Promotion: environmental crises can create the conditions for new forms of craft and cultural production, said architect Kulapat Yantrasast during a panel discussion about the role of craft in responding to environmental and social change. More about "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste" says Kulapat Yantrasast
Lebanese designer Nada Debs has turned the former Okhun Gozar Mosque in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, into an exhibition space where the historic architecture provides a backdrop for contemporary craft objects. More about Nada Debs converts abandoned mosque into Uzbek crafts centre
Architect Kulapat Yantrasast has curated an exhibition exploring craft, cultural memory and environmental legacy in Uzbekistan for Milan design week 2026, as shown in this video produced by Dezeen. More about Kulapat Yantrasast to explore Uzbek craft traditions in Milan design week exhibition
Promotion: the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation has launched the Aral School, a new ecological education programme open to applications until 5 October. More about New design school described as "laboratory for our global future" opens to postgraduate students
Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh is set to design the Jadids' Legacy Museum in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, which will be built in the former house of the first president of the Bukharan People's Republic. More about Lina Ghotmeh set to turn historic Uzbeki house into Jadids' Legacy Museum
Construction has begun on the Tadao Ando-designed National Museum of Uzbekistan in Tashkent, which will be comprised of interconnected concrete squares, circles and triangles. More about Interlinked geometric shapes form Tadao Ando-designed National Museum of Uzbekistan
Promotion: London-based architecture studio Cross Works has released architectural guidelines to accompany its masterplan for a major expansion of Tashkent in Uzbekistan. More about Cross Works design guidance seeks to ensure unique identity for New Tashkent
Promotion: the government of Uzbekistan has given planning approval for London firm Cross Works' masterplan to expand Tashkent, adding another 25,000 hectares equivalent to a "twin city". More about Cross Works wins approval to extend Uzbekistan's capital with New Tashkent masterplan
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its design for the Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. More about Weaving brick forms define Uzbek cultural centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
Conserving Tashkent's modernist architecture is a way of boosting the city's international profile, Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation chair Gayane Umerova tells Dezeen in this interview. More about Preserving Tashkent's modernist architecture an act of "cultural diplomacy" says cultural foundation's head
Tashkent's modernist architecture was the focus of the recent Where in the World is Tashkent conference. Here the organisers pick 10 significant buildings in Uzbekistan's capital from the 1960s, '70s and '80s. More about Ten key examples of Tashkent's Soviet modernist architecture