The proposed renovation to Helmut Jahn's recently saved James R Thompson Center will strip so much of the uniqueness from the postmodern building they may as well demolish it, says Owen Hopkins. More about "Thompson Center renovation aiming for lowest common denominator of apparently good taste"
An original cyanotype print and a satirical depiction of Foster + Partners' Tulip as a sex toy up in flames are among the best Christmas cards sent by architects, designers and brands this year. More about Christmas cards by architects and designers for 2021 call for a better new year
Brazilian studio KS Arquitetos has designed a home in Porto Alegre that is elevated on stilts so that it peers over the treetops and out onto Lake Guaíba. More about KS Arquitetos completes stilted Mirador House overlooking Brazil's Lake Guaíba
Hospitality brand Room2 has opened what it claims is the first hotel to reach net-zero emissions across its entire lifespan from construction to demolition. More about Room2 opens "world's first whole-life net-zero hotel" in Chiswick
Bologna-based Mario Cucinella Architects has created the concrete Santa Maria Goretti Church, which incorporates a cross-shaped entrance, in the town of Mormanno, southern Italy. More about Mario Cucinella Architects creates "serene and monolithic" church in Italian hill top town
Peter Barber Architects has rejuvenated the post-war Kiln Place social housing estate in London and created 15 new homes. More about Peter Barber Architects revamps and densifies London social housing estate
Argentinian office Set Ideas has added a glass-and-steel extension to a house in the mountains of Córdoba, using a modular structure to enlarge the resident's living spaces. More about Set Ideas extends Fluid House in Argentina using glass and steel
The fable of the Three Little Pigs highlights negative perceptions about natural construction materials, according to James Drinkwater, head of Built Environment at philanthropic climate organisation the Laudes Foundation. More about Three Little Pigs story reinforces prejudices that biomaterials are "terrible"
Scottish practice Mary Arnold-Forster Architects has designed a cluster of small buildings around a wildflower garden in rural Scotland, that contain both an office for the studio and a home for its founder. More about Mary Arnold-Forster Architects designs barn-like structures for own office and home in rural Scotland
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed Eleftheria Square, a public park that runs alongside the historic Venetian Walls of Nicosia, Cyprus. More about Zaha Hadid Architects creates multi-level city park in Cyprus' capital
Architecture studios Mecanoo and OTJ Architects have added a rooftop garden and statement staircases to the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC as part of its renovation of the Mies van der Rohe-designed building. More about Mecanoo and OTJ Architects complete renovation of Mies van der Rohe's Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library
Football clubs Inter Milan and AC Milan have announced that the iconic San Siro will be replaced by a stadium designed by architecture studio Populous. More about Populous-designed Cathedral stadium set to replace Milan's San Siro
Three angular peaks with jutting stone-clad balconies and windows make up Valley, a mixed-use high-rise by architecture studio MVRDV that is nearing completion in the Netherlands. More about Valley by MVRDV photographed near completion in Amsterdam
Architectural filmmaker Nathan Eddy explores the life and work of Helmut Jahn in this documentary, which was created after the architect's death earlier this year. More about Architect Helmut Jahn memorialised in short documentary In a Flash
No two apartments are alike in a brick-clad apartment building in the central Argentine city of Rosario, designed by architecture firm BBOA. More about Atypical layouts feature inside BBOA's Suipacha apartment block in Argentina
Renowned British architect Richard Rogers, who died on Saturday, reflected on his legacy and told the stories behind his Centre Pompidou in Paris and Lloyd's building in London in this video interview filmed by Dezeen in 2013. More about "I would like to think that my ethics may continue" said Richard Rogers in 2013 video interview
Creatives including Peter Barber, Charles Holland and Julia Barfield are among those to have paid their respects to Pritzer Prize-winning architect Richard Rogers, who passed away this weekend at the age of 88. More about Architects and creatives remember "superstar" architect Richard Rogers
Fast-food chain McDonald's has opened what it claims is the UK's first net-zero carbon restaurant building. More about McDonald's opens "UK's first net-zero restaurant"
The tributes to architect Richard Rogers, who died this weekend aged 88, have been led by fellow Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Norman Foster. More about Norman Foster pays tribute to his "oldest and closest friend" Richard Rogers
Dezeen promotion: glass bricks designed by Seves animate the pared-back exterior of the Comedor Restaurant, which US architecture studio Olson Kundig has completed in Austin, Texas. More about Seves glass bricks front Mexican restaurant in Texas by Olson Kundig