Dezeen School Shows: an art neouveau-style cafe and shop located at a racecourse is among the projects from Hong Kong Design Institute. More about Art nouveau-style racecourse cafe among projects from the Hong Kong Design Institute
Traditional farmhouses often have thick stone walls that block the view of the natural vistas that surround them. Below, we've gathered six examples of modern interventions that instead open up historic homes to make the most of their setting. More about Six farmhouse renovations that bring their bucolic surroundings into view
This week on Dezeen, designer Simon Weckert unveiled a colourful camouflage shirt that stops users being detected by AI video systems. More about This week we reported on a colourful shirt that stops AI video surveillance
Dezeen Showroom: from accessories and lights to seating and tables, the following items are all made down under by Australian design brands. More about Eight stylish furnishings by Australian brands
A tilted facade with large glazed openings was designed to bring an adjacent forest "directly into the interior" of this home in the Czech Republic by Prague-based Papundekl Architects. More about Slanted facade encloses modular Czech home by Papundekl Architects
For its first brick-and-mortar venue, production company A24 worked with New York design office Leroy Street Studio to overhaul the city's oldest Off-Broadway theatre to host live productions and screen movies. More about Leroy Street Studio renovates historic New York City theatre for A24
Dezeen School Shows: an art market with large glass walls overlooking pine trees in Hong Kong is among the student projects from My ArchiSchool. More about Nature-focused art market in Hong Kong among projects from My ArchiSchool
Brooklyn design studio Craighill has designed the Swingtop Lighter with a swinging mechanism and snuffer as part of the brand's brief to pay attention to overlooked everyday objects. More about Craighill rethinks the pocket lighter based on historical designs
Architecture practice Nodecraft Studio has created a farmhouse on the outskirts of Bengaluru from a cluster of poured-earth walls and concrete volumes linked by verandahs. More about Nodecraft Studio arranges Bengaluru farmhouse around poured-earth walls
A stone house embedded into the Greek landscape and a sprawling American home with a retractable roof are among the most popular houses featured on Dezeen this month. More about Dezeen's top five houses of August 2026
British studio Foster + Partners, in collaboration with academic institutions, has secured funding to develop an automated fleet of robots and drones for on-site timber construction. More about Foster + Partners unveils plans for autonomous robot construction project
Fashion brand Longchamp has introduced La Maison Unique, a clothing collection that draws on British designer Thomas Heatherwick's design for its boutique in Downtown Manhattan. More about Longchamp releases "architectural collection" informed by Heatherwick-designed store
German architecture studio Opposite Office has created a one-square-metre treehouse to work from, fixed to a tree at the Bauhaus University campus in Weimar. More about Square-metre studio strapped to tree in "exaggerated response" to office rental prices
Storied Finnish glassworks Iittala has unveiled Unda, its debut collaboration with Sabine Marcelis – a range of lamps and vases that required the designer to develop a whole new production technique in collaboration with the company's glassblowers. More about Sabine Marcelis captures movement of sunlight across water in Iittala glassware
Foster + Partners Industrial Design has developed a showroom concept for British motorcycle brand Norton Motorcycles, including sleek metal display stands that present the vehicles like sculptures on a plinth. More about Foster + Partners designs retail podium to highlight "precision and modernity" of Norton Motorcycles
Promotion: entries are now open for this year's edition of the Brick in Architecture Awards, which recognises the best brick buildings from the US and beyond. More about Entries open for The Brick in Architecture Awards 2026
In the ongoing battle over a renovation of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the administration of US president Donald Trump has said it may have to demolish the Edward Durell Stone-designed building and replace it with an amphitheatre. More about US government may demolish Kennedy Center due to "structural death spiral"
US studio Lehrer Architects has completed Loma Verde, a supportive housing development for once-homeless residents that features a slender footprint and stucco walls adorned with splashes of colour. More about Lehrer Architects designs supportive housing for "extremely narrow" site in Los Angeles
Skylights, an internal light well and silver-painted ceilings pull light deep into House in Shichiku, a home in Kyoto designed by local studio Tato Architects. More about Tato Architects uses silver-painted ceilings to draw light into Kyoto home
Grassy rooftops and PE rattan facades characterise Split Mass Residence in Indonesia, which local firm K-Thengono Design Studio designed with multi-level social spaces for the family to gather. More about Sloping green roofs "keep the family connected" at Indonesian home
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her colourful polka dot artworks, has passed away in Tokyo from multiple organ failure at the age of 97. More about Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97
Around 1,800 people have pulled the keep of the historic Hirosaki Castle two metres closer to its original location in Japan's Aomori prefecture, following restoration works. More about Volunteers tug 360-tonne castle tower towards its original site in Japan
Dezeen Events Guide has launched its digital guide and interactive map for the 2026 edition of London Design Festival, which enters its 24th iteration. More about Dezeen Events Guide launches digital guide to London Design Festival 2026
Design practice Studio Three Sixty has created a temporary sauna that is being used as a theatre during Edinburgh's Fringe festival for the performing arts. More about Studio Three Sixty creates Sauna Theatre for Edinburgh Fringe festival
This waterfront residence overlooking Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay has been reimagined to include a "mosh pit" lounge by California-based Lauri Design Studio. More about Lauri Design Studio renovates "calm, connected" Michigan lake house