Architecture studio Xiang Architects has unveiled a multi-stair observation tower within the Chenhu Wetland bird sanctuary near Wuhan City, China. More about Xiang Architects creates steel double-helix viewpoint for bird watching in China
The American Institute of Architecture has announced the longest ever slump in architecture revenues in the US measured by the ABI index, citing "macroeconomic uncertainty" associated with rising oil prices. More about AIA announces longest "ongoing slump" for architecture revenues
Texas studio Schaum Architects has joined a team of restorers to work on the two massive Artillery Sheds at the Chinati Foundation, the museum artist Donald Judd set up in Marfa to act as permanent storehouses and exhibition spaces for his work. More about Schaum Architects to lead restoration of Donald Judd's Artillery Sheds in Texas
Stepped, pastel-pink seating spills out from inside the OBA Next Lab library and community space in Amsterdam, designed by Dutch architecture practices Matter Makers, AWR and BAZ Studio as a public living room. More about Demountable timber library in Amsterdam is "a living room for the neighbourhood"
Danish amusement park Tivoli has unveiled Hikari, a new area informed by Japanese cities that features art by Takashi Murakami and was designed to be "genuinely respectful of its origin". More about Tivoli creates theme park Japanese neighbourhood in central Copenhagen
The Architects Registration Board has announced changes to its professional practice experience approach, which will see its two-year requirement of industry experience scrapped. More about ARB scraps two-year practice requirement for architectural registration in the UK
The New York office of OMA and local practice YA Studio have arranged a 160-home apartment block in San Francisco, California, around multiple courtyards. More about OMA completes first US affordable housing development in San Francisco
The Thompson Center in downtown Chicago has been given a new facade as part of a renovation for tech company Google by architecture studio Jahn. More about Photos reveal new facade of Google's Thompson Center
A brick cube reminiscent of old industrial structures forms this family home in the suburbs of Ghent, designed by Belgian architecture studio Atelier Vens Vanbelle. More about Atelier Vens Vanbelle references brick industrial buildings for cubic home in Belgium
The fifth edition of Bali's Jia Curated design festival features pavilions that aim to put nature at the centre, including structures built from rice husks and salt bricks. Here are eight of the most interesting. More about Eight pavilion highlights from Jia Curated 2026
Chilean studio Iragüen Viñuela Arquitectos has used glued-laminated timber for the House by Fuy River in the Andean foothills, designed as a vertically organised structure that engages with "different layers of the forest canopy". More about Iragüen Viñuela Arquitectos uses mass timber for forest hideaway in Chile
Polish architect Kuba Woźniczka has completed Studzienno 27, a series of four holiday cabins nestled in the woodlands of the Stołowe Mountains National Park. More about Kuba Woźniczka nestles black-timber holiday cabins in Polish woodland
Architecture studios Waugh Thistleton Architects and Mithun have designed a 12-storey mass-timber office block in Bellevue, Washington. More about Waugh Thistleton Architects set to build "tallest mass timber office building in the US"
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
Dutch studio Woonpioniers has completed CoHouse in Utrecht, a pair of interlocking houses designed for two families within a single gabled volume. More about Woonpioniers models adjoining Dutch homes on "a game of Tetris"
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
Spanish studio NUA Arquitectures has renovated a textile warehouse near Barcelona, using timber partitions to create a small office block within its concrete-and-brick structure. More about NUA Arquitectures renovates Catalan textile warehouse with timber office block
Local studio Helen & Hard has completed a timber cabin on Norway's Atlantic coast where sprawling tree-like columns made from uprooted spruce trees frame panoramic views of the sea. More about Helen & Hard uses uprooted spruce trees to shape Norwegian cabin
This week on Dezeen, Elon Musk announced plans to open a semiconductor factory near Houston, Texas, with a floor area of 100 million square feet that will make it the largest building in the world. More about This week on Dezeen we revealed plans to construct the world's biggest building
Architecture studio Populous has completed the steep, metal-clad Highmark Stadium in Buffalo, New York for NFL team the Buffalo Bills, with a canopy and advanced snow-melt system. More about Populous completes Buffalo Bills stadium in New York