Including a skinny house in Japan, a home in Canada that is deliberately unfinished and a lonely cottage in the Outer Hebrides, here are Dezeen's houses of the month for April. More about Dezeen's top five houses of April 2024
An aluminium alloy made from 100 per cent recycled waste will be a game-changer for the furniture industry, according to Norwegian designer Lars Beller Fjetland. More about Recycled aluminium "is a material we'll be using for the next 100 years" says Lars Beller Fjetland
With just one day to put forward a nomination for the Designers of the Year awards at Dezeen Awards 2024, last year's winners explain how winning boosted their visibility and underscored designers' responsibility to society. More about Winning was "immensely rewarding and almost surreal" says past Designers of the Year winner
Lisbon, Melbourne and Clerkenwell's design weeks are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this May. More about Six architecture and design events in May from Dezeen Events Guide
Local studio Hemingway Design collaborated with designer James Shaw to transform a London store interior for charity retailer Traid, which features colourful furniture created from leftover second-hand clothes. More about Hemingway Design and James Shaw create furniture from recycled clothes for Traid
Dezeen and Forbo Flooring's Marmoleum Design Challenge closes for entries at midnight CEST (Central European Summer Time) tonight. Enter before the deadline for the chance to win up to £5,000. More about Last chance to enter Dezeen and Forbo Flooring's Marmoleum Design Challenge
Architecture studio dMFK Architects has restored and renovated the Voysey House office in Chiswick, London, which was originally designed as a wallpaper factory by architect CFA Voysey. More about dMFK Architects restores CFA Voysey's Arts and Crafts factory to its "former glory"
Mexican architecture practice HW Studio has created a hillside house outside of Mexico City consisting of a vertical volume that houses circulation and a horizontal volume containing its living spaces. More about HW Studio strikes balance between "natural and artificial" with Mexico house
American studio Manica Architecture and National Football League team Chicago Bears have unveiled the design of a football stadium along Lake Michigan in Chicago, drawing criticism from preservationists. More about Manica Architecture designs glass-fronted stadium for Chicago Bears
Dezeen Showroom: Italian furniture company Scavolini has listed a selection of its recently-released furnishing systems on Dezeen Showroom. More about Scavolini showcases versatile furnishing systems on Dezeen Showroom
Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed the Vertikal Nydalen office and apartment building in Oslo, with two angular towers designed to encourage air flow through the building. More about Snøhetta unveils angled office and apartment high-rises in Oslo
British furniture retailer Habitat has revealed its 60th-anniversary collection, which features collaborations with emerging designers alongside revived archive pieces like the chicken brick. More about Habitat brings back archive "classics" for 60th anniversary collection
Local studio Valbæk Brørup Architects drew on the principles of Danish functionalism for Kildeskovsvej, a red-brick house outside Copenhagen with a blocky form broken up by large corner windows. More about Valbæk Brørup Architects completes "simple and calm" brick villa outside Copenhagen
Searches for the term "interlocking architecture" have recently experienced a near twenty-nine-fold increase on Pinterest. We've rounded up seven of the best examples from across Dezeen. More about Seven interlocking buildings with parts that overlap or fit together
AIME Studio's interiors for the latest outpost of The Hoxton hotels, in a renovated marble-clad 1950s office building in Vienna, celebrate arts and crafts and post-war modernism. More about The Hoxton Vienna offers "contemporary take on the Wiener Werstätte arts and craft movement"
Blond founder James Melia explains how the Blond Laboratory exhibition at Milan design week drew attention to the processes of industrial design in this video produced by Dezeen for the strategic design agency. More about Blond Laboratory exhibition at Milan design week is a "celebration of process" says James Melia
Architects John Wardle and Wynn Cam, interior designer Alexandra Champalimaud and designers Tania Doumbe Fines and Elodie Dérond have joined as Dezeen Awards 2024 judges. More about John Wardle, Alexandra Champalimaud and Wynn Cam announced as Dezeen Awards 2024 judges
Dezeen Showroom: an outdoor chair made from metal that is informed by the shape of woven baskets is among 16 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Cesto chair by Artu among 16 new products on Dezeen Showroom
An exhibition at Hamburg's MK&G museum examines the global water crisis and what architects and designers can do to help. Here, curator Jane Withers selects five highlights from the show and explains the stories behind them. More about Jane Withers picks five projects that don't "take water for granted" from MK&G exhibition
Mexican architecture studio Módica Ledezma has chosen earth-toned materials to construct the single-pitched buildings that make up this rural complex of stables in Mexico. More about Módica Ledezma employs strict geometry at Mexican equestrian centre