This week Foster + Partners unveiled the replacement for San Siro stadium

This week on Dezeen, architecture studio Foster + Partners and US studio Manica unveiled their design for Generali Stadium in Milan, which will become home to local football clubs AC Milan and Inter Milan.

The stadium will seat 71,500 people and be built alongside the 99-year-old San Siro stadium, which will eventually be torn down. Generali Stadium will be defined by a structural facade composed of elongated X-framed concrete supports.

Architect Norman Foster told Dezeen that the Generali Stadium’s design draws on his “great personal connection with the city”.

Norman Foster wearing own watch — Norman Foster unveiled his first watch design

Foster also made the news this week with the launch of his first watch, which the architect designed for Spanish watch brand Lebond.

The watch draws on aviation design and was designed to be customised, in line with Foster’s philosophy that a watch is “intensely personal”.

Office with steel-shutter facade — We revealed the Dezeen Awards public vote winners

The public vote winners for Dezeen Awards 2026 were announced this week and included Japanese studio Schemata Architects’ Uchida Shōten head office, above, in the architecture category.

We also revealed the public vote winners in the interiors and design categories. The public vote is separate from the main judging process, with the overall winners of this year’s programme set to be announced on 16 November.

Youth Orchestra Abu Dhabi by Frank Gehry — The Youth Orchestra Abu Dhabi was designed by Gehry before his death

In Abu Dhabi, a new concert hall by the late architect Frank Gehry was revealed. The Youth Orchestra Abu Dhabi will be located in the Mina Zayed port district.

It will be dedicated to young musicians and contain a 600-seat concert hall and 18 rehearsal rooms.

Touchscreen MacBook Pro by Apple — Apple unveiled its first laptop with a touchscreen

Technology brand Apple unveiled its new MacBook Pro model, which features its first-ever laptop touchscreen. The brand said the display is “a monumental step forward for the Mac”.

Apple Music also showed off a new logo this week. The first rebrand since Apple Music launched in 2015 was made in collaboration with musician Fred Again by passing sound waves through a pool of oil.

KPF Waterline Texas — Waterline has become Texas’s tallest skyscraper

KPF completed Texas’s tallest skyscraper, a supertall tower called Waterline that is 1,025 feet tall (312 metres tall).

Its developer described the shape of the skyscraper as a “cowboy boot”. It will have hotel and office programmes at the bottom, with luxury residences at the top.