Le Grand-Espace Sherbrooke: A New Cultural Venue / Atelier Paul Laurendeau + NEUF architect(e)s

Le Grand-Espace enhances the cultural offering of the Eastern Townships tourist region through a flexible performance venue capable of hosting a wide range of artistic disciplines, from theatre and dance to circus arts and productions for young audiences.

Peter Zumthor unveils trio of "wonderfully expressive" buildings for Swiss museum

Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has expanded the Fondation Beyeler museum in Riehen, Switzerland, with a cluster of art buildings designed to nestle into the park setting.

Built in the gardens outside the original Fondation Beyeler art museum, which was designed by Renzo Piano in 1997, the trio of buildings include a rammed-concrete art gallery, a glazed cultural space and a wood-clad office building.

Rather than combine all the functions into one building, Zumthor's studio Atelier Peter Zumthor chose to scatter them across the museum's park to help...

Meta unveils lightweight VR glasses and camera-free AI glasses at Connect 2026

Meta has revealed slimline VR glasses for immersive entertainment on the go and an audio-only, camera-free version of its Ray-Ban glasses as the latest additions to its expanding product portfolio.

Announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg last night at the technology company's annual Connect conference, the Meta VR Glasses and Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses expand its market-leading range of eyewear and headsets.

The Meta VR Glasses represent the bigger breakthrough, bringing virtual-reality gaming, 3D movies and other immersive digital experiences into a form factor only slightly larger than an ordinary pair of glasses.

This...

House Ersland & Skeie / Knut Hjeltnes + Francesca Iarrusso, PhD

The house is built in a semi-dense part of the city of Stavanger and is mostly just a large outcropping piece of bedrock, with a very steep slope toward the street. The program is ordinary, a house of very modest size planned for a young couple with a small child.

Metacode tiles by VitrA Tiles

Dezeen Showroom: textural concrete meets the aesthetic of oxidised metal in this series of tiles, designed by surfaces brand VitrA Tiles.

Combining modern and industrial influences, Metacode is a series of wall and floor tiles that emulates the look of concrete, with a metallic update.

Gold, Copper or Iron finishes make the slab tiles resemble the patina of oxidised metal, with the mottled tonal variation and visual depth that entails.

VitrA Tiles' Metacode Tiles are made with the brand's advanced surface technologies, which give the products a tactile surface that enhances the material expression.

"It's time Norway realises that we also need to change" says Line Ramstad

As a wealthy nation, Norway has a responsibility to tackle climate change by developing a nature-first approach to designing buildings, Oslo Architecture Triennale director Line Ramstad tells Dezeen in this interview.

At this year's Oslo Architecture Triennale, built environment professionals and the general public gathered at Oslo's Sofienberg Church to discover architects' visions for prioritising nature through materials, design and planning.

Ramstad believes this discussion is long overdue.

"For a long time, we have needed to put nature first, but we are coming to a point where we can no longer close our eyes to it because otherwise there will be no future," she told...

Moonlit Night, La Maison | Mooncake Packaging

The Mindcraft Project showcases works that "lie in-between craft and design"

The latest edition of Danish design initiative The Mindcraft Project, curated by Christian + Jade, features pieces ranging from a pedestal constructed out of leftover shipping industry steel to a pagoda-like sculpture made from wooden trays.

This year's edition of the annual exhibition, which launched in 2008 to showcase Danish design, is currently taking place in the historic Charlottenborg Palace in central Copenhagen.

Here, curators Christian Hammer Juhl and Jade Chan of Christian + Jade have displayed works by ten Denmark-based designers in a fresco-covered room with a bare wooden floor that makes the pieces resemble artworks themselves.

Time as a Building Material in Francis Kéré’s Architecture

"After all, time is a key ingredient of my profession," states Francis Kéré in his book Francis Kéré: Building Stories. Architecture is constantly evolving and transforming over time. Bricks, doors, windows, walls, stairs, and other elements become the protagonists of a process that begins with a sketch and eventually takes shape as a built work.

Fire Severely Damages Jean Nouvel’s La Querola in Andorra

A fire has severely damaged La Querola d'Ordino, a residential development in Ordino, Andorra, designed by Jean Nouvel in collaboration with Ribas & Ribas Arquitectes and Jordi Sala. The fire began during the early hours of September 22 and spread across the seven-building complex before being brought under control on September 23. Firefighters from Andorra and neighboring France were involved in the response, with authorities reporting no injuries. The cause of the fire has not yet been established.