Portuguese architecture studio Atelier Backlar has used recycled ocean plastic and locally sourced timber to create The Blue House within the ruins of a former whaler's tavern on São Miguel Island in the Azores.
Our latest roundup looks at sensitively designed additions to historic sites around the world, including the Colosseum in Rome, the ruins of an English castle and a Viking archaeological site in Iceland.
Dezeen Competitions: VOX Design Challenge invites architects and designers across India to showcase built projects where VOX Ceiling solutions create spatial impact and elevate a building's design.
A monumental triumphal arch with a neoclassical structure devised by Atlanta-based studio Harrison Design has been approved for Washington DC, USA, by the Commission of Fine Arts.
Dezeen Showroom: Italian manufacturer Marazzi's Mystone Silver Root tiles are defined by dramatic natural stone-like veining enhanced by 3D Ink technology.
Dezeen Showroom: paper pulp is transformed into a concrete-like flecked surface in the Arkemia porcelain stoneware tiles, made by Spanish brand Cristacer.
Why is everyone talking about a giant data centre planned for Utah? Is IKEA's new collection a wake-up call for the design industry? And why do Parisians hate tall buildings? The latest episode of Dezeen Weekly is out now.
An ancient room soaked entirely in red and a plywood gateway based on a lost Roman arena were among the installations erected across the Turkish capital for Global Design Forum Istanbul.
The Salone del Mobile fair stand of Italian tapware brand QuadroDesign is on its way to Masala, Zambia, having been designed by Giacomo Moor to have a second life as a public bathroom.
Architecture studio Lanza Atelier explains how the history of the Serpentine Pavilion informed the design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion in this exclusive video interview produced by Dezeen.
Architect Cyrus Ardalan felt like he was "standing at the prow of a ship" on a visit to this Paris corner apartment, which he subsequently renovated with porthole-style openings and deck-like floors for DJ Louise Chen and her family.
Promotion: smart lighting brand Govee has launched a lantern-shaped floor lamp, which mimics natural daylight patterns to seamlessly integrate into a home's circadian rhythm.
Actor Julio Torres worked with US furniture company Sabai to create a collection of furniture informed by the act of moving to New York City, including a screen with a curtain motif pulled from JFK Terminal 4.
Achitecture studio Gensler has released renderings of Thistle Data Center Campus, a hyperscale data centre in Arizona, USA, with a weathering steel facade.
Dezeen Competitions: Buildner's latest competition tasks architects with creating kindergarten spaces that foster the growth, creativity and wellbeing of the next generation of young learners.
US Department of Transportation secretary Sean P Duffy and national transportation company Amtrak have selected a team led by developers Halmar and Skanska to renovate New York City's Penn Station.
Dezeen Showroom: Italian tile manufacturer Marazzi has added a new square format to its majolica-inspired Lume collection, highlighting the surfaces' glossiness and depth.
