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The Pyramids: Special Economic Vortex Zones of North America explores pyramidal structures throughout the continent. Here, the book's creator Ian James comments on ten of the weirdest and most interesting examples. Read more

Conservation group DC Preservation League and law firm Cultural Heritage Partners are suing US president Donald Trump to prevent him altering the appearance of the 19th-century Eisenhower building in Washington DC without a review. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Belgian flooring brand Modulyss has released carpet tiles decorated with a dappled motif that recalls the effect of light on water. Read more

Four-metre-high rammed-earth walls frame the plot of Backyard Community Club in Accra, Ghana, completed by local studio DeRoche Projects. Read more

As part of our Performance Review series, Edwin Heathcote sets out 12 key problems facing the architecture profession. Read more

With design and architecture seemingly in crisis, our Performance Review editorial series will interrogate the multitude of issues plaguing the industry. Read more

Car company Volvo's electric EX90 SUV has been shortlisted for a 2025 Dezeen Award for its innovative safety features, including sensors that can detect pedestrians up to 250 metres ahead. Read more

London-based designer Maggie Yang has created a collection of wax candles replicating different foods, including a Ploughman's pie, a wheel of brie and an entire breakfast plate with beans and brown sauce. Read more

Ticket sales for the Dezeen Awards 2025 party end this week, 21 November at 23:59 London time. Don't wait – secure your place before it's too late! Read more

Melbourne-based Studio Edwards has collaborated with local fashion brand LOWF to create Shift Space – a relocatable modular retail system. Read more

Promotion: American technology company Snaptrude is making its flagship building design tool free for architecture students across the world, so that they can "build the kind of portfolios that get them hired". Read more

The museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has expanded into the former home of her sister, where exhibitions designed by Rockwell Group offer glimpses into the artist's private life. Read more

Frameless expanses of glazing break up the monolithic, angular volumes of Temple House, a family home in Australia designed by local studio J Kidman Architecture with interior design practices Golden and Studio Tali Roth. Read more

A skeletal chair and a lamp wearing a hat were among the standout projects from emerging designers at this year's Design Week Lagos, where they featured in the annual Design + Innovation exhibition. Read more

Interior studio Atelier Tao+C has designed a cafe for Blue Bottle Coffee on Shanghai's West Bund waterfront, featuring wooden canopies stretched out above a prefabricated concrete counter. Read more

A team of local builders and designers oriented 49 prefabricated cedar cabins around a lake in Massachusetts, USA, and renovated a historic building to serve as the restaurant. Read more

Dezeen School Shows: we've rounded up five student projects presented on Dezeen School Shows that are designed to upgrade and improve healthcare apparatus. Read more

Bespoke terrazzo tiles made using the shells of local rock oysters clad this collonaded pavilion on Sydney's waterfront, designed by local architecture studio Besley & Spresser. Read more

This lookbook compiles bathrooms with unlikely textural, material and colour combinations, creating dramatic schemes in rooms renowned for sterility. Read more

This week on Dezeen, we reported on satellite photography of worker housing that has been built alongside Neom's major construction sites. Read more