This week on Dezeen, we reported on the news that Saudi Arabia is scaling back the expected population it hopes The Line mega city will reach by 2030. More about This week Saudi Arabia scaled back The Line megacity
A skyscraper designed by New York studio SHoP Architects at Detroit's Hudson's Detroit development has topped out, making it the second tallest building in the city. More about Detroit skyscraper becomes city's second-tallest building
Large mirrors frame the tree-planted interiors of this cafe and seating area beside a park in Jakarta, Indonesia, completed by local studio Research Artistic Design + architecture. More about RAD+ar encloses tropical Frame Garden with mirrored panels in Indonesia
Creative agency Uncommon Creative Studio has made "boring" versions of UK landmarks including Buckingham Palace and Edinburgh Castle for Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign. More about Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign creates "boring alter-egos" of UK landmarks
This Dezeen video shows the restoration progress of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, including its reconstructed spire that is crowned by a golden rooster. More about Dezeen video captures reconstructed spire at Notre-Dame
The Global Centre for Clean Air Research has published research that found botanical gardens are one of the best ways to cool cities and mitigate the effects of heatwaves. More about Study finds botanical gardens offer "greater cooling effect" in cities compared to parks
Toronto studio Workshop Architecture Inc has created a prefabricated home in Ontario with an exposed structure and blue-painted elements on the interior. More about Workshop Architecture Inc creates "raw and unvarnished" prefabricated home in Ontario
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Fletcher Crane Architects' pale brick home overlooking Richmond Park in London. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "a delicious slice of design cake"
US studio Page Southerland Page has worked to "cultivate a stronger sense of community" with the urban design surrounding the Texas State Capitol that integrates historical landmarks in Austin. More about Page Southerland Page integrates "past and future" at Texas Capitol Complex
Finnish studio MNY Arkitekter has completed Two Sisters, a timber holiday home in Salo that is designed to allow two siblings to live "together separately". More about MNY Arkitekter completes "down-to-earth" house for two sisters in Finland
Mass-timber columns fan out to form a tree-informed roof structure at the World of Volvo exhibition and events centre in Gothenburg, Sweden, by architecture studio Henning Larsen. More about Henning Larsen tops World of Volvo with "forest-like canopy"
An official report into the collapse of a 10-year-old mass-timber bridge in Norway in August 2022 has criticised the structure's design and construction. More about "Strong focus on aesthetics" contributed to collapse of Norway timber bridge
People of colour and women working as architects are often actively discouraged from following their design instincts, FAME Collective founder Tumpa Husna-Yasmin Fellows tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "Those in power want to hold on to their one way of designing" says Tumpa Husna-Yasmin Fellows
London studio Mikhail Riches has shared visuals for Phase 5 in the regeneration of Park Hill estate in Sheffield, which will "tie together all the buildings and landscapes". More about Mikhail Riches unveils plans for final phase of Park Hill regeneration
Brooklyn architecture studio Allied Works has created a building with interlocking boxy forms clad in sandstone and steel for the Palmer Museum of Art in University Park, USA. More about Allied Works layers sandstone for facade of Pennsylvania museum
A minimalist exterior of white render and local stone paving reference the traditional architecture of Italy's Salento region at Casa Ulìa, a villa by local architecture studio Margine. More about Margine draws on Salento's vernacular architecture for minimalist Italian villa
A swooping tiled roof will be the defining feature of Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian extension designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, which is nearing completion in Lisbon. More about Photos reveal Kengo Kuma's swooping art centre extension nearing completion in Lisbon
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing renderings released by Dolce & Gabbana of a supertall skyscraper in Miami, which will be the brand's first residential tower. More about "All this money and look what it leads to" says commenter
Tokyo-based Jun Mitsui & Associates has converted an abandoned grocery store into a sake brewery in Upstate New York in partnership with US studio Pelli Clarke & Partners. More about Jun Mitsui & Associates converts grocery store into sake brewery in Upstate New York
Mexican studio PPAA has completed a concrete villa beside Lake Zurich in Switzerland, fronted by a long water feature that helps to illuminate the interior. More about "Water mirror" reflects light into villa overlooking Lake Zurich by PPAA