MVRDV tops Dubai skyscraper with giant orb to "steal the attention of onlookers"

Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled its design for the Inaura skyscraper in Dubai, UAE, which incorporates a "jewel-like orb" on its upper floors.

Set to be built in Downtown Dubai, the 210-metre-high skyscraper was designed by MVRDV to stand out from the numerous tall buildings being built in the city.

"The project finds itself among taller neighbours, which all compete for attention," said the studio.

"The design therefore takes a different approach to claiming its place in the city: a luminous, jewel-like orb nestled in between the building's floors, creating a novel and curious way to steal the attention...

3XN-designed Sydney Fish Market opens to the public

Sydney Fish Market, which claims to be the largest fish market in the southern hemisphere and features an undulating 20,000-square-metre roof canopy, has opened its doors in "an underutilised harbour area" in Sydney.

Designed by Danish architecture studio 3XN's GXN arm, in association with BVN Architecture and landscape architects Aspect Studios, the market aims to become a major new civic landmark in Sydney, Australia.

"The new Sydney Fish Market is transforming an underutilised harbour area into a vibrant public realm filled with programs that attract both locals and...

"As our celebrated architects sign off, we should resist the urge to replace them"

The late Frank Gehry was the ultimate starchitect, but even he knew that designing buildings takes teamwork, writes Matthew Bovingdon-Downe.

As our celebrated architects sign off, we should resist the urge to replace them. Our focus on charismatic or otherwise exceptional people means that we overlook the inherently group-oriented and gregarious nature of architectural practice.

The "starchitect" was a figment of media attention, drummed up to answer our interest in celebrity, and our exaggerated expectations of what might be achieved without the help of other people. It belongs to a deluded, more decadent age. An age of "great men", and "free credit"....

Residence on the Edge of National Forest / Studio GAB

© Nate Cook Photography architects: Studio GABLocation: Gmina Mosina, PolandProject Year: 2025Photographs: Nate Cook PhotographyArea: 250.0 m2

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Tutto Bene creates "gallery-like" fashion floors at Globus Basel department store

Design studio Tutto Bene has unveiled fashion floors and private shopping space at a department store in Basel, juxtaposing concrete floors and steel details with soft drapery and illuminated laminated paper.

The fashion floors at the Globus Basel department store, located in the heart of the Swiss city, have been given a new look as part of a wider overhaul of the retailer.

Designers Felizia Berchtold and Oskar Kohnen of Tutto Bene took the exterior of the department store, which has an original art nouveau facade, into consideration when creating the new interior.

"The art nouveau facade brought...

Get listed in Dezeen's digital guide to Milan design week 2026

If you're hosting an event during the 2026 iteration of Milan design week, you could be featured in Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to the festival.

The latest edition of the festival takes place from 20 to 26 April, with hundreds of brands and designers hosting a range of activations throughout the week.

Whether you're presenting at the 64th edition of Salone del Mobile, which runs from 21 to 26 April, or hosting a fringe event, collectively known as Fuorisalone, speak with the Dezeen Events Guide team to find out more about how you could be listed in the guide.

The Fuorisalone events include exhibition,...

From Industry to the Living Room: Metal Furniture in Interior Architecture

HARMAY Shenzhen Store / AIM Architecture © Wen Studio, Bowen Gu

How did a material conceived for bridges, factories, and large-scale structures make its way to the living room bench, the apartment bookshelf, the café table? For centuries, metal was associated with labor, machinery, and monumentality—from the exposed structures of 19th-century World’s Fairs to the productive logic of modern industry. Its presence in domestic interiors is not self-evident but rather a cultural achievement: the transformation of an industrial material into an element of everyday, intimate use, in close proximity to the...

Colour-drenched Poznań apartment highlights "powerful and poetic" Polish design scene

Wrocław-based COI Studio chose swathes of vividly-coloured wood, velvet and silk to create this "sculptural, sensual, slightly surreal" apartment in Poznań, Poland.

Called Two Suns, the home was designed by COI Studio founder Monika Rogusz-Witkoś, who told Dezeen that colour "became the main narrative tool" for the project.

"Every tone corresponds to a different emotional 'temperature', but all are linked by a quiet, cinematic softness," she explained.

Set within a century-old art nouveau building in Poznań's Jeżyce district, the one-bedroom apartment features interconnected communal spaces dressed in dramatic hues.

The dining room is characterised by...

Juno the Bakery

Winner of "Best Bakery in Copenhagen, 2025," Juno the Bakery has become one of the city's most celebrated spots ? beloved by locals for their morning bølle med ost (bun with cheese) and sought out by visitors making cardamom bun pilgrimages from afar. Juno approached us to reimagine the world of the Danish butter cookie ? an iconic yet often "old-fashioned" treat, forever linked to the childhood disappointment of finding a dusty tin on your grandmother's shelf filled not with cookies but sewing supplies. Together with the team at Juno, we created a complete visual universe ? spanning illustration, animation, packaging...

Vibrant Wellness

FWA of the day 19 January 2026:

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