Highlights
Construction begins on Expo 2025 Osaka masterplan by Sou Fujimoto
MSG Sphere in Las Vegas opens with bespoke artworks by Es Devlin and John Gerrard
Stanton Williams unveils UCL East building where “structure is the architecture”
Inflated 3D-printed clocks and molten-wax lamps feature in Vienna Design Week exhibition
Olgoo critiques overdevelopment in Iran with The Inside Home
MyPowerbank hacks London’s Santander bikes so homeless people can charge their phones
Goldfinger launches ash furniture that lets people “own a piece of Tate Modern”
Superlimão uses mass timber for the “most sustainable McDonald’s in Brazil”
Cliffside hotel on Italy’s Amalfi Coast incorporates medieval stone defences
Parley for the Oceans to recycle Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s L’Arc de Triomphe Wrapped
Kengo Kuma and Earthscape create “wooden mountain” playground structure
Eight stadiums built for the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games
Yoshihisa Tanaka creates reactive “membranes” from washi paper for Issey Miyake show
PAU places vaulted glass structure in shell of Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Refinery
UK prime minister launches plan “to stop councils implementing” 15-minute cities
Eight airy and pared-back loft conversions
Bloom Architecture uses handmade cement blocks to decorate Cambodian houses
Shrek and Donkey invite guests to stay in mud-laden Shrek’s Swamp
Studio Libeskind creates social housing block for first New York project
Studio Lentala designs playful children’s chairs to “enable active sitting”
Studio Bright wraps extension in Australia with pale pink breeze blocks
Eight living rooms enhanced by decorative and striking art pieces
World’s tallest skyscraper restarts construction in Saudi Arabia