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After an announcement that Amtrak launched a new generation of high-speed trains in the eastern US, we take a look at the progress of other proposed high-speed rail projects throughout the country, including in California and Texas. Read more

Promotion: in a recent lecture, cofounder of Japanese studio SANAA, Kazuyo Sejima, explained how the studio’s key projects connect with their surroundings and create space to « bring people together ». Read more

Dezeen School Shows: a modular positioning kit designed to aid children’s comfort during X-rays is among the projects from this year’s Designblok selection. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: designed to look like a cluster of balancing rocks, this stool by Thai studio Atelier 2+ and furniture brand Moonler is made of wood indigenous to Thailand. Read more

Scottish architecture studio Pend has updated a heritage-listed Georgian farmhouse in East Lothian, adding an extension clad in fluted, blush-toned blocks of precast stone. Read more

US president Donald Trump has signed the Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again executive order to make classical architecture the preferred style for new civic buildings in the USA. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: furniture brand Tylko‘s system of customisable storage units comes in vivid colours and can be custom-configured using a specialist online tool. Read more

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a retrofuturistic kitchen robot that uses AI to generate recipes based on leftover ingredients. Read more

Where are the Black Designers? has been forced to postpone its upcoming The Spaces Between conference until 2027 after sponsors withdrew upwards of $67,000 in funding in the wake of US president Donald Trump‘s DEI executive orders. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: the following wooden chairs and tables were recently published on our furniture directory, including pieces made from oak, ash, walnut and beech. Read more