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The prevailing story of tropical modernism in the Global South has long overlooked the contributions of local architects and engineers, writes Mohamed Ismail. Read more

South African sensibilities meet Scandi minimalism in the furniture of Johannesburg brand Daily, which just opened its first showroom as part of Design Week South Africa. Read more

American crisp brand Lay's has updated its classic red and yellow logo with sunbeams to celebrate the almost 100-year-old brand's agricultural heritage. Read more

Dezeen has announced the Bentley Lighthouse Awards shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes EcoLogicStudio's Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, and Morrama's Jo Barnard. Read more

London designer Henry Holland has unveiled his first furniture pieces, handcrafted from wiggly ceramic spheres, amorphous mohair seats and patinated bronze. Read more

Designer Emma Hayes has teamed up with Autex Acoustics to create a collection of acoustic panels informed by New Zealand landscapes, shown in this video created for the brand by Dezeen. Read more

New York-based studios GLO and Present Forms transformed a former tobacco warehouse in Hudson into a community education and arts centre. Read more

Architecture collective Assemble has married thatch and timber to craft Fibredog, a public artwork that doubles as a shelter in London, on show as part of the Frieze Sculpture show. Read more

From a micro home in India to a fortress-like house in Greece, our latest roundup collects houses covered in earthy shades of plaster and render. Read more

Inspired by the simplicity of walkie talkies, design agency Pentagram has updated tech company Karri's smartphone for kids with new features intended to make communication "as intuitive as possible". Read more

The angled glass facade of a modernist icon in Vancouver now covers a community cafe and bar designed by SML Studio Architecture. Read more

Walkways are suspended within the central atrium of the Centre for Health, which Danish studio Dorte Mandrup has created for a diabetes treatment programme in Copenhagen. Read more

Countries in Europe's former Eastern Bloc are working out what to do with the architectural legacy of communism. Here, we round up six recent examples of adaptive reuse projects that have given buildings for the era a new lease of life. Read more

This week on Dezeen, we showcased the world's best architecture, interiors, design and sustainability projects along with announcing the nominees for Designers of the Year in our Dezeen Awards 2025 shortlist reveal. Read more

Design studio Departamento del Distrito has installed a photovoltaic pavilion at the Craft Contemporary museum in Los Angeles that powers the electrical needs of the courtyard in which it sits. Read more

The Museum of Wisconsin Art has put on Frank Lloyd Wright: Modern Chair Design, an exhibition focused on Frank Lloyd Wright's furniture designs, with a number of replicas created for the show. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: throughout the year, Spanish brand Vondom has published various outdoor furnishings from its catalogue on Dezeen Showroom, including dining chairs, sofas and more. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Ibuku architecture studio founder Elora Hardy has extended her work with bamboo from buildings to furniture in a collaboration with Indonesian brand Bamboo Pure, producing a sculptural chair. Read more

Local architecture studio Cuozzo.Company has completed 112 Peckham High Street, a mixed-use infill block in London, which is organised around a communal lightwell and fern garden. Read more

Danish architecture studio BIG has revealed plans for a mass-timber, riverside conference centre in Rouen, France, with a swooping roof. Read more