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Breaking news: architect Terry Farrell, best-known for the postmodern MI6 and TV-am buildings, along with his high-tech collaborations with the late Nicholas Grimshaw, has passed away at the age of 87. Read more

Open Architecture has risen quickly to become one of China‘s most influential studios and is now set to curate a major exhibition in Sydney. In this interview, married founders Huang Wenjing and Li Hu explain their unusual approach. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: this cocooning lounge chair was created by British industrial designer Benjamin Hubert and his studio Layer for Spanish furniture brand Andreu World. Read more

A medical device to support a newborn’s body during resuscitation and a pregnancy test feature in this roundup of the curators’ favourite pieces from the Designing Motherhood exhibition. Read more

Dezeen has announced the shortlisted projects for this year’s Dezeen Awards China, which include a seaside pavilion on the remote island of Chaishan and a cultural centre sheltered by sloping roofs in Guangzhou. Read more

Street artist Danila Shmelev, better known as Shozy, has mastered the art of visual deception. His large-scale trompe l’oeil murals transform ordinary buildings into mind-bending illusions, making flat walls appear to extend into three-dimensional structures—if only for a second glance. Playing with Perception Shozy’s work plays a clever trick on the brain, using perspective, shading, and architectural mimicry to create …

Students from London’s Architectural Association have developed a low-cost and easily repeatable way to build with tree forks – a type of timber that is usually discarded as waste even though it is unusually strong. Read more

Identical shipping container-style units make up this hotel, where guests feel as though they are « on Mars » at the edge of Joshua Tree National Park, designed by Benjamin Uyeda and Gry Space. Read more

London studio James Grayley Architecture has used red bricks, oak shingles and terracotta floors to give a rustic character to its extension of Church Cottage, an old farmhouse in Suffolk, UK. Read more

A chicken-shaped observation deck and a geometric classroom were among the playful installations on show at Cabin Fever 2025 in the Czech Republic. Read more