Canada's Ivy Studio has transformed a 1970s bank into a veterinary clinic for exotic animals in Laval, Quebec, featuring minimalist interiors and soft lighting. More about Ivy Studio creates "soothing" exotic animal clinic in brutalist Quebec bank
New York studio Surrane Design has outfitted Thai restaurant Hommali in New York with a terracotta floor, a central "courtyard" space and personal items of the founders to create a space that resembles a traditional Thai house. More about Surrane Design uses "stages of the rice plant" to tone Thai restaurant in New York
Architecture firm Studio Cadena has designed a forest-like interior for the Masa cafe in Medellín, Colombia, where over 30 plywood columns stretch to a concrete ceiling to create an "atmosphere without walls or enclosure". More about Studio Cadena fills Medellín cafe with 31 towering wooden columns
Finnish firm Elementic has unveiled MO6, a wall-surfacing material produced from forestry industry offcuts that is almost pure carbon. More about Finnish company launches "world's most carbon-storing building material"
Chinese interior designer Bin Wu's book Timeless East explores the idea of a design language rooted in the philosophical context of the East. For this roundup, he picks six of his own favourite projects in China and abroad. More about Six projects from Bin Wu that showcase design "articulated by the East itself"
London studio Piercy & Company has taken over an apartment in the north of the city and given it a new interior featuring custom timber joinery and a mysterious curved corridor. More about Piercy & Company introduces curves and cutouts in guesthouse Apartment 21
US celebrity Gwyneth Paltrow has collaborated with Texas-based studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture on the first sit-down restaurant for wellness company Goop, giving visitors "a new way to experience the brand". More about Gwyneth Paltrow and Michael Hsu create first Goop restaurant
Barcelona-based H3O architects has renovated a 19th-century house in the city's Gracia neighbourhood, taking care to preserve heritage elements while introducing quirky details like hidden windows. More about H3O uses "playful and intelligent gestures" to update historic Barcelona home
This waterfront residence overlooking Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay has been reimagined to include a "mosh pit" lounge by California-based Lauri Design Studio. More about Lauri Design Studio renovates "calm, connected" Michigan lake house
For its first brick-and-mortar venue, production company A24 worked with New York design office Leroy Street Studio to overhaul the city's oldest Off-Broadway theatre to host live productions and screen movies. More about Leroy Street Studio renovates historic New York City theatre for A24
Boutique hotel brand Aethos has opened its first London outpost with interiors designed by Astet Studio in a Ron Arad Associates building that was formerly home to Nobu Hotel Shoreditch. More about Aethos London Shoreditch designed using an "East meets East" approach
US studio IA has combined Craftsman-style detailing and a minimalist technical look with the details of a historic building for AI company Notion in San Francisco, California. More about IA creates Craftsman-style office for AI company Notion in San Francisco
British studio Richard Parr Associates has renovated a trio of 19th-century buildings at The Newt in Somerset hotel in England, restoring their interiors to nod to the site's past. More about Yarlington Lodge at The Newt in Somerset blends "little snippets of history with life today"
US architecture studio KTGY has revamped the interiors of the HOK-designed Fairmont Hotel off of Chicago's Millennium Park. More about KTGY revamps interiors of Fairmont Hotel in Chicago
Brazil's Estúdio Campana has wrapped a pop-up Tiffany & Co store inside a São Paulo shopping mall in a woven wicker skin. More about Estúdio Campana creates "woven jewellery box" for Tiffany & Co in São Paulo
AIM Architecture has designed Zara Huaihai Road, a flagship store for the Spanish fashion brand in Shanghai, with an amphitheatre-like brick podium that connects the building with the street. More about Zara flagship store in Shanghai reflects "the future of physical retail"
The "dopamine decor" interiors trend is taking social media by storm, but it's just another disingenuous dressing-up of superficial style as life-improving experience, writes Julie Lasky. More about "I find it icky to glibly invoke brain chemistry in the marketing of style"
You can still feature in Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to the 24th edition of London Design Festival, which takes place from 12 to 20 September. More about Last chance to feature in Dezeen's digital guide to London Design Festival 2026
French-German designer Tatjana von Stein designed hundreds of bespoke lights and furnishings for this hotel in Munich, drawing on the city's art nouveau style and its exuberant nightlife history. More about Tatjana von Stein blends Jugendstil style with 1980s glamour for The Dean Munich
With much of the world suffering from heatwaves and the UK set to experience its hottest summer on record, we have collected five ice cream stores that offer a temporary cool fix. More about Five ice cream shops that provide cool respite from the summer heat