Japanese studio Schemata Architects has used locally sourced timber planks to clad this series of low-lying, angular guesthouses overlooking the sea on Kouri Island, Okinawa. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/09/schemata-architects-yawn-yard-okinawa/

Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings is Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles by Gehry Partners, an icon of deconstructivism. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/09/frank-gehry-walt-disney-concert-hall-21st-century-architecture-2003/

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects and local studio Bureau Cube Partners are set to transform a paper mill in Belgrade, Serbia, into a museum with an elliptical roof informed by the scientific work of Nikola Tesla. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/09/nikola-tesla-museum-zaha-hadid-architects-serbia/

Chinese technology brand Lenovo has revealed a "first-of-its-kind" laptop with a "rollable", vertically expanding display at the CES tech fair in Las Vegas. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/09/lenovo-thinkbook-plus-gen-6-rollable-ces/

British studio Foster + Partners has begun construction on two stepped-back towers for the BDO Unibank Inc campus in the Philippines, which will have exoskeletons to support solar shading and achieve structural stability. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/09/foster-partners-bdo-unibank-inc-campus-manila/

Architecture studio Aedas has completed the Yohoo Museum on an artificial island in Hangzhou, China, which is shaped like an infinity loop. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/09/aedas-yohoo-museum-hangzhou/

Goan furniture brand Josmo has opened a flagship store in Mumbai, designed by founder Anjali Mody to reflect a contemporary approach to Indian design craft. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/09/josmo-mumbai-store/

Electronics brand LG has unveiled a pair of projectors designed to blend in with modern homes at this week's CES tech fair. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/09/lg-3-in-1-lifestyle-projectors-ces/

Wildfires in Los Angeles and surrounding areas have destroyed thousands of structures including residential and commercial real estate and caused two known deaths since its start on Tuesday. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/08/eames-house-under-threat-1000-buildings-destroyed-palisades-fire/

Fashion brand Louis Vuitton and artist Takashi Murakami have created a New York City pop-up store with multiple colour-blocked rooms and furniture with rounded edges to showcase a new phase of their collaboration. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/08/louis-vuitton-murakami-new-york-pop-up-tokyo-modular-hotels/

Dezeen School Shows: a vehicle with an integrated drone system used to promote agriculture is included in this School Show from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME). Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/08/moholy-nagy-design-student-projects-dezeen-schoolshows/

Architecture studio EC3 and developer Prince Concepts have created The Canopy, a series of duplex buildings in Detroit with rooftop murals, native gardens and over 100 new trees. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/08/ec3-the-canopy-rental-housing-detroit-core-city/

US robotics company Tombot has unveiled Jennie, a battery and AI-powered robotic pet designed to provide companionship and comfort to those struggling with cognitive health. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/08/ces-tombot-jennie-robot-puppy-cognitive-health-seniors/

Architecture studio Serie Architects has used interlocking walls cloaked in hand-chiselled bricks to outline Raj Sabhagruh, a complex dedicated to Jainism in Dharampur, India. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/08/raj-sabhagruh-india-serie-architects/

The next instalment in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series looks at Zaha Hadid's Bergisel Ski Jump, which was the turning point in Hadid's career. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/08/bergisel-ski-jump-zaha-hadid-21st-century-architecture/

Car brand Toyota has announced that the first phase of its Woven City in Japan, a smart city designed by architecture studio BIG as the "future of mobility", has reached completion. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/08/big-completes-toyota-woven-city/

Architecture studio Kennon has completed the 550 Spencer office building in Australia, forming the "first building in the country" to be powered on-site by a solar facade system. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/08/550-spencer-kennon-melbourne/

CLIP is a portable e-motor device that allows users to alternate between a regular mechanical bike and an electric bike without any tools. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/08/clip-ebike-converter-portable-som-ray-clem-de-alcala/

Japanese robotics startup Yukai Engineering has debuted a portable cat-shaped robot that blows air to cool down hot food and beverages at the Consumer Electronics Show. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/08/yukai-engineering-nekojita-fufu-cat-robot/

Polish studio Mistovia has paired plywood, walnut and graphite accents with a mishmash of vintage furniture in Plener Istebna – a pair of gabled cottages in the Silesian Beskids mountains. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/08/mistovia-polish-holiday-homes-mountainous-surroundings/