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Local studio Prim Estudio has designed a white house with a balcony inset into an asymmetrical zinc roof and arched windows for contemplating the landscape outside Buenos Aires, Argentina. Known as Los Tigres, the 187-square-metre house sits on an expansive property in Villa Rosa, on the banks of the Luján River. Set on a rough-hewn stone The post Prim Estudio orients low-slung house for viewing Argentinian countryside appeared first on Dezeen.
A skeletal frame of reclaimed timber surrounds the elongated form of Skroget, a community sauna and public deck in Norway designed by student architecture studio Rare Collectiv. Overlooking the busy harbour of Båtsfjord, known as Norway's fishing capital, the structure was designed and built by 15 students from the Design in Context course at the The post Rare Collectiv surrounds Norwegian sauna with timber ribs that "evoke the hull of a ship" appeared first on Dezeen.
A monolithic grey-brick home in Northern Ireland and a skinny house in Kyoto are among the most popular houses featured on Dezeen this month. Also included in our monthly roundup of our readers' favourite residences is a lime-rendered house in Mexico, a cross-laminated timber holiday home in Sweden and a home in India built alongside The post Dezeen's top five houses of September 2026 appeared first on Dezeen.
The Royal Institute of British Architects has paid £150,000 to its former president Alan Jones, settling a long-running legal dispute over its handling of his personal information. The £150,000 payment was listed in a draft of the institute's annual financial report, seen by the British magazine Architect's Journal (AJ), which broke the news yesterday. In The post RIBA paid £150,000 to former president Alan Jones to settle legal dispute appeared first on Dezeen.
A recyclable timber pavilion designed to mimic wildflowers is among the prototypes built by students at BuildFest 2026, shown in this video produced by Dezeen. Designed by students from Lehigh University and Syracuse University, Wildflowers uses custom-designed 3D-printed joints to connect timber columns in an X shape that resembles flowers. It can be disassembled for future The post Recyclable Wildflower installation among timber prototypes at BuildFest 2026 appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio Snøhetta added tunnelling playgrounds to Sky House, the final of four clubhouses that make up its Pavilia Farm residential development in Tai Wai, Hong Kong. Called Sky House, the clubhouse was designed as a playground and fitness centre for all ages and combines play spaces with workout areas for senior residences. It joins The post Snøhetta designs Hong Kong clubhouse with undulating playground and rope-climbing tower appeared first on Dezeen.
British architect Norman Foster is set to deliver a keynote speech at this year's Dezeen Awards party, which will take place at the Royal Opera House in London on 16 November. In his address, Foster will focus on the future of architecture, drawing on his oeuvre as one of the most influential architects of his The post Norman Foster to give keynote speech at Dezeen Awards 2026 party appeared first on Dezeen.
With AI driving demand, vast data centres are increasingly in the news as people question the impact on local environments. Can architects help to make these buildings look and function better? When was the last time that buildings animated the population of the United States as much as the current wave of data centre development? In The post Can data centres ever be well-designed? appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio Stanton Williams has completed two boarding houses for girls at Winchester College, wrapping courtyards with gabled brick buildings that reference the historic layout and architecture of the 640-year-old site. Winchester College was originally founded in 1382, and the project is its first new boarding complex since 1912. It is also the first in The post Stanton Williams designs boarding houses to "support the culture" of Winchester College appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio Populous has unveiled its design for the Rach Chiec Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, which will become the country's national stadium. Set to be built on the outskirts of the city, the stadium will be the largest in the country when completed, with around 30,000 seats more than the current record holder – The post Populous reveals design for 70,000-seat Vietnamese national stadium appeared first on Dezeen.
A former tile warehouse in Accra, Ghana, has been transformed into the headquarters of the African Futures Institute, an independent architecture school founded by Ghanaian-Scottish architect Lesley Lokko. Designed by Lokko with designer Fred Swart and architects Patrick Gentilezza, Patti Anahory and Laurence Lord, the renovated building contains research and education spaces for the school The post Renovated warehouse becomes permanent home of African Futures Institute in Ghana appeared first on Dezeen.
Chinese studios HB Architects and Nature Times Art have completed a hotel in Jiashan, China, which is connected by a 360-metre-long raised walkway. Named Dayun Landison Manor, the hotel occupies the elongated site of a demolished village. It stretches 360-metre-long from east to west, with a maximum width of 54 metres in the middle that The post Raised walkway ties together 360‑metre-long hotel appeared first on Dezeen.
US studio Coughlin Scheel Architects has completed the cedar-clad Surf Road House, lifting it 10 feet above the ground because of environmental concerns. The house sits on Fire Island, a narrow barrier island in New York that is accessed by ferry. Motor vehicles are largely prohibited on the island, with its delicate landscape. Situated outside the The post Coughlin Scheel lifts Fire Island house high above the beach appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio GRT Architects has modernised and updated New York architecture gallery Storefront for Art and Architecture, installing custom, removable shelving units and placing a doorknob on its facade for the first time. The scope for the renovation included updating electrical and HVAC systems in the single, triangular gallery space at Storefront for Art and The post GRT Architects adds modular shelving in Storefront for Art and Architecture revamp appeared first on Dezeen.
British-Iranian architect Farshid Moussavi has been awarded this year's Soane Medal for her "sustained and rigorous" contribution to architecture through building, teaching and writing. Moussavi, who founded Farshid Moussavi Architects in 2011 and is an architecture professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, becomes the 10th winner of the prestigious award that was The post Farshid Moussavi wins 2026 Soane Medal for architecture appeared first on Dezeen.
Bangladeshi architect Kashef Chowdhury has published a monograph collating works from his three-decade-long career. In this roundup, we spotlight six key examples. Published by Park Books, the Meditations in Entropy monograph sees the architect recount his years focused on creating sustainable infrastructure for those who need it most with his studio Urbana. "I don't want The post Six civic projects by Kashef Chowdhury that put people first appeared first on Dezeen.
London studio SODA has converted a backpacker hostel into Otherwander Soho, a high-density capsule hotel in central London with vibrantly-coloured social spaces. Otherwander combines 566 sleeping pods, or "nests", with shared social spaces, targeted at young travellers and those seeking budget-friendly city-centre accommodation. It occupies a former hostel housed across a pair of early 20th-century The post SODA transforms hostel into "design-conscious" pod hotel appeared first on Dezeen.
For our latest roundup, we've collected buildings clad in charred timber, including a dark-hued yoga retreat and a cabin "shaped by fire". Charred timber is used in projects across the world to create a dramatic, tactile exterior. The effect is sometimes made using a Japanese technique known as shou sugi ban. Here, we have collated The post Eight buildings with dramatic charred-timber facades appeared first on Dezeen.
Grinham Research Group at Harvard University has developed an insulating cladding tile made from waste wool, which was presented at this year's Oslo Architecture Triennale. In an installation named Upcycling Wool Ecologies, Grinham Research Group showcased its tiles on a timber frame in Oslo's Sofienberg Church as part of the triennale's main exhibition, which takes The post Harvard University transforms waste wool into cladding for retrofits appeared first on Dezeen.
London studio Hayhurst and Co has reorganised Hampstead Town House around a triple-height void, transforming the interior of the north London home while retaining its distinctive 1970s exterior. Hayhurst and Co completely overhauled the skinny house, which was originally designed in 1970 by architects Igal Yawetz and Howard Radley. The studio retained the house's original The post Hayhurst and Co carves triple-height void through 1970s Hampstead townhouse appeared first on Dezeen.
This week on Dezeen, we revealed the architecture, interiors and design projects in the running to win this year's Dezeen Awards. Over the week, we announced all the projects shortlisted for this year's awards, starting with the 152 projects in the running for the 19 architecture project categories on Monday. On Tuesday, we revealed the The post This week we revealed the Dezeen Awards shortlists appeared first on Dezeen.
Lime-plastered brickwork, timber boards and cork panels were used to help capture the changing light at Pine House, a terraced home in London renovated by local architecture studio Polysmiths. Located in Peckham, the project set out to tackle what Polysmiths founder Charles Wu described as the "well-known limitations" of London's ubiquitous Victorian terraces. This included The post London home renovation by Polysmiths uses "light as the primary material" appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio BDP has unveiled a pharmaceutical research campus in Shanghai, China, comprised of interconnected buildings that evoke the movement of cell division. Located within Hongqiao International Central Business District in west Shanghai, the 186,000-square-metre research and development headquarters was developed for Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group (CTTQ), one of China's leading pharmaceutical companies. BDP's The post Splitting cells informs Shanghai research campus' interconnected buildings appeared first on Dezeen.
Has Apple just triggered another paradigm shift in smartphone design? And what's behind Donald Trump's plans for his triumphal arch to be a base for drones and snipers? Listen to the latest episode of Dezeen Weekly now. In this episode, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft joins features editor Nat Barker and design editor Jennifer Hahn to discuss The post Will the iPhone Duo send folding smartphones mainstream? appeared first on Dezeen.
Mexican practice Estudio Zero has created a co-living apartment building rendered in pink-toned concrete with a series of arched forms informed by sound waves in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. Known as Amplitude Coliving, the 390-square-metre complex was completed in 2025 on a 315.5-square-metre site in La Punta, a coastal neighbourhood known for small-scale, independent construction. Estudio Zero, The post Estudio Zero shapes pink Mexican co-living complex after sound wave appeared first on Dezeen.
Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has utilised the existing concrete foundation of an older structure for the Student Center & Dining Commons at Amherst College, adding mass-timber levels on top. The Student Center & Dining Commons at Amherst College in Massachusetts rises from the skeleton of the Merrill Science Center, a brutalist brick building The post Herzog & de Meuron reuses foundations for mass-timber Massachusetts school building appeared first on Dezeen.
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has expanded the Fondation Beyeler museum in Riehen, Switzerland, with a cluster of art buildings designed to nestle into the park setting. Built in the gardens outside the original Fondation Beyeler art museum, which was designed by Renzo Piano in 1997, the trio of buildings include a rammed-concrete art gallery, a The post Peter Zumthor unveils trio of "wonderfully expressive" buildings for Swiss museum appeared first on Dezeen.
As a wealthy nation, Norway has a responsibility to tackle climate change by developing a nature-first approach to designing buildings, Oslo Architecture Triennale director Line Ramstad tells Dezeen in this interview. At this year's Oslo Architecture Triennale, built environment professionals and the general public gathered at Oslo's Sofienberg Church to discover architects' visions for prioritising nature through The post "It's time Norway realises that we also need to change" says Line Ramstad appeared first on Dezeen.
The conversion of a Victorian hospital is one of three reuse projects that make up the shortlist for the 2026 RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award. Designed by Bennetts Associates, the former hospital building now houses a mix of teaching spaces for the University of Edinburgh, including a 450-seat auditorium. It is vying The post Building reuse defines shortlist for Scotland's best building appeared first on Dezeen.
Washington DC nonprofit The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which sued the government last year over the White House ballroom extension, has announced a $10 million fundraising campaign for legal defence in support of US landmark preservation. National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) announced the creation of the Historic Preservation Defense Fund today during the The post National Trust for Historic Preservation creates defense fund in light of "urgent threats" appeared first on Dezeen.
Scottish architecture studio Pend has expanded and updated a Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh, complementing its existing pale stone exterior with an extension clad in skinny red bricks. Named Newhaven after its location in the Newhaven Conservation Area, the extension was designed to improve the connection between the home and its garden. Pend said the house The post Pend uses skinny red bricks for extension to stone townhouse in Edinburgh appeared first on Dezeen.
Paranoia over so-called "teen takeovers" ignores the fundamental problem: that our cities have left young people with nowhere to go, writes Christopher Martin. America this summer acquired the phrase "teen takeover". Large gatherings of young people, organised online, appearing in downtowns, malls and parks. Some involved violence and yes, plainly these incidents require a response. The post "We remove places where young people can gather in small groups, then panic when they gather in large ones" appeared first on Dezeen.
Tech brand Apple has revealed the 600-seat Apple Music Hall, its first live music venue, which sits alongside its offices within London's Battersea Power Station. Set to open later this year, the venue overlooks the power station's Turbine A at the northern end of the huge brick building. It will be Apple's first permanent performance The post Apple unveils music venue within Battersea Power Station appeared first on Dezeen.
Photographer Gurpreet Chawla has captured this year's architectural installations at the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, from a broken Eiffel Tower to a chapel made from nylon panels. Teams of artists, architects and volunteers installed creative installations for the yearly gathering in Nevada's alkaline desert. The installations and pavilions need to be relatively lightweight, The post The quirky architecture of Burning Man 2026 appeared first on Dezeen.
Researchers at Parsons School of Design's Healthy Material Lab have released a study that raises concerns about the "many substances harmful to human health" in a typical prefabricated American home. Called Manufactured Homes: An Analysis of Health and Environmental Impacts of Common Building Materials, the study highlighted potential negative health effects associated with manufactured homes. The post Parsons researchers warn of plastic toxicity in American manufactured homes appeared first on Dezeen.
Charred-timber cladding is contrasted with warm plywood-lined interiors at House in Mibu, a home in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, completed by local studio Tato Architects. The 108-square-metre home was designed for a couple and their three children in the backyard of the client's parental home, tucked off a residential street in the town of Mibu. As The post Tato Architects completes charred timber-clad home in Japan appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio Grimshaw has designed three stations for City Rail Link in Auckland, New Zealand, guided by Māori cultural values that aim to connect the buildings to their sites. The three city-centre stations, named Te Waihorotiu, Karanga-a-Hape and Maungawhau, form part of development of the City Rail Link, which will double the city's existing rail The post Grimshaw unveils trio of Auckland stations informed by Māori narratives appeared first on Dezeen.
US studio MOS Architects has used aluminium shingles to cover an egg-shaped pavilion at Art Omi in Upstate New York, creating a place to rest that draws stylistically on pre-modern basketry and mid-century futurism. An experiment in form and material, A Dome with Four Oculi was installed on the expansive Art Omi campus as a The post MOS creates basket-like aluminium pavilion at Art Omi in New York appeared first on Dezeen.
New York City plans to relocate inmates from Rikers Island into four jails built from the ground up in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx. Here, Dezeen looks at the architecture of each project. Begun in 2017, the NYC Borough-Based Jail Program (BBJ) is largely overseen by the New York City Department of Design and The post Inside the design of New York City's upcoming borough-based jails appeared first on Dezeen.
UK studio RX Architects has returned to a house it previously completed in Sussex to add an extension, designed to blend in with the existing timber-clad form. The original home, named Druim, was completed in 2020 on the Rye Nature Reserve in East Sussex. The project involved altering a half-built structure that had been sold The post RX Architects expands Sussex home with extension "immersed in the garden" appeared first on Dezeen.
US president Donald Trump has announced that the planned 250-foot-high triumphal arch in Washington DC, designed by Atlanta-based Harrison Design, will now be a military base with drones and snipers. According to Trump, who announced the plan in a Truth Social post yesterday, the change in the design was made at the request of the The post Trump triumphal arch to become "top grade military complex" for launching drones appeared first on Dezeen.
Projects using reclaimed natural materials and local resources proved popular at this year's Oslo Architecture Triennale. From innovative wool tiles to monolithic stone walls, we round up key highlights from the event. In its ninth edition, this year's Oslo Architecture Triennale includes exhibitions, seminars and workshops centred around the theme What If Nature Comes First? Taking The post Five stand-out projects at the Oslo Architecture Triennale appeared first on Dezeen.
Car brand Bugatti has revealed plans for a 60-storey skyscraper on the Miami River, which will be designed by US architecture studio Brandon Haw Architecture with interiors by Yabu Pushelberg. Named Bugatti Residences Miami, the development will be the car brand's first branded residence in the US. It follows plans for its first residential skyscraper, The post Bugatti unveils Miami skyscraper as first US branded residence appeared first on Dezeen.
Cosy nooks and a study are among the spaces designed for reading at House of Shadows, a multi-generational home in Bengaluru, Karnataka, by Indian studio Cadence Architects. Located on a quiet, tree-lined road, the house was designed for a family of bookworms who moved back to India after living in the USA for over a The post Multi-generational house in Bengaluru designed to be "conducive to reading" appeared first on Dezeen.
Bamboo-clad parasols and a three-storey bamboo truss feature in this roundup of buildings from Southeast and South Asia built using the fast-growing plant. Mahamudra Meditation Centre, Nepal, by Abari A mandala-shaped bamboo truss crowns this Buddhist meditation centre in Tibet, Nepal, which is perched atop a mountain near the country's capital, Kathmandu. Designed by architecture The post Seven buildings that demonstrate the versatility of bamboo appeared first on Dezeen.
A green-concrete frontage marks the transformation of a neglected building in Hastings into Eagle House community centre, designed by London architecture studio IF_DO. Eagle House was completed for community-led developer Hastings Commons and provides a mixture of public space, work areas and youth facilities. Rather than demolish and replace the neglected Victorian building, IF_DO looked The post IF_DO transforms neglected building in Hastings into "genuinely welcoming" community centre appeared first on Dezeen.
Our latest roundup collects houses topped with verdant green roofs, with some designed to blend into the natural landscape and others providing elevated garden space for families to gather. A green roof is a roof covered in vegetation that grows over a waterproof membrane and is designed to help absorb rainwater, improve insulation in the The post Eight green-roofed homes that sprout from their surroundings appeared first on Dezeen.
A sculptural cluster of cylindrical forms defines the "calm, continuous" House in Las Rozas, a home in Madrid completed by local studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Overlooking the Sierra de Guadarrama on the outskirts of Madrid, the home's cylindrical volumes emerge from a gently sloping site and are finished in crisp white render with sloping roofs. The post Cluster of cylindrical volumes forms Spanish home by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture practice Studio Egret West has submitted a "more-permeable" masterplan for the final phases of the Battersea Power Station development in London. Designed for the development's remaining 16-acre brownfield site, the updated masterplan by Studio Egret West would contain 3.2 million square feet of residential, commercial and leisure space. The new proposal, which has been The post Studio Egret West revises Battersea Power Station masterplan for final phases appeared first on Dezeen.
Canadian studio RHAD Architects has completed Two Bay House in Nova Scotia, Canada, which consists of blocky volumes with carved-out voids, mass-timber framing and blackened wood cladding. The waterfront home is located within a family estate on Cape Breton Island, in northeastern Nova Scotia. The design began with two simple masses, which were then strategically The post RHAD Architects gives Nova Scotia house "quiet, monolithic presence" appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio HKS has unveiled interior designs for the upcoming Washington Commanders NFL stadium in Washington DC, showing what its glass ceiling will look like. The renderings showcase a steep bowl underneath the glass ceiling, giving fans an idea of the much-anticipated 70,000-seat stadium ahead of its construction. Noteworthy is the continuous ring of stands, The post HKS unveils interior of Commanders stadium with window framing Capitol appeared first on Dezeen.
Austrian studio Lechner & Lechner Architects has added an annexe clad in charred timber to a house in the Alps, designed as a minimalist space to "withdraw and think". Named Quiet Retreat, the pared-back annexe sits as a standalone multipurpose room alongside an existing home in Salzkammergut, Austria, creating a loosely U-shaped ensemble around a The post Lechner & Lechner Architects adds charred timber-clad annexe to home in Austrian Alps appeared first on Dezeen.
A land reclamation project has added the equivalent of 42 football pitches to Denmark's southern coast, as part of the construction of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel under the Baltic Sea. Fehmarnbelt Tunnel is an 18-kilometre-long road-and-rail tunnel, set to be the longest of its kind in the world. It is being built to connect Denmark and The post Denmark grows by 300,000 square metres in land reclamation project appeared first on Dezeen.
A Matti Suuronen Futuro House has been manufactured for the first time in decades and decked out by Finnish design brand Marimekko for Helsinki Design Week. The famously flying-saucer-like structure recently landed in Kaisaniemi Botanical Gardens as part of the Finnish capital's annual design festival. Initially conceived as a transportable ski cabin by Finnish architect The post How a Facebook post led to the resurrection of a space-age architectural icon appeared first on Dezeen.
Local architecture studio Arquitectonica has shaped the MSC Cruise Terminal, the world's largest cruise terminal by size, in Miami to accommodate three ships at once. Arquitectonica designed a slim, elongated building for the building, which processes 36,000 daily passengers through its 492,000-square-feet (45,700 square metres). Arquitectonica has completed the world's largest cruise terminal at Port The post Arquitectonica designs world's largest cruise terminal to "mirror directionality" of ships appeared first on Dezeen.
Scottish ash joinery and clay plaster add warmth to the granite walls of this low-lying extension to Cairngorm Cottage in Scotland, designed by local studio Architecture Office. The extension was built for a client who wanted more space to host their extended family at their Victorian home in rural Aberdeenshire, all while retaining its cosy, The post Stone walls form "strong yet subtle" cottage extension in Scotland appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studios RSHP and ERRE have unveiled their plans for Valencia Central Station in Spain, which will incorporate public green spaces and sweeping roof canopies. Designed by RSHP and ERRE with engineering firm Sener, the station will become the city's key rail hub, with connections to the existing North Station. It will incorporate high-speed, commuter and The post RSHP and ERRE unveil plans for curved-roof rail hub in Valencia appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio Grimshaw has released plans for a reimagined entry plaza for Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, transforming parking lots into transport infrastructure and walkways. Grimshaw's plans for the redesign of the entryway mark both the city's commitment to the Boring Company's series of underground car tunnels and the move away from parking in the The post Grimshaw to integrate Boring Company station into elevated Las Vegas stadium plaza appeared first on Dezeen.
Timber shutters and the canopies of two large trees shade the interiors of House Beyond the Mango Trees, a home in Kerala by Indian practice InLe Architects. InLe Architects founder Afiz Ubaid described the existing trees on the site in Kannur as its "biggest opportunity", providing shade and filtered sunlight while also buffering noise from a The post Mango trees shade "restrained and calming" home in India by InLe architects appeared first on Dezeen.
A new book from designer Adam Nathaniel Furman and Dezeen contributor Kate Mazade spotlights the most radical examples of colourful architecture from across history. Here, the authors pick six favourites. Published by RIBA Publishing, Chromatic Architecture explores colour as an intrinsic element of architecture, rather than just decoration. Across 34 examples, the book shows how The post Chromatic Architecture authors pick six of the world's best colourful buildings appeared first on Dezeen.
Hotelier Not A Hotel has revealed its latest guesthouse will take the form of a human-sized Pokémon Poké Ball, nestled beside a lake in Hokkaido, Japan. Set to be built in Tomakomai City, the Poké Ball-Themed Hotel will feature a three-metre-diameter spherical guest room shaped like the balls used to catch and store wild creatures The post Not A Hotel reveals design for giant Poké Ball guest room in Japan appeared first on Dezeen.
Local studio Gonzalo Bardach Architecture has created a concrete house with shading screens and green roofs for "atmospheres that support everyday inhabitation with calm and depth" in Argentina. The screens and filtration take on a central role for the house, both conceptually and in terms of light and privacy. "Casa JR was conceived from the The post Gonzalo Bardach balances "thick walls and filtering planes" at Casa JR in Argentina appeared first on Dezeen.
Trapezoidal motifs appear throughout this concrete condominium block in Tokyo, designed by Japanese studio Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture. Named Shin Nakano Trapezoidal, the five-storey block of 11 residential units was designed for local developer Real Partners. According to Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture, the angular, trapezoidal motifs that feature throughout the design were informed by the project's location The post Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture uses trapezoid motifs for concrete housing in Tokyo appeared first on Dezeen.
This year's London Design Festival landmark project, The Pangolin Shield, explores Britain and India's colonial history through a bamboo-grid pavilion covered with shields used both for protection and aggression. Named after, and baring a resemblance to, a pangolin – a scaly mammal – the pavilion is located on the newly pedestrianised part of The Strand The post Studio Saar tops LDF pavilion with police and rain shields appeared first on Dezeen.
White lime-rendered walls frame Casa Amona, a two-storey home and studio in Mexico, designed by local architecture studio Colar to support multi-generational living. Perched beside a wooded hillside in San Cristóbal de las Casas, the 155-square-metre residence contains a one-bedroom house that can be adapted into a two-bed, alongside a studio and a guest bedroom. The post Colar angles home and studio to face surrounding hills in Mexico appeared first on Dezeen.
Swedish studio Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has designed the Pine House holiday home with a cross-shaped plan that stretches into its forested site in southern Sweden. Perched on a north-facing slope on the Hallandsåsen ridge, the 152-square-metre home was completed by Johan Sundberg Arkitektur in close collaboration with the clients. It contains a three-bedroom summer house The post Johan Sundberg Arkitektur nestles timber summer house within Swedish woodland appeared first on Dezeen.
A zigzagging red facade and rooftop running track are among the key features of Jihlava Municipal Arena, completed by architecture studio Chybik + Kristof in the Czech Republic. Located in the heart of Jihlava, the 5,650-seat building was designed for a local ice hockey team, but will also serve as a "cultural and civic hub" The post Red facade "evoking a hedgehog" wraps ice hockey arena by Chybik + Kristof appeared first on Dezeen.
Indents and slices across an offset gabled volume bring natural light into this beach house in Queens, New York, by Brooklyn-based BAAO Studio. The 2,655-square-foot (247-square-metre) residence is located within a beachfront co-op in Breezy Point – a neighbourhood at the western end of the Rockaway Peninsula, which juts out into New York's Lower Bay. The post New York beach home by BAAO contains a "house within a house" appeared first on Dezeen.
Visitors to this woodland cabin in East Sussex enter via a planted roof terrace, which its architect, British studio Built Works, has "devoted entirely to the ritual of bathing". Nestled in woodland in East Sussex, the blocky Bather's Cabin is sheathed in layers of blackened larch and topped by a lush rooftop fitted with a The post Mossy rooftop crowns Bather's Cabin in East Sussex woodland appeared first on Dezeen.
This week on Dezeen, we published Petra Heights, an innovative high-rise building in London with a stone exoskeleton, designed by Groupwork and Webb Yates. The highly distinctive 10-storey building on Finchley Road in London is held up by a stone exoskeleton, which the team behind it called a world first. Also in London, another building The post This week we revealed a stone high-rise in London appeared first on Dezeen.
Multiple skyscrapers and smaller structures have been constructed since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 devastated Lower Manhattan. Here, we take a look at the site 25 years on. In 1973, the World Trade Center complex comprised seven skyscrapers, including One and Two World Trade Center, the tallest buildings in the world at the The post The buildings on the World Trade Center site 25 years later appeared first on Dezeen.
An "angled, folded form" clad in charred cedar defines this holiday home, designed by Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design to embrace the surrounding landscape while maintaining its inhabitants' privacy. The studio designed the 225-square-metre holiday home for a family to use either alone or with guests. Located on the Yatsugatake mountain plateau in central Japan, the The post Keiji Ashizawa clads House in Yatsugatake in charred cedar appeared first on Dezeen.
Dezeen Weekly returns with a conversation about Dyson's eye-catching new product launch, plus a building in north London that aims to kickstart a revival of stone architecture. In this episode, Dezeen features editor Nat Barker and design editor Jennifer Hahn are joined by editor Tom Ravenscroft to discuss the Dyson CameraJet. The team have their The post Our thoughts on the Dyson CameraJet toothbrush appeared first on Dezeen.
Two accessory dwelling units are contained within a double-level, arched metal building, which was created by design-build studo Qastic. The project is located in a residential neighbourhood dominated by low-rise homes with pitched roofs. For a rectangular site with a main house, local studio Qastic set out to create two ADUs within a compact footprint The post Qastic creates stacked ADUs for "alternative approach to small-scale housing" in Los Angeles appeared first on Dezeen.
Local architecture studio Oatelier has completed Husárik Hut, a barn-like timber home in Slovakia that was designed as a contemporary take on the area's traditional shepherd's huts. Perched on a sloping site overlooking the Javorníky mountain range, the home draws on the typical rural architecture of Slovakia's north-western Kysuce region, including shepherd's huts built from The post Oatelier draws on traditional rural architecture for timber home in Slovakia appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio Orms has submitted a planning application to transform the BT Tower in London into a hotel with a rooftop swimming pool for American hotelier MCR. Orms will restore the Grade II-listed BT Tower, the adjacent podium and 1930s Howland Building, and convert the complex into a hotel with ground-floor shops, bars and restaurants, The post Orms plans to add rooftop swimming pool to London's BT Tower appeared first on Dezeen.
With the professional American football season kicking off today, we take a look at some upcoming stadiums and overhauls, from Washington DC to Kansas City. Late this summer, global architecture studio Populous completed a ground-up stadium for the Buffalo Bills in New York, representing a new wave in NFL stadium construction in the East. The The post Four upcoming NFL stadiums that show the future of the league appeared first on Dezeen.
A metal tunnel guides visitors from underground into a lofty exhibition hall within a tram depot at the Centre for Contemporary Arts Tashkent, which was designed by French architecture practice Studio KO in Uzbekistan's capital. Commissioned by the chair of Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF), Gayane Umerova, the Centre for Contemporary Arts Tashkent The post Studio KO transforms "basilica-like" tram depot into Tashkent art centre appeared first on Dezeen.
The modernist 22 Parkside house in Wimbledon, London, by Richard and Su Rogers has been given over to conservation charity The National Trust. Designed by the pair in the late 1960s for Richard Rogers' parents, ownership of 22 Parkside has passed from the Rogers family to The National Trust, which plans to host events and guided The post Richard and Su Roger's seminal house in London "gifted to the nation" appeared first on Dezeen.
Dezeen has announced the 50 projects featured in the Top 50: Europe, Middle East and Africa list as part of the Regional Showcases for Dezeen Awards 2026. Launched as a new initiative for the 2026 edition of the awards programme, each Top 50 list celebrates the best projects in three regions globally: Europe, Middle East The post See the 50 projects from Europe, Middle East and Africa selected for Dezeen Awards 2026 Regional Showcases appeared first on Dezeen.
A shading system comprised of copper-coloured ovals was added to the 205 North Quay tower in Brisbane, Australia, to combat the harsh subtropical sun. Created by Australian studios Hassell and Richards & Spence, as well as American studio REX, the 30-storey office tower was informed by traditional Queenslander homes and designed to respond to local The post Copper-coloured ellipses wrap office tower in Brisbane appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studios Populous and Moody Nolan have released designs for a professional basketball and hockey arena based on the shape of Philadelphia's iconic Spectrum arena. The planned arena will serve as the home of NBA team the 76ers and the NHL team the Flyers, as well as a forthcoming WNBA team. The planned venue will The post Populous and Moody Nolan design 76ers and Flyers arena as "landmark" for Philadelphia appeared first on Dezeen.
A sweeping white roof informed by the pages of a book crowns Chang'an Academy Xi'an Public Library, a cultural centre in Shanxi Province. Overlooking the Ba River and Olympic Sports Centre in Xi'an's Chanba Ecological Area, the 70,000-square-metre complex contains spaces for reading, exhibitions and education. It was designed by Chinese studios Hong Designworks and The post Chinese library complex encourages "connections between people and the city" appeared first on Dezeen.
Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind has been named architecture laureate for this year's Praemium Imperiale awards by the Japan Art Association. Libeskind, who leads the New York-based Studio Libeskind, was selected for the award for his work creating "emotionally resonant, innovative, and sustainable" architecture. "Daniel Libeskind is an internationally renowned architect and urban designer, celebrated for The post Daniel Libeskind wins 2026 Praemium Imperiale for architecture appeared first on Dezeen.
The construction of a 250-foot-high triumphal arch in Washington DC designed by Atlanta-based Harrison Design, is set to begin "over the next two-week period". Plans to begin construction of the giant arch, alongside the Arlington Memorial Bridge on the south bank of the Potomac River, were announced last week by US interior secretary Doug Burgum. "We The post Construction of "Arc de Trump" set to begin in next two weeks appeared first on Dezeen.
A thousand tonnes of volcanic rock replace concrete and steel in Petra Heights, a housing development in north London by architecture studio Groupwork and engineer Webb Yates. The apartment building at 317 Finchley Road consists of three blocks ranging from six to 10 storeys, all held up by an exoskeleton of unreinforced stone. This ladder The post Groupwork completes "world-first" high-rise held up by stone exoskeleton appeared first on Dezeen.
UK studio Hudson Architects has converted a disused commercial building in Norfolk into a public library, wrapping its existing concrete structure in a skin of cement shingles. Named King's Lynn Library, the project adapted the neglected structure of a former nightclub, car park and retail store into a more central home for the local library, The post Hudson Architects transforms neglected nightclub into King's Lynn Library appeared first on Dezeen.
Architect Kristijan Markoc has created a downloadable template for a "deliberately modest", two-bedroom timber home designed to be adapted to any site. Named Plana House, the replicable home design has a compact, 42-square-metre plan and is composed of a simple, pitched-roof structure that can be constructed using readily-available materials. The home was designed by Markoc, The post Plana House is a free-to-download design for a compact timber home appeared first on Dezeen.
A cluster of monolithic forms lined with grey brick and built into a steep bank defines Tollymore, a riverside house in Northern Ireland by Belfast studio McGonigle McGrath. Located off a narrow road in County Down, Tollymore comprises six rectangular forms set at different levels across its steep site, which the studio said helps to The post Cluster of rock-like volumes make up rural Irish house by McGonigle McGrath appeared first on Dezeen.
Skylit ceilings and zigzagging staircases animate this tall, skinny home and ceramics studio in Japan, completed by local studio Tato Architects. Named House and Studio in Kyoto, the project was designed as a combined workspace and residence for a couple who are both ceramic artists. Its distinctive form was the result of its challenging narrow The post Tato Architects combines skinny home with ceramics studio in Kyoto appeared first on Dezeen.
Finnish firm Elementic has unveiled MO6, a wall-surfacing material produced from forestry industry offcuts that is almost pure carbon. Called MO6, the product takes the form of thick, lightweight tiles with a rough texture and an off-black colour. Materials technology company Elementic established MO6 as a brand in May, with the debut collection, MO6 Eternal, The post Finnish company launches "world's most carbon-storing building material" appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studios MAD and Stantec have placed more than 1,200 curved panels on the "dream-like" Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, which is set to open later this month. Set in a 13-acre site near Los Angeles' Exposition Park, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is a five-storey structure dedicated to storytelling and The post MAD's spaceship-like Lucas Museum revealed ahead of opening appeared first on Dezeen.
Preservation body Historic England and the City of London are in dispute over the impact future skyscraper development will have on the Tower of London. In the latest hearing to determine the City Plan 2040, Historic England explained that it believes clear sky is needed between the Tower of London and the City of London The post Historic England claims City of London office development could risk Tower of London's UNESCO status appeared first on Dezeen.
Take a short tour of the recently opened Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, USA, is this video filmed by Dezeen. Designed by US studio Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to honour US president Barack Obama, the complex in the South Side of Chicago opened to the public in June. This short video shows a visit The post Take a look inside the Obama Presidential Center in this video appeared first on Dezeen.
Accoya wood cladding and expansive terraces feature at the Dune House, which was designed by American studio Ziger Snead Architects for a tight site with many restrictions. Tucked into a dense area, the home is located on Fenwick Island – a long, slender strip of land found just off the coast of Delaware. The home The post Giant balconies line Delaware beach house by Ziger Snead appeared first on Dezeen.
Pale brickwork and ceramic tiles were used to highlight the dappled light and green hues of the woodland surrounding this home in Utrecht, completed by Dutch studio Jeroen Spee Architecten. Named Villa Bilt, the home is located in the village of Bilthoven on a site surrounded by tall Scots Pine trees. Jeroen Spee Architecten said The post Jeroen Spee Architecten nestles pale brick Villa Bilt into Dutch forest appeared first on Dezeen.
Architecture studio MAD has revealed updated designs for the Danshuis dance centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which will feature a billowing glass extension to an art deco warehouse. Situated in Rotterdam's docklands area, MAD announced plans to transform the existing Provimi warehouse in 2023. The latest visuals of the design show plans for a curving glass The post MAD unveils rippled glass extension in updated design for Rotterdam's Danshuis appeared first on Dezeen.
Images have been released of the Old Oak Common station in west London, which is currently under construction as part of the high-speed rail network HS2. The design, led by architecture studio WilkinsonEyre and engineering firm WSP, includes six platforms for the HS2 line running between London and central Birmingham, along with eight conventional platforms. The post Construction photos reveal progress on giant HS2 station by WilkinsonEyre appeared first on Dezeen.
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has designed the Woma mixed-use building in Miami's Wynwood neighbourhood with a central plaza and a facade broken up into colour-blocked sections. Developed by Uribe Schwarzkopf, a firm behind several recent high-profile Quito buildings, Woma will have 163 residences in Wynwood, a former industrial district now known for its murals and The post MVRDV "prioritises human scale" in design of colourful Miami building appeared first on Dezeen.
Yesterday, the United States' highest court said that the construction on the above-ground elements of the White House ballroom extension can continue. The Supreme Court lifted the temporary ban that was put on construction by a lower court judge in April, responding to a lawsuit by preservationists including the non-profit organisation National Trust for Historic The post US Supreme Court says construction of Trump's White House ballroom can continue appeared first on Dezeen.