Dezeen design

Music company Assemble Sound has opened offices and recording studios inside the OMA-designed Lantern arts hub in Detroit, which features a focal aqua-hued staircase. Read more

Grass covers the domed roof of Pujiang Platform, a timber pavilion that Dutch studio MVRDV has added to an existing viewpoint in the hills of Chengdu, China. Read more

Next in our 2025 review, we look back at the best restaurants of the year, from an "urban greenhouse" in Mexico City to a colour-saturated eatery in Shanghai designed by film director Wong Kar Wai. Read more

Formica, leatherette and dark-wood furniture lend a retro feel to the interior of this east London eatery, which local studio House of Dré designed to evoke classic Italian trattorias. Read more

American architecture studio Kwong Von Glinow has renovated parts of the architecture school at Rice University, adding three new spaces through a "programmatic re-invention" of the 1947 building in Houston, Texas, USA. Read more

Dezeen School Shows: headphones featuring a built-in repair system packaged in their case are among the projects from the University of New South Wales. Read more

A cantilevered first floor marks the entrance to the timber-framed Robert Badinter Secondary School in Cambrai, France, completed by architecture studio Coldefy with Relief Architects. Read more

In our latest lookbook, we've rounded up homes spanning Chile, Ireland and Japan with dining rooms that are brightened by glass-covered voids. Read more

This week on Dezeen, we revealed photos of Frank Gehry's last major building, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, following the architect's death at the age of 96. Read more

American designer Michael Goldberg has overhauled US retail giant Target's store in SoHo, New York, introducing a red tunnel based on the brand's logo and displays that wrap around the building's cast-iron columns. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Lithuanian office furniture brand Narbutas has published a range of products from its workplace-focused catalogue on Dezeen Showroom this year. Read more

The Albina Riverside hotel and arts centre project in Oregon has been designed by US studios AD—WO, Mall, and Wayside Studio around the reuse of a former grain terminal complex along the Willamette River. Read more

Dezeen School Shows: a youth centre informed by music is among the architecture projects from the University of New South Wales. Read more

Ahead of potential rises in furniture tariffs in January 2026, manufacturers are preparing for the continued "economic uncertainty" of imports under the current trade policy in the United States. Dezeen asked furniture companies how they are dealing with the changes. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: workplace furniture brand Narbutas worked with Spanish design firm Alegre Design on a task chair that aims to combine ergonomics, adaptability and affordability. Read more

Perforated brick walls and planted courtyards characterise Terracotta Breath, a multi-generational "home that breathes" in Vietnam, designed by architecture practice Live Out Studio. Read more

As part of our review of 2025, Dezeen contributing editor Rima Sabina Aouf shares her picks of this year's gadgets, including a tiny sunlight emulator, a video player for your dreams and a vest for listening to trees. Read more

Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed plans to transform the Plum Village Buddhist Monastery in France's Dordogne region by reconfiguring its layout and introducing timber guesthouses and a nunnery. Read more

The president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Chris Williamson, has revealed that he will not be renewing his registration with the Architects Registration Board in 2026. Read more

A luxury grocery store featuring interiors by Brooklyn designer Sarah Carpenter with a curated art program and sculptural floral displays has opened in New York City's Tribeca neighbourhood. Read more