Actor Brad Pitt has reportedly agreed to a settlement of $20.5 million for the owners of homes built by his Make It Right Foundation housing charity, which suffered from water leaks, black mould and foundation issues. More about Brad Pitt foundation agrees .5m settlement for owners of defective New Orleans homes
Architecture studio Ramos Alderete has created a concrete grotto of remembrance in a private garden in Las Rozas, Spain, featuring a concave opening that shelters a stone sculpture. More about Ramos Alderete creates La Ermita de Lola shrine in Spanish garden
In the face of climate change, Britain's lawned parks should be replaced with urban forests to help control city temperatures and keep green spaces green during hot summers, writes Phineas Harper. More about "Grassy parks are no longer viable in the face of global heating"
Architecture studio Groupwork has designed a bronze mesh-covered block of apartments informed by buildings lost in world war two bombings for a site opposite St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol, UK. More about Groupwork emulates lost 18th-century buildings with Bristol apartment block
US president Joe Biden has signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, a piece of legislation that includes a number of funding measures for sustainable construction including rebates for retrofits and tax incentives for new buildings.
More about Ratified Inflation Reduction Act "largest federal investment to combat climate change in history" says AIA
A perforated metal facade wraps this angular apartment building in Belo Horizonte designed to offer views from the inside while protecting the residents' privacy. More about Gisele Borges Arquitetura wraps tapered apartment block in perforated "second skin"
Iridescent aluminium sheets clad the rhomboid-shaped D2 building, a creative workplace by Cambridge studio Mole Architects that forms the latest addition to London's Design District. More about Mole Architects completes iridescent building in London's Design District
Serpentine Pavilion designer Theaster Gates explains the role of architecture in his artistic practice in this exclusive video interview produced by Dezeen in collaboration with the Serpentine Gallery. More about "I am careful never to call myself an architect" says Theaster Gates in exclusive video interview
The co-founder of co-working company WeWork Adam Neumann is launching a new venture called Flow that is aimed at transforming the rental housing market in the US. More about Adam Neumann launches housing startup Flow as "first venture since WeWork"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating two stories we published further exploring plans for the 170-kilometre-long Saudi city The Line. More about "Limiting any experimental city model is a mistake" says commenter
Architect, educator and former Allies and Morrison director Diane Haigh, who led projects including the refurbishment of London's Royal Festival Hall, has died aged 73. More about British architect Diane Haigh dies aged 73
A 10-year-old timber-and-steel bridge in Norway has collapsed into a river while vehicles crossed, causing two drivers to require a dramatic rescue. More about Norway to inspect timber bridges after 10-year-old glulam crossing collapses
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the longlists for this year's Dezeen Awards. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the Dezeen Awards 2022 longlists
Architecture studio SAW incorporated curved elements and multiple staircases in its renovation of a 1930s dwelling that is meant to reconsider the "notion of groundedness". More about SAW revamps Spanish-style Wraparound House in San Francisco
Irish studio Clancy Moore Architects has created The Writing Room in the garden of a Dublin home from recycled aluminium and red-stained beech. More about Clancy Moore Architects adds angular writer's hut to Dublin home
UK studios Hugh Broughton Architects and Pearce+ have collaborated with artists Ella Good and Nicki Kent to create an inflatable building that explores how people would live on Mars. More about Golden Martian House inflated on Bristol dockside
The Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo could soon be replicated in both real space and the metaverse, as its original architect Kisho Kurokawa's studio is auctioning the rights to rebuild it. More about Rights to rebuild Nakagin Capsule Tower for sale
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has revealed the Oasis Towers development in Nanjing, China, which is comprised of two L-shaped skyscrapers with angular cliff-like facades. More about MVRDV unveils pair of skyscrapers with "stratified cliff" facades
A cluster of gabled pavilions clad in grey panels and golden-toned cedar form a Michigan home for a creative family designed by architecture firm Iannuzzi Studio. More about Harry Potter books influence design of Briarcliff house by Iannuzzi Studio
Chinese studio Group of Architects has created a restaurant topped with a canopy made from a series of aluminium pyramidal forms in the village of Suzhou, China. More about GOA tops Metasequoia Grove Restaurant with cluster of tree-informed pyramids