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
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
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
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"
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"
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"
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
US studio Desai Chia Architecture has referenced the form of "native oak leaves" in shaping the metal roof on Chatham Residence, a rural house in New York designed for retirement. More about Desai Chia shapes New York house to "cast shadows that mimic nature"
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
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
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
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
Florida-based Nothing has created hot and cold paper takeaway cups with built-in lids that are designed to be compostable. More about Nothing wants to revolutionise the takeaway paper cup
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
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
Experimental clothing brand Vollebak has made a one-off coat covered in over 50,000 half-centimetre-square pieces of slate. More about Vollebak creates Rock Jacket from 54,000 slate tiles
Local designer Rafael Prieto has created a collection of furniture using cast-offs of a Tribeca facade for his latest exhibition at Emma Scully Gallery in New York City. More about Rafael Prieto creates furniture from fragments of New York buildings
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
A distinctive roof maximises mountain views and prevents snow build-up at this timber-framed house in Japan's Shimane Prefecture, designed by Japanese studio Enter-Archi. More about Broken-pitch roof tops wooden House in Yakami by Enter-Archi
Why are AI companies opting for cute design? And why is New York building "jailscrapers"? Listen to the latest episode of Dezeen Weekly now. More about We're scared of Meta's adorable AI device
Dezeen's editorial team has been trawling design weeks across Europe this month to seek out some of the best new furniture and lighting. Below, we've compiled ten favourites from London Design Festival, Helsinki Design Week, Currents and beyond. More about Dezeen's favourite furniture and lighting from September