Niall McLaughlin designs museum to tell "story of baptism" in Jordan

London studio Niall McLaughlin Architects has released visuals of The Museum of Jesus' Baptism in Jordan, which will be constructed using local skills and materials, including rammed earth and stone.

Scheduled to open in 2030, the low-lying museum will sit close to the Baptism Site on the east bank of the Jordan River – where Jesus of Nazareth is believed to have been baptised by John the Baptist – and explore the history of Christian baptism.

Its opening is set to coincide with the bimillennial anniversary of the baptism of Jesus Christ.

The Museum...

TOT table by Isern Serra for Omelette Editions

Dezeen Showroom: Spanish designer Isern Serra and furniture brand Omelette Editions aimed to elevate office spaces with the TOT table, a co-working desk with a distinctive split tabletop.

The TOT table features a bold geometric design defined by its bisected rectangular tabletop, which stretches out like a pair of wings from a thick, cylindrical base.

The graphic T-shaped desk features a recess cut into the centre of the base, which creates a functional furrow that holds a concealed power board comprising 12 sockets.

This allows multiple users to plug in their devices at...

Nike creates All Conditions Express train to mark relaunch of ACG brand

Sportswear brand Nike has created an all-orange, heavily branded train at the Milano-Cortino Winter Olympics to mark the relaunch of All Conditions Gear.

Nike repurposed an Italian commuter train to transport people from central Milan to the Italian alps to showcase the values of the reintroduced All Conditions Gear (ACG) brand.

"With the outdoors in particular, it's so serious, everything is like top-of-mountain, so we purposely wanted to come in with an attitude that solves problems at the highest level, but has even more attitude," Nike chief design officer Martin Lotti told Dezeen.

"The fun,...

Dezeen Awards 2026 launches and adds new Regional Showcases

Today we're launching Dezeen Awards 2026, in partnership with Trimble, our new headline sponsor, beginning this year's search for the best buildings, interiors and designs around the world.

Alongside our 49 project awards, this year we've made one significant and exciting addition. For our 2026 edition, we will publish three Top 50 lists that celebrate the best projects in three regions globally: Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas.

Every project entered into this year's awards can also be entered into the Regional Showcases. Our world-renowned judges will continue to choose the winners of Dezeen Awards, while these new...

Plans unveiled for Australia's first new city in over 100 years

American studio SOM and Australian studio Hassell have revealed plans for Bradfield City, a new, 114-hectare city in western Sydney, which is set to include 10,000 homes, a university campus and a two-hectare park.

Planned to be located beside the recently-completed Western Sydney International Airport, the Bradfield City masterplan proposes an urban landscape roughly 50 kilometres west of Sydney's central business district, conceptualised as "Sydney's new urban heart".

The masterplan forms one of Australia's largest urban development projects and, once complete, will be the country's first major city built in over a century, according to SOM.

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Note Design Studio envisions Lammhults showroom as hub for creative collaboration

During Stockholm Design Days, furniture brand Lammhults Design Group opened a showroom created by Note Design Studio to provide a neutral backdrop for presenting its range of contract furniture.

The company, which includes the Lammhults, Abstracta, Fora Form and Ragnars brands, wanted to develop a space to highlight its more unified offering while strengthening each brand's unique identity.

The showroom was designed by Note, whose co-founder Cristiano Pigazzini is now responsible for the group's creative direction in his role as creative advisor.

The project involved stripping back the unit located at Norrlandsgatan...

The forest | Watercolor painting series

This project is a watercolor art exploration of the forest, where the urban and natural worlds intersect. The paintings transform trees and paths into a space of visual contemplation, integrating graphic signs in ways that feel familiar yet strangely out of place. By merging the forest's atmosphere with elements of urban signaling, the work examines perception, orientation, and the subtle tension between reality and suggestion. Each painting invites viewers to slow down, observe, and reflect on how signs shape understanding within both natural and constructed spaces.

EthosEQ study finds Mute Modular rooms "far more economically efficient than traditional constructions"

Promotion: cost consultancy EthosEQ has completed a report for workplace furniture brand Mute, which found that Mute's Modular, a room-in-room office system, reduces businesses' costs and emissions.

Commissioned by Poland-based Mute, the study can be downloaded as a free PDF.

It concluded that swapping a traditionally built office room for a modular alternative can save businesses a significant amount of money and also improve their carbon performance when leasing workspaces.

The research involved analysing results from 27 cities across three different continents.

EthosEQ compared the difference between meeting rooms built using Mute Modular, Mute's adaptable...

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