enter Dezeen Awards
A suspended orb forms the centrepiece of the Netherlands Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, designed by Amsterdam studio RAU Architects and design studio Tellart to reference the country's connection to water and its use of renewable energy. More about Glowing sphere protrudes from Netherlands Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
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Art and design collective MSCHF has integrated auto parts from Mercedes-AMG vehicles into a furniture collection, including a couch with headlight armrests and a step-on trash can with car pedals during NYCxDesign. More about MSCHF creates furniture collection from "pile of car parts"
Design gallery Casa Valle has collaborated with furniture producer BD Barcelona on a limited edition version of Antoni Gaudí’s Battló Chair that is on show as part of NYCxDesign 2025. More about Casa Valle cloaks Gaudí's Battló Chair in dark ebony stain
Design brand Vitra has opened a showroom in a loft overlooking the Manhattan Bridge gateway in Chinatown to act as a retail and events space filled with new and classic products. More about Vitra unveils Manhattan showroom in industrial Chinatown loft
Dezeen School Shows: a clock that speeds up to ensure its users are on time is among the household object designs by students at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. More about Punctuality clock among quirky designs from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey students
Dezeen has partnered with global brands including Gessi, Haute Living and Kouros Magshoudi on a number of talks and a party during NYCxDesign 2025. Register here to attend! More about Dezeen to co-host series of events during NYCxDesign
A pair of giant staircases spliced together by Chinese studio MAD rises up through Fenix Museum of Migration, which is set to open in a century-old warehouse in Rotterdam. More about MAD crowns Fenix museum in Rotterdam with "living room for people"
English football team Chelsea Football Club has unveiled plans for multiple residential skyscrapers in Dubai's Maritime City, which will feature a rooftop football pitch. More about Chelsea FC launches "world's first football-themed residences" in Dubai
Alien-like structures that sequester carbon emerge from shallow pools at the Canada Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Canada "prints living structures" at Venice Architecture Biennale
The curators of the Lebanese pavilion have explained why they fought to be at the Venice Architecture Biennale despite the challenges of life under conflict, including the killing of one of their colleagues just two weeks ago. More about "We are not going to be silenced" say Lebanese Pavilion curators
Dezeen, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard have partnered to host a series of talks exploring water, wellbeing and design during Clerkenwell Design Week, where the winning Shaping Water Competition installation will also be unveiled. More about Dezeen, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard to explore water, wellness and wellbeing at Clerkenwell Design Week
Design studio GamFratesi looked to historic Greek vases when creating the interior of Epicurus, a restaurant and jazz club in Copenhagen, which features smoked oak wood inlays and custom-made lighting. More about GamFratesi decorates Copenhagen jazz club with drawings informed by ancient pottery
Ethereal curtains crafted from surplus textile samples create distinctive shadows across the original pinewood floors of OntheSq, a neo-Jacobean London home transformed by Irenie Studio. More about Irenie Studio restores 1840s townhouse in De Beauvoir Square
As the deadline for Dezeen Awards 2025 approaches, we've focused on colourful bathroom products with smart technologies and innovative materials to inspire your entries for our new bathroom product design category. More about Seven striking and practical bathroom products
Texas studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has adapted a 130-year-old building in Austin into an all-day restaurant, bar and gathering space where "old world meets new world". More about Michael Hsu "breathes new life" into 1890s Austin building for Uptown Sports Club
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features proposals for the Queen Elizabeth II memorial, which readers described as "mediocre". Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "mediocre bunch of designs" for Queen Elizabeth II memorial
American studio TenBerke has released designs for a proposed residential skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn, which will integrate an "outdated" office structure and be the second-tallest building in the borough if completed. More about TenBerke designs 395 Flatbush Avenue skyscraper to integrate existing building