Provocative architecture studio Opposite Office has designed the Castillo Congresso wall to encircle Brasília's National Congress and turn the Oscar Niemeyer-designed building into a "fortress to protect democracy". More about Opposite Office designs "dystopian" wall to protect National Congress of Brazil from rioters
Environmental organisation A Plastic Planet has launched an online platform to help architects and designers source plastic-free materials for their projects and avoid the "minefield of misinformation" around more sustainable alternatives. More about PlasticFree is a database of over 100 plastic alternatives for designers and architects
American studio Lever Architecture has revealed its proposal for the Portland Museum of Art campus expansion in Maine, with a design that aims to honour the state's history through the use of mass timber. More about Lever Architecture designs "Maine's next great landmark" for art museum expansion
Architectural studio Undecorated has designed an elongated, metal Quonset hut punctuated with dormer windows and filled with loft-style units for an evolving neighbourhood in Detroit. More about Undecorated creates The Caterpillar apartment building in Detroit
Dezeen Courses: interested in studying architecture at university? Check out six undergraduate architectural degree courses located in Australia, Spain and the UK. More about Six undergraduate architectural degrees on Dezeen Courses
Slatted, folding wooden shutters and exposed board-marked concrete define this home by Israeli studio Pitsou Kedem Architects, designed in collaboration with architect Tamar Berger. More about Pitsou Kedem shields concrete Tel Aviv house with folding wooden screens
Incessant squabbling between advocates of classical and modernist architecture is an unhelpful distraction in the face of the climate emergency, which requires us to escape both, writes Barnabas Calder. More about "Both sides in the style wars are equally wrong"
A wooden community centre for water-sports clubs has opened on the coast of Esbjerg, Denmark, with a design by studios Snøhetta and WERK Arkitekter that references boat construction. More about Boat construction informs Esbjerg Maritime Center by Snøhetta and WERK Arkitekter
West of West has completed a concrete office complex in eastern Austin, Texas with flexible workspaces, community amenities and public greenspaces between buildings that reinterpret the neighbourhood's industrial context. More about West of West experiments with "beautiful roughness" for Austin office complex
International architecture studio HKS has placed an entertainment venue called YouTube Theater under the sweeping canopy of an NFL stadium in Los Angeles. More about HKS creates "ship in a bottle" venue within SoFi Stadium
Dezeen's deputy editor Cajsa Carlson has been shortlisted for excellence in creative journalism at this year's Créateurs Design Awards, which will see awards presented to architects Tadao Ando and Jeanne Gang. More about Dezeen's deputy editor shortlisted in 2023 Créateurs Design Awards
White, minimalist living spaces sit within a raw exterior of rough brick walls and galvanised steel openings at this extension to a ground-floor flat in east London, designed by local practice Studio Hallett Ike. More about Studio Hallett Ike adds dark brick extension to London flat
UK studio Heatherwick Studio is designing a park alongside Harley-Davidson's headquarters in Milwaukee, which will contain an amphitheatre for up to 700 motorcycles during rallies. More about Heatherwick Studio to create public park with "motorcycle amphitheatre" for Harley-Davidson
Instead of desperately trying to reduce road congestion in the short term, politicians should be using traffic as a tool for making urban transport more sustainable, writes Phineas Harper. More about "Cities should not just build green transport but actively dismantle car infrastructure"
Continuing our previews of what's to come this year, we round up 10 architecture projects set to be completed in the United States in 2023, including a cavernous Manhattan museum extension and Austin's tallest skyscraper. More about Ten high-profile US buildings being completed in 2023
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing New Zealand artist Mike Hewson's public playground, which contains 24 massive rough-hewn bluestone boulders. More about "Appropriate playground for future generations" says commenter
Architecture practice Stride Treglown worked closely with staff and students at the Deaf Academy to design a campus in Exmouth, UK, with spaces tailored to best suit the needs of deaf people. More about Stride Treglown completes site for the Deaf Academy in Exmouth
Are you putting on an exhibition, talk or other event in Stockholm next month? Get your event listed in our digital guide to Stockholm Design Week on Dezeen Events Guide, which will highlight the key events taking place from 6 to 12 February 2023. More about Get listed in Dezeen's digital guide for Stockholm Design Week 2023
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features windows filled with water that can help to heat and cool buildings. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features water-filled windows that use sunlight to heat and cool buildings
Local studio Sparano + Mooney Architecture cantilevered two envelopes with blackened-cedar siding over a canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. More about Sparano + Mooney positions cedar home over canyon in Utah