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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

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

Let’s be honest: “lazy” isn’t a dirty word. In the design world, it’s often a synonym for “efficient,” “smart,” and “sanity-preserved.” The most brilliant creative minds aren’t the ones manually resizing 100 images for a social media kit or painstakingly updating the same footer text across 50 mockups. They’re the ones who found a way …