Spray-on trainers, a water-filtering bottle cap and inflatable self-defence devices for protestors feature in our roundup of the most impactful product designs from 2024. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/16/top-product-designs-2024/

The World Cement Association has predicted that global demand for cement and clinker will decrease more than previously expected by 2050 due to changing market trends and sustainable material advancements. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/16/world-cement-association-report-2050/

Fashion house Dior has unveiled the Gold House concept store in Bangkok, which is surrounded by facades modelled on the brand's headquarters in Paris. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/16/dior-golden-house-concept-store-bangkok/

Interior designer Tola Ojuolape demonstrates how to apply materials and finishes to a project using SketchUp in the second part of her Design Workshop, produced by Dezeen for the software brand. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/16/tola-ojuolape-sketchup-design-workshop-part-2-video/

A large winter garden provides "relaxation and respite" for visitors to the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in England, by architecture studios HKS, Cagni Williams and Sonnemann Toon Architects. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/16/midland-metropolitan-university-hospital-winter-garden/

Promotion: Chinese car brand Omoda has launched its Designing the Future campaign, which celebrates the launch of the Omoda E5, an all-electric sport-utility-vehicle (SUV), in the UK. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/16/omoda-e5-suv-designing-the-future-promotion/

This compact eyewear store in New York's West Village has been divided into "on stage" and "backstage" areas, as part of a design studio Tutto Bene's "love letter to theatrical glamour". Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/15/cubitts-west-village-eyewear-store-tutto-bene/

Bregenz studio Bernardo Bader Architekten has completed a cuboidal primary school in rural Austria that is designed as a "village within the village". Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/15/bernardo-bader-architekten-primary-school-austria/

For our latest lookbook, we've selected eight windowless or low-light bedrooms illuminated with the help of strategically placed cutouts and clever layout solutions. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/15/windowless-bedrooms-dezeen-lookbooks/

Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has completed a minimalist showroom and office for jewellery and fashion brand Mariha in Tokyo. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/15/keiji-ashizawa-design-mariha-salon/

Local studio DRM Arquitectura has designed a space-framed drive-through ice cream parlour lifted on inverted V-shaped columns in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/14/drm-arquitectura-buenos-aires-ice-cream-shop/

Dezeen School Shows: a project exploring the potential of algae for the future of food is included in this school show by students at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME). Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/14/moholy-nagy-design-projects-dezeen-schoolshows/

Fabric canopies stretched over textured walls are intended to evoke the tents of the nomadic Bedouin people at this trio of viewpoints, designed by UK practice Clover Studio at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hegra in Saudi Arabia. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/14/hegra-viewpoints-clover-studio/

A compact rammed-earth extension in Ecuador and a London home addition filled with vinyl records are among Dezeen's selection of the top 10 home extensions of 2024. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/14/top-10-home-extensions-2024/

This week on Dezeen, we looked back at the highlights of 2024 as the year comes to an end, including the top 10 gadgets of the year. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/14/this-week-picked-highlights-2024/

SKIMS, the apparel brand founded by Kim Kardashian, has opened its first flagship store on New York's Fifth Avenue featuring interiors by Rafael de C'ardenas. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/13/skims-nyc-flagship-store-rafael-de-cardenas/

The Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy has filed a counterclaim and defence of its easement on the Price Tower by Frank Lloyd Wright in Oklahoma following the current owner's lawsuit against the organisation. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/13/frank-lloyd-wright-conversancy-defends-easement-price-tower-skyscraper/

Dezeen School Shows: an AI-powered companion gadget for people with dementia is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at University of New South Wales Sydney. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/13/university-new-south-wales-design-architecture-dezeen-schoolshows/

The autumn edition of our Dezeen Showroom New Releases newsletter features a chair in the shape of a crescent moon by Wigiwama. Subscribe to Dezeen Showroom New Releases now! Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/13/dezeen-showroom-newsletter-autumn-2024-roundup/

Architecture studio AO is working with the Federal Aircraft Administration to move the Legends Tower skyscraper in Oklahoma forward after local authorities raised concerns over its height. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/13/us-tallest-skyscraper-legends-tower-collaborating-faa/