This holiday home designed by architecture office KRADS features large openings that frame views of Iceland's Lake Thingvallavatn, and a turfed roof to help it blend in with its natural surroundings. More about KRADS completes green-roofed Icelandic holiday home overlooking Lake Thingvallavatn
A collage by American artist Beeple has become the most expensive digital image ever, with the blockchain-verified artwork fetching over $69 million at auction. More about Jpeg file by digital artist Beeple sells for over million at NFT auction
Capturing buildings using film allows you to "step back and have a distance from the subject," says architectural photographer Simone Bossi, who says digital imagery can be "quite misleading". More about Digital photography is "too much to digest" says Simone Bossi
Indian office MAIA Design Studio has designed a Pan-Asian restaurant in Bengaluru, which brings local crafts together with a Tokyo-inspired palette of colours and patterns. More about Lucky Chan restaurant in Bengaluru combines craft objects with candy colours
Dezeen promotion: new audio eyewear brand Aether is launching its first range of products that allow wearers to take calls and listen to music through their sunglasses and optical-compatible glasses. More about Aether launches debut line of audio eyewear
Belgium-based Adjo Studio has used large wooden joinery elements to organise the interior of a penthouse apartment in Hasselt. More about Bookshelves and cabinets divide living spaces in Penthouse BV by Adjo Studio
Bunkhouse Group and architecture office Lake Flato collaborated to create Hotel Magdalena, a hotel in Austin designed to emulate a Texas lake house filled with art and "hippie textiles." More about Hotel Magdalena is a homage to Texan lake houses
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes a clubhouse and activity centre for a hotel in rural Japan. More about A Japanese clubhouse features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Two days before Covid-19 was declared a pandemic last year, trend forecaster Li Edelkoort predicted it would lead to a quarantine of consumption in an interview with Dezeen. In the third part of our series marking the anniversary of the pandemic, she discusses how it has changed the world. More about "The only things I miss are flirting, dancing and cuddling" says Li Edelkoort on the anniversary of the pandemic
One year after Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic, Alexandra Hagen, CEO of Swedish architecture studio White Arkitekter, responded to our questions about its impact with a list of six ways Covid-19 will change cities forever. More about "We are gaining the momentum needed to create a carbon-free society"
Dezeen promotion: Domus Academy has launched 10 design competitions with companies including Alessi and AKQA, which are offering scholarships to study at the Italian design school as prizes. More about Domus Academy launches design competitions for its master's programmes
Mecanoo has unveiled its design for Macau's new central library, which will have a gridded, light-filtering facade that opens up like a book to a public square. More about Mecanoo designs Macau Central Library with light-filtering facade informed by books
One year ago today, the World Health Organisation officially declared coronavirus a global pandemic. Twenty one of the world's leading designers, including Thomas Heatherwick, Kelly Hoppen and Sevil Peach, gave us their views on how it has changed the world. More about Norman Foster, Virgil Abloh and more share their thoughts on the global impact of Covid-19
A slender roof cantilevers from all sides of The House of Wisdom, a tech-filled library that Foster + Partners has designed in Sharjah, UAE for the "digital future". More about Foster + Partners crowns Sharjah library with giant cantilevered roof
Dezeen Showroom: Quadranno is a lacquered storage system with doors, drawers and compartments designed by office furniture brand IOC Project Partners. More about Quadronno storage system by IOC Project Partners
Dezeen has partnered with the Timber Trade Federation on a live talk exploring the use of tropical timber in architecture and design. More about Watch our talk with the Timber Trade Federation about the benefits of tropical timber
Colourful display stands are meant to appear like artworks within this eyewear store in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia created by French designer Pierre Brocas and architect Nada Oudghiri. More about Pierre Brocas and Nada Oudghiri design gallery-like eyewear store informed by Memphis movement
French car brand DS Automobiles has released a four-piece clothing range coated in living algae that sequesters carbon dioxide from the air and turns it into oxygen. More about DS Automobiles unveils carbon-capturing clothing collection at Paris Fashion Week
Basalt Architects has used marine-grade concrete to build Guðlaug Baths, a geothermal pool on Langisandur Beach in Iceland. More about Basalt Architects builds geothermal baths on the Icelandic seafront
Italian architect Renzo Piano has completed the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, adding a concrete and glass sphere to a 1930s building. More about Renzo Piano completes Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles