Architecture studio Cooking Sections and engineer AKT II have created an experimental landscape in Sharjah to demonstrate how desert plants could be used as an alternative to water-hungry greenery in arid cities. More about Zero-water garden created in Sharjah to show how desert plants can thrive in cities
Hopkins Architects has completed the Buhais Geology Park Interpretive Centre on a former prehistoric sea in the emirate of Sharjah, UAE. More about Sharjah desert visitor centre takes its shape from prehistoric sea urchins
Sinks that look like water troughs and rustic plaster walls feature within this spartan UAE cafe recently completed by design studio Bone. More about Ras Al Khaimah's minimalist Hoof cafe is designed to recall horse stalls
CEBRA has completed a cave-like prayer centre in Abu Dhabi housed in a landscape of jagged, rock-like forms. More about Prayer hall sits inside a cluster of rock-shaped buildings
SpaceContinuum Design Studio and Shape Architecture Practice and Research have designed a pavilion in the emirate of Sharjah to house Random International's Rain Room installation. More about Sharjah Arts Foundation creates permanent home for the Rain Room in UAE
Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has erected three prefabricated houses at the Sharjah Architecture Triennial, to highlight the families that relocate their homes as river channels move within the Bengal Delta. More about Marina Tabassum brings prefabricated Bangladeshi homes to Sharjah
Brutalism and underground fight clubs were used as a point of reference for VSHD Design when designing this gym in Dubai. More about VSHD Design creates geometric gym in Dubai shopping mall
The Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council has paired Bedouin craftswomen in the UAE with international artists to create items that can be sold to a global market. More about Bedouin women create Irthi collection based on ancient Emirati crafts
David Adjaye has revealed visuals of The Abrahamic Family House, an interfaith complex in Abu Dhabi that will contain a church, mosque and synagogue. More about David Adjaye designs trio of multifaith temples in Abu Dhabi
Sneha Divias Atelier has swapped stereotypical primary colours for neutral tones inside this restaurant in Dubai, which is designed specifically for children. More about White & The Bear children's restaurant has white surfaces and timber furnishings
The Guggenheim Foundation has revealed that its Frank Gehry-designed art museum in the United Arab Emirates is "on track" to complete in four years time. More about Construction set to begin on Frank Gehry's long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
The House of Wisdom, a library and cultural centre designed by Foster + Partners for Sharjah, will feature a cantilevered roof and a book-printing machine. More about Foster + Partners designs tech-filled library for Sharjah
Architecture studio Anarchitect has turned a couple of stone buildings in the UAE into Al Faya Lodge, a hotel and saltwater spa in the Sharjah desert. More about Al Faya Lodge by Anarchitect is a desert spa and hotel made from stone and steel
Visuals have been released of the SOM-designed Burj Jumeira, a 550-metre-tall split-volume skyscraper in Dubai that will rise from a lake shaped like the fingerprint of the emirate's ruler. More about Burj Jumeira supertall skyscraper will rise from fingerprint of Dubai's ruler
UAE-based studio Roar has completed a nursery school in Dubai that features integrated technologies to encourage active play and introduce children to computer coding. More about Roar's Nursery of the Future is a high-tech learning space for children in Dubai
The inaugural Fikra Graphic Design Biennial, in the UAE emirate of Sharjah, shows how the region can rethink its approach to adaptive reuse of buildings. More about Fikra Graphic Design Biennial "sets a precedent" for adaptive reuse in UAE
Serie Architects has unveiled a low-lying design for the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai, which does not "rely on exuberance to make a statement". More about Serie Architects' understated Jameel Arts Centre is "very un-Dubai"
Nicholas Szczepaniak Architects has combined smoked timber joinery, huge sheets of steel and raw concrete to create the brooding interiors of this men's spa and barbershop in Dubai. More about Darkened wood and concrete form moody interiors of Chaps & Co barbershop in Dubai
Dubai's first skyscraper, first library and a clock tower are all set to be heritage-listed, as the UAE's largest city looks to preserve the early buildings that shaped its development. More about Dubai's first skyscraper to be listed in initiative to preserve 1960s and 70s architecture
Dezeen promotion: the craft of regional designers will be the focus of 2018's Downtown Editions, a design showcase in Dubai that features limited edition creations from around the world. More about Dubai's Downtown Editions will highlight limited edition pieces made by regional designers