Concrete loggias overlook a courtyard at this social housing block in Paris, which French studios Francois Brugel Architectes Associes, H2o Architectes and Antoine Regnault Architecture have converted from offices. More about Parisian office blocks transformed into Ilot Saint-Germain social housing
German designer Sebastian Herkner believes there are fewer opportunities for young designers to work with furniture brands today than when he was first starting out in the industry. More about "I wouldn't want to be a young designer today" says Sebastian Herkner
Japanese studio Tono Mirai Architects has used soil and wood to create Toiletowa, a curving structure in Saitama prefecture containing a public toilet that reuses wastewater. More about Tono Mirai Architects encloses toilet in Japanese park with rammed earth
Dezeen teamed up with kitchen appliances brand Gaggenau to host and film a talk about reduction in design with representatives from Zaha Hadid Architects, SOM and Industrial Facility during Milan design week 2024. More about "Less is more is back" says panel during Gaggenau talk at Milan design week
A select few materials appear throughout this apartment in Edinburgh, which architect Luke McClelland has revamped to let its historic features take centre stage. More about Luke McClelland uses stone and oak to overhaul Georgian apartment in Edinburgh
Furniture brand Takt has begun using a new kind of lifecycle assessment for its products that was devised by the European Commission and considers a product's full impact on nature and human health. More about Takt chair is first furniture piece to receive EU's "more transparent" sustainability score
Rental platform Airbnb has announced the addition of its Icons program, a category that provides a range of experiences including a stay in the house from Pixar's Up and an overnight stay in the Musee D'Orsay in Paris. More about Airbnb creates rentals from films including Up house suspended from crane
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the approval of Foster + Partners' 18 Blackfriars Road development in London. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Foster + Partners' plans for "London's lowest whole-life carbon high-rise"
British automotive manufacturer Aston Martin and Argentinian architecture studio Bodas Mian Anger have completed a skyscraper in Miami with a curved, flat form and a cantilevered pool deck near its top. More about Cars and hurricanes inform "sail-shape" of Aston Martin's first residential skyscraper
A mix of faculty, students and non-affiliated practitioners in the fields of architecture and design have signed a petition calling for a boycott of Columbia University after its treatment of students protesting the war in Gaza. More about Architects and planners call for boycott of Columbia University after protests
Belgian studio Mamout has extended a townhouse in Brussels, adding a small garden room built from a prefabricated shell of pastel green-coloured steel. More about Mamout adds "smallest possible extension" to townhouse in Brussels
Architecture studio Elding Oscarson has extended the National Swedish Museum of Technology with Wisdome Stockholm, a timber building topped by a curving roof that bulges over a dome inside. More about Elding Oscarson creates CLT dome theatre inside Swedish museum extension
Milan design week seemed to show that the industry has given up on reducing its planetary impact and creating products for regular people, writes Max Fraser. More about "Has Milan design week become a victim of its own popularity?"
Dezeen Awards celebrates the world's best architecture, interiors and design, as well as the individuals and studios behind it. With only four weeks left to enter Dezeen Awards 2024, start your entry today! More about Four weeks left to enter Dezeen Awards 2024
Swiss studio Kosmos Architects has designed Dice, a multifaceted piece of oak furniture that can be used as a stool, a coffee table, a lamp or a footrest. More about Dice furniture changes function depending on how you "throw" it
Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma aimed to rebrand linoleum and establish a new visual language for the misunderstood material with the Flaxwood tiles she has created for manufacturer Dzek. More about Christien Meindertsma develops linoleum tiles that can be remolded "like playdough"
American studio Walker Warner Architects has completed Hale Kiawe, a family retreat with simple, gabled forms that are set within an undulating landscape dotted with chunky lava rocks. More about Hawaii house by Walker Warner Architects designed to be "elegant but spare"
American architecture studio SOM has designed a skyscraper in Downtown Miami defined by two expansive terraces and an "exposed structure". More about SOM designs skyscraper with "exposed structure" for Miami
The transition from print to online journalism has led to "chaos" within architecture criticism that has upsides as well as downsides, author Paul Goldberger tells Dezeen in this exclusive interview. More about Architecture criticism in 2024 defined by "shouting and not a lot of clarity" says Paul Goldberger
Architecture studio A6A has converted a former model-making workshop in Bordeaux into a studio for itself that is defined by pared-back materials and spaces. More about A6A creates "haven in the middle of the city" for its Bordeaux studio