Architects Foster + Partners have announced the Masdar Initiative - a giant urban development in Abu Dhabi which they describe as the world's first "zero carbon, zero waste" city. More about Zero-carbon city by Foster + Partners
Since we are focusing on architecture in the Gulf at the moment, here is a full set of images of Louvre Abu Dhabi by architect Jean Nouvel. More about Jean Nouvel in Abu Dhabi
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us a set of photos Deck House, a holiday home in Alto Rungue, Chile, by architects Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido. More about Deck House by Assadi + Pulido
Here are images, plans and a description of the Expocenter development in Moscow by Zaha Hadid. The project consists of an exhibition centre and two residential towers. More about Moscow Expocenter by Zaha Hadid
Dezeen has created an interactive map showing the major projects by leading architects in the Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. More about Dezeen map of architecture in the Gulf
Here is another Gulf project by architect Jean Nouvel, this time his design for Dubai Opera in the United Arab Emirates. More about Dubai Opera by Jean Nouvel
Okay, we promise this is the last of the Mies prize posts. Here is our selection of the buildings that were selected for inclusion in the Mies van der Rohe Award 2007 catalogue and exhibition. More about Mies van der Rohe Award 4
Here are photos of the six finalists for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2007, starting with the Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany, Ben van Berkel of UNStudio More about Mies van der Rohe Award 3
The Faculty of Mathematics in Ljubljana, Slovenia by Bevk Perović Arhitekti has received the Emerging Architect Special Mention at the Mies van der Rohe Award 2007, which was announced last week. More about Mies van der Rohe Award 2
Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron are to build a hybrid stadium/apartment megastructure in Portsmouth, England, which will combine a new home for Portsmouth Football Club with residential elements. More about Portsmouth FC by Herzog & de Meuron
The MUSAC Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla y León, Spain, by architects Mansilla + Tuñón has won the Mies van der Rohe Award 2007 (via dezain, via Archinect). More about Mies van der Rohe Award 2007
Here are four renderings of the 2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, by artist Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen of Norwegian architects Snøhetta. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More about 2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
As you may have noticed, we're focusing on architecture and design in the Middle East in the run up to the International Design Forum in Dubai next month. More about Jean Nouvel in Doha
Office for Metropolitan Architecture has announced details of a new publication that will present research into the growth of new urban centres in the Gulf. More about OMA to publish study of Gulf urbanism
Live from Milan: here are images of Corian Nouvel Lumières - a conceptual domestic interior built out of Corian by French architect Jean Nouvel and presented in Via Stendhal in Zona Tortona. More about Jean Nouvel for Corian
Live from Milan: here are some photos of the Artek Pavilion in the Trienalle Park in Milan, designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More about Artek Pavilion by Shigeru Ban
Our blog for the International Design Forum has been updated with images, construction shots and a description of the Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi by Zaha Hadid. More about Sheikh Zayed Bridge by Zaha Hadid
Danish architects 3XN and Dutch practice UNStudio have jointly won a competition for a housing project on the waterfront in Århus, Denmark. More about 3XN and UNStudio in Århus
Dezeen has launched a new blog in conjunction with the International Design Forum in Dubai, dedicated to architecture and design projects in the Arab world and news about the forum, which takes place in Dubai next month. More about dezeen launches IDF blog
Milan update: Wallpaper* magazine has published an online design exhibition called EcoEdit, featuring "101 beautiful, innovative but environmentally friendly designs - from the worlds of architecture, beauty, fashion, food, packaging, product design, transport and travel - from all over the world." More about Wallpaper* EcoEdit