Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and US firm Höweler + Yoon Architecture have debuted a floating plaza with sloping floors at the Venice Architecture Biennale before it journeys to Brazil for COP30. More about Carlo Ratti and Höweler + Yoon's floating AquaPraça plaza anchors in Venice
US studio Spaced Agency has created a headquarters for non-profit Welcome to Chinatown in New York City, divided by one long curtain and mobile wooden "carts" to make the space flexible for a variety of events. More about Spaced Agency references "iconographies of Chinatown" for New York social hub
Ukrainian architecture studio Forma has renovated Pavilion 13, a Soviet-era exhibition hall in Kyiv, carefully updating its modernist structure for contemporary use. More about Forma revives Soviet-era exhibition hall in Kyiv "without erasing its character"
Producer Pharrell Williams and fashion designer Nigo are collaborating with Japanese hospitality brand Not A Hotel to design a commercial district in central Tokyo. More about Pharrell and Nigo design "surprising and entertaining" district in Tokyo
Pedestrians are walking 15 per cent faster and stopping to linger 14 per cent less than they used to, according to a study from MIT's Senseable City Lab that hopes to guide the design of public spaces. More about MIT finds people walking faster and lingering less in public space
Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has completed The Lake House Life Experience Pavilion in Shanghai, wrapping two existing structures on the edge of a lake with facades of aluminium and ceramic panels. More about Wutopia Lab perches simple pavilion on banks of Chinese lake
Public toilets are vital infrastructure and architects and designers should do more to increase their prevalence in our cities, write Edit Collective. More about "As architects and designers, we don't talk about toilets enough"
Six volumes clad in sandstone define this ring-shaped visitor centre dedicated to Maiji Mountain in Tianshui, designed by Chinese studios ZXD Architects and Beijing Institute of Architectural Design. More about Sandstone cloaks ring-shaped Maiji Mountain Visitor Centre in China
Woven lattices made of red and white metal tubes wrap around The Quartet – Songzhuang Z Museum, a textile gallery designed by Chinese architectural studio Team BLDG in Zhejiang province. More about Team BLDG wraps Chinese art museum in colour-shifting "woven skin"
Creeping security infrastructure at Glastonbury takes the coercive tactics shaping Britain's streets to their next logical step, writes Phineas Harper. More about "Glastonbury is not an escape from the real world but a snapshot of what is to come"
A trio of sweeping green roofs characterise this agricultural museum in Fujian Province, designed by Chinese studio Atelier Alter Architects to mirror the peaks of the nearby Wuyi Mountains. More about Atelier Alter Architects tops Sunner Museum in China with curved green roofs
London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced that plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street will move forward, following support from the public and businesses. More about London's Oxford Street to be pedestrianised "as quickly as possible" says Sadiq Khan
Local architecture studio Puerto & Sánchez Arquitectos has completed Farrapona Geological Viewpoint, a looping lookout jutting over a mountain pass in Someido, northern Spain. More about Puerto & Sánchez Arquitectos adds looped lookout to Spanish mountain pass
Architects should see themselves as providing a public service even when working on luxury apartment blocks, British designer Thomas Heatherwick tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "The tone in architecture is that the public is ignorant" says Thomas Heatherwick
The first photographs of Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum's lightweight timber Serpentine Pavilion in London have been revealed. More about First images of 2025 Serpentine Pavilion revealed
A waterfront stage shaped like a lotus leaf forms the heart of Luhu Ring of Starlight, an amphitheatre by Chinese architecture firm AIR-CoLAB Studio and engineer HDEC in Sichuan Province, China. More about AIR-CoLAB Studio creates ring-shaped amphitheatre by lake in China
Australian practice Equity Office has completed the Wangun Amphitheatre in southeastern Victoria, a performance space for the First Nation community that is sheltered by steel-framed fabric canopies. More about Boomerang-shaped amphitheatre celebrates First Nation Gunaikurnai culture
Stalk-like arches and canopies emulating mushrooms shelter this children's library, designed by architecture practice Kong Xiangwei Studio as a "fantastical village landmark" in rural China. More about Kong Xiangwei Studio creates mushroom-shaped library in Chinese village
A vaulted bamboo structure forms The Juliet Centre in Pakistan, a community workshop and events space completed by Northern Irish architect Jack Rankin and UK practice Nyami Studio. More about Jack Rankin and Nyami Studio complete vaulted bamboo pavilion in Pakistan
Flowing curves and a cloud-like cluster of spherical domes are intended to evoke the sea and the sky at this rooftop skatepark in Qingdao, China, by local practice Within Beyond Studio. More about Clouds and waves inform rooftop skatepark in China by Within Beyond Studio