Design

A portion of the White House's East Wing is currently being demolished to make space for president Donald Trump's neoclassical ballroom, with construction teams using a backhoe to rip through the facade. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: a padded, upholstered chair that was "conceived like a sofa" is among 10 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Read more

Architect Scott Specht has completed an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in Austin that is clad entirely in corten steel with no exterior windows. Read more

Dezeen School Shows: an HIV self-test designed for visually impaired people is among the projects from Georgia Institute of Technology. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: designer Hee Welling and furniture brand Ocee & Four have created an organic-looking modular sofa that recalls the appearance of flowers. Read more

British studio Foster + Partners has completed the Techo International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which features a curved steel structure wrapped by latticed panels that filter daylight. Read more

Mercedes-Benz offers a modern take on art deco with its latest autonomous concept car, combining decorative straw and mother-of-pearl marquetry with advances in artificial intelligence. Read more

Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura has teamed up with Porto-based studio OODA to design a mixed-use concrete skyscraper in Tirana, Albania. Read more

Architecture studio MAD has designed a "giant mattress" at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture that comforts people standing next to it by illuminating and releasing cooling water mist. Read more

Living spaces richly finished with varieties of Italian marble lie behind the opaque facade of this house in Victoria, Australia, conceived by designer David Hicks. Read more

Tickets for the Dezeen Awards 2025 party are selling fast, with guests from around the world attending this year's celebration of global architectural and design excellence. Read more

Oslo studio Omhu Projects used colour to channel different moods in the Norwegian office and recording studio of Scandinavian podcast platform Podimo. Read more

Promotion: Italian surface manufacturer Casalgrande Padana has launched a range of integrated induction hobs named Ghost, crafted from porcelain stoneware tiles. Read more

Dezeen School Shows: a lighting collection designed to replicate human features and emotions is among the projects by students from Aalto University. Read more

Architect Danish Kurani has developed a prototype for a "connected" classroom, designed to enable expert teachers to remotely provide lessons to students in rural communities. Read more

New Zealand studio Bull O'Sullivan Architecture has perched a compact aluminium-clad chapel on a hillside overlooking the Lyttelton Harbour near Christchurch. Read more

For our latest lookbook, we've collected hair salons that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are functional, including a salon with a galvanised-steel sound wall and one with a "dripping shampoo" ceiling. Read more

Australian designer Georgina Davies has used MDF to create a series of linear furnishings that challenges expectations of the basic building material. Read more

Bright yellow upholstery and formica pops against a 1970s colour palette inside this sandwich shop in Montreal, designed by local studio MRDK. Read more

Dezeen School Shows: a modular panelling system created with cork is among the projects from Istituto Europeo di Design. Read more