Following the Saudi Arabian government's unveiling of plans for an enormous linear megacity in the desert, urban design experts have expressed skepticism about whether its utopian vision is realistic. More about Sustainability and liveability claims of Saudi 170-kilometre city are "naive" say experts
An otherwordly character explores the Chapel of Sound, a rock-like concert hall designed by Chinese studio Open Architecture, in this science-fiction-informed video by Xia Zhi. More about Chapel of Sound in China is given a "science-fiction vibe" in new video
Design studio Space Available has worked with Indonesian architects Sidarta and Sandjaja to turn a Bali building into an institution dedicated to circular design, with a facade made of 200,000 recycled plastic bottles. More about Museum of Space Available opens in Bali to explore circular design
Architecture firm Studio B drew upon geometric paintings to design a low-lying, trapezoidal home in Colorado that features cedar cladding and large stretches of glass. More about Studio B creates trapezoidal Colorado home as "collage of form and light"
London studio Bell Phillips has completed a timber pavilion in a park in Elephant & Castle featuring an elevated viewing gallery nestled among the boughs of a mature plane tree. More about Bell Phillips creates The Tree House pavilion at London's Elephant Park
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has revealed the design for a disc-shaped villa with a swooping green roof on Japan's Ishigaki Island for hotelier Not A Hotel. More about Sou Fujimoto designs circular holiday home topped with bowl-shaped meadow roof
Architecture firm Inrestudio has created an office and residential building for a mining company in Vietnam's Quang Binh province, featuring a conical concrete roof and openings on all sides. More about Hat-like roof crowns The Kaleidoscope office and accommodation building in Vietnam
This week on Dezeen, a mass-timber skyscraper in Milwaukee was certified as the world's tallest timber building. More about This week we revealed the world's tallest timber building
Construction has begun on the 126 East 57th Street skyscraper designed by architecture studio ODA on New York City's Billionaire's Row. More about ODA's "fractal" skyscraper latest addition to Billionaire's Row
Danish architecture studio BIG is designing a road, air and hyperloop-capable autonomous vehicle for the new US city of Telosa currently being planned for five million people in an unconfirmed desert location. More about BIG designing Ground to Air driverless vehicle for American desert city Telosa
An exposed steel structure and perforated copper cladding bring an industrial feel to The Dyson Building at Gresham's School in Norfolk, designed by architecture studio WilkinsonEyre. More about WilkinsonEyre uses industrial finishes for arts and engineering building in Norfolk
Video game designer Dan Douglas has recreated MVRDV's Marble Arch Mound within a modified version of 1990s video game Duke Nukem so that disappointed visitors can blow it up. More about Marble Arch Mound can be blown up in video game as "cathartic moment for disappointed visitors"
Architecture studio Snøhetta has revealed the design for a skyscraper in Tokyo, named Shibuya Upper West Project, which is intended to be "a sanctuary of peace and relaxation in the bustle of the city". More about Snøhetta unveils 36-storey "urban retreat" in Tokyo
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled designs for the Sixth and Blanco restaurant, shop and hotel development in Austin, which will incorporate existing stores and houses. More about Herzog & de Meuron reveals mass-timber design in existing Austin street front
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features 10 proposals for futuristic cities. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate newsletter features 10 proposals for futuristic cities
Gradient Architecture has used a planning rule from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy to help revitalise an unused lot in New York City's Red Hook neighbourhood, which was severely affected by the 2012 storm. More about Gradient Architecture designs brick home on existing footprint after Hurricane Sandy
An open-air platform for meditation is elevated above the treetops at Zenbo Seinei, a wooden retreat that Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has completed on Awaji Island in Japan. More about Shigeru Ban creates wooden Zenbo Seinei retreat on Japanese island
Dutch studio MVRDV has begun construction on a mixed-use building in Tirana, Albania, which it has modelled on a bust of the country's prominent historical figure Gjergj Kastrioti. More about MVRDV models Skanderbeg Building on head of Albania's national hero
Two years on from the devastating explosion that destroyed much of Beirut, architects and designers have shared first-hand accounts of how everyday life in the city continues to be profoundly affected by the disaster. More about Beirut explosion was "the funeral of my hometown"
Latvian photographer Anna Dave has released photographs of Javier Senosiain Aguilar's El Nido de Quetzalcóatl in Mexico, a work of organic architecture shaped like a snake. More about Anna Dave captures fantastical snake-like apartment complex in Mexico