San Francisco studio Herman Coliver Locus Architecture has completed a synagogue in San Rafael, California, with a second-floor sanctuary space that frames views of the surrounding mountains. More about Herman Coliver Locus Architecture focuses California synagogue on mountain views
Local studio Fieldwork has transformed a run-down building in west London into a home and casting studio with "a sense of drama and atmosphere". More about Fieldwork turns dilapidated building into mansard-roof-topped home and studio
British studio Foster + Partners and local architect Luis María Uriarte have expanded the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum in Spain with a 55-metre-long elevated gallery. More about Foster + Partners extends Bilbao Fine Arts Museum with bridge-like gallery
Since being founded by two friends just four years ago, Omhu has sold more than 40,000 sofas. In this interview, CEO Simon Salomonsson explains how the Danish company is disrupting the furniture industry. More about "We want to be a global furniture brand, but not in the Hay or Muuto or Vitra area of expensiveness" says Omhu CEO
Brazilian architecture practice Estúdio Módulo has released its competition-winning designs for the headquarters of Itaú Cultural, which feature a tall, slender building wrapped in glass and white louvres. More about Estúdio Módulo releases designs for Itaú Cultural headquarters in São Paulo
Work has commenced on a renovation of the Royal College of Art's iconic modernist campus in west London, overseen by British studios Witherford Watson Mann and Clementine Blakemore Architects. More about Royal College of Art's Kensington campus undergoing "stripped-back" renovation
Emerging Marseille firm Bétyle Studio has designed the interiors for Arcane 17, a Basque and Catalan restaurant in Paris featuring patinated timber and distinctive marquetry. More about Spirit of Iberian taverns informs wood-heavy Parisian restaurant
Cocktail bar and restaurant Bar Shrimp combines red velvet interiors with bespoke acoustic panels from Autex Acoustics to balance music and conversation, shown in this video produced by Dezeen. More about Bar Shrimp uses laser-etched acoustic panels to balance music and conversation
Dezeen Showroom: an aluminium floor standing lamp with a wedge-shaped head is among seven new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Knekt floor lamp by Hegren among seven new products on Dezeen Showroom
Plans for Neom Stadium in Saudi Arabia, which was being built to host World Cup games in 2034, have been abandoned, according to reporting by news agency Reuters. More about Neom Stadium reportedly "shelved indefinitely"
Designers Shashwath Santosh and Nithin Eluvathingal have created a small remote device called a "knocker" that attaches to a tree and knocks on wood from afar to explore well-known superstitions. More about Knocker device remotely "knocks on wood" using smartphone app
Blocky volumes in exposed concrete contrast with the lush greenery and rooftop vegetable garden at House K, a home in Vietnam designed by local architecture studio HGAA. More about Nature is "inseparable from daily life" at House K in Vietnam
Colourful concrete modules are combined to form impromptu hangout spots in the Barcode collection, designed by architecture studio MVRDV for Barcelona street furniture manufacturer Escofet. More about MVRDV designs modular concrete street furniture to be occupied in "unexpected ways"
From a fire jacket grown from fungi to building blocks made from algae and oyster shells, the latest exhibition at Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) explores humanity's relationship with the plant world through design. More about Plant Life exhibition imagines a future where "plants return as the dominant source"
Our latest roundup looks at modular furniture pieces that are both practical and surprising, ranging from an alternative to bespoke cabinetry to a furniture system made up of squishy balls. More about Five innovative and practical modular furniture designs
Copenhagen studio Spacon brought touches of its home country to Seoul with a showroom and cafe for the Edition Denmark brand that evokes the "layered feeling of a home". More about Spacon fills Edition Denmark in Seoul with vintage Danish furniture and found objects
Promotion: Italian brand Ceramiche Keope has launched a porcelain tile collection called Grace Atelier, featuring stone-like surface designs available as monolithic slabs and geometric mosaics. More about Ceramiche Keope unveils trio of stone-effect surfaces for "varied and cohesive" interiors
Pigmented lime plaster colours the hempcrete facades of this wedge-shaped history museum in Eindhoven, completed by Dutch studio Studio Marco Vermeulen with a palette of biomaterials. More about Museum Vonk is "a testing ground for affordable bio-based construction"
Architecture and design studio Space Popular has completed a gallery space for the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, using a colourful gridded carpet to demarcate its collection. More about Space Popular creates carpet-covered gallery for Nieuwe Instituut
A water tank ballasts this wooden pavilion in Nara, Japan, designed by London practice Studio Armitage as a shelter for people working in the surrounding rice fields and allotments. More about Studio Armitage creates Field Shelter for people tending allotments in Nara
Local architecture studio INC has designed each guest room at this hotel overlooking New York's Rockefeller Plaza to emulate "a stateroom on an ocean liner". More about Luxury ocean liners inform New York's Kimpton Era hotel by INC
From a modernist church in South Korea to a geometric post office in Qatar, editor Bob Pang selects 10 of his favourite projects from the recently released Brutalist Asia book. More about Ten monumental brutalist buildings in Asia
This week on Dezeen, we considered how the architecture of data centres is changing in the face of rapid development of hyperscale facilities. More about This week we looked at the future of data-centre design
Promotion: as part of Frieze Seoul 2026, Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group exhibited the meditative work of French artist Paul Cox, which also highlighted the group's focus on weaving art and culture into everyday spaces. More about Shinsegae Group displays 336 Paul Cox artworks at Frieze Seoul 2026
Stepping stones lead across a reflective pool of water at Lech Mountain Mirror, a viewpoint in the Austrian Alps, designed by architecture studio Snøhetta to invite a moment of pause. More about Snøhetta "captures the magic of the mountains" with lookout in Lech