Furniture made from melted aluminium and compressed wool features in this fine-dining restaurant in Budapest, Hungary, which architecture firm URBA designed to highlight sustainability and local identity. More about URBA uses reclaimed materials to craft "multi-layered" interior for Onyx Æther restaurant
A pastel colour palette, metal canopies and furniture informed by children's block games lend a playful feel to Gyöngyszem Kindergarten in Budapest, Hungary, renovated by local studio Archikon. More about Archikon updates prefabricated 1960s kindergarten to be "playful and liveable"
Promotion: Budapest's Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) offers a variety of initiatives students can take part in, including its Future Materials Conference examining cutting-edge materials. More about Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design is a "global hub" of creativity
Lamps made from repurposed sailcloth and cow-print chairs created using upcycled textiles were among the pieces shown at the fifth edition of design festival 360 Design Budapest. More about Eight highlights from 360 Design Budapest 2024
Hungarian practices Hetedik Műterem and Studio Konstella have revamped and extended the Normafa Ski Lodge restaurant in Budapest with the shingle-clad pavilion, which aims to evoke "the purity of a mountain hut". More about Hetedik Műterem and Studio Konstella extend old ski lodge in Budapest
Interior design studios Bowler James Brindley and Bánáti + Hartvig have transformed a 140-year-old neo-Renaissance building in central Budapest into the latest outpost from hotel chain W Hotels. More about W Budapest hotel occupies 19th-century Drechsler Palace
Promotion: sustainable design solutions, projects that explore the future of smart mobility, textile circularity and mycelium packaging are among the strategic initiatives set up by Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) in Budapest, Hungary. More about Moholy-Nagy University addresses pressing social and environmental challenges
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has completed a museum dedicated to music topped with an undulating roof punctuated by trees in Budapest's City Park. More about Sou Fujimoto creates House of Music in Budapest park "as a continuation of the natural environment"
This cabin in the Alpokalja forest near Kőszeg, Hungary, was entirely built on stilts as an isolated getaway that would harmoniously integrate with the surrounding trees. More about Béres Architects hides cabin on stilts in a Hungarian forest
Dezeen promotion: Budapest exhibition Design Without Borders is launching an online video series to present the work of artists and designers from the region and beyond, in lieu of an in-person event for 2021. More about Design Without Borders launches vlog to showcase creative projects
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the House of Hungarian Music museum by Sou Fujimoto and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "The most important thing is to increase green spaces" says commenter
A museum dedicated to music topped with an undulating roof that will be punctuated by trees designed by Sou Fujimoto is nearing completion in Budapest's City Park as part of the Liget Budapest Project. More about Sou Fujimoto's House of Hungarian Music nearing completion in Budapest
The Church of Pope John Paul II in Páty, Hungary, is a crescent-shaped building featuring skewed angles and whitewashed concrete that aims to turn "passive observers" into active participants of worship. More about Robert Gutowski Architects designs minimal church interior in response to changes in modern worship
A towering sculpture by Kaws and a graphic polka-dot print floor feature within this Budapest bar, which interior architect Roman Plyus has designed to be instantly Instagrammable. More about Roman Plyus designs Buhairest bar in Hungary to look good on Instagram
PRTZN Architecture has used upholstered foam blocks to transform a tiny room in a Hungarian church into a children's playroom. More about Red foam blocks turn cramped church room into a play space for kids
A masterplan drawn up by architecture firm Snøhetta envisions an "island" neighbourhood for 12,000 students off the Danube river in south Budapest. More about Snøhetta unveils masterplan for island-like student district in Budapest
Balint Alovits' photography series Time Machine features architectural staircases in Bauhaus and art deco-style buildings in Budapest, Hungary. More about "Infinite" spiralling staircases in Budapest captured in photography by Balint Alovits
Budapest is to introduce a ban on all buildings over 90 metres, but this will not impact Foster + Partners' plan to build a 120-metre-tall tower, which has already won planning permission. More about Foster + Partners' Budapest tower will be built despite city's new skyscraper ban
Dutch studio UNStudio has won a competition to create a road, tram, cycle and pedestrian crossing over the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. More about UNStudio designs major bridge for the Danube river in Budapest
Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to create a sustainable office campus for a Hungarian oil and gas company, centred around a 28-storey skyscraper. More about Foster + Partners unveils plans for Budapest's tallest building