Large courtyards will sit between the five high-rise blocks that define The Africa Institute campus, which Adjaye Associates is developing in downtown Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. More about Adjaye Associates designs monolithic campus for The Africa Institute in Sharjah
Climate activist group Architects Climate Action Network has launched Households Declare, a UK campaign that aims to reduce carbon emissions caused by homes. More about Households Declare campaign demands urgent action from UK government on housing emissions
White Arkitekter CEO Alexandra Hagen, structural engineer Hanif Kara and speculative architect Liam Young will judge Dezeen's Redesign the World competition in partnership with Epic Games, which calls for new ideas to rethink planet Earth. More about Alexandra Hagen, Hanif Kara and Liam Young announced as judges for Dezeen's Redesign the World competition
Architecture studio Reddymade has collaborated with Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei to design a corrugated metal extension with hexagonal ends for a weekend home in Salt Point, New York. More about Reddymade and Ai Weiwei add hexagonal extension to Salt Point home
The dunes of the Chihuahuan Desert informed the undulating, pink concrete landscape of this new skatepark in Ciudad Juárez's Oriente Park. More about Mexican desert influences pink concrete La Duna skatepark in Ciudad Juárez
Architects and designers have reacted with dismay to the news that a 1960s landmark in central London will be demolished to make way for a new office development by architecture studio Make. More about Critics mourn modernist French Railways House as "dying loved one" ahead of planned demolition
A project that reintroduces endangered countryside animals into an orchard environment and a church ruin in Bristol transformed into an educational kitchen are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Reading. More about Ten end-of-year architecture projects from students at the University of Reading
Architecture offices BABELstudio and Bonadona Arquitectura have completed a timber-clad building in northern Spain containing a restaurant and an adjoining house for its chef. More about Caserío Azkarraga is a restaurant and residence wrapped in blackened timber
The latest exhibition at London's Design Museum provides a retrospective look at the life and work of 20th-century designer Charlotte Perriand. Chief curator Justin McGuirk shares his top five exhibits in this roundup from the show. More about Design Museum curator picks five highlights from Charlotte Perriand: The Modern Life exhibition
Dutch office Orange Architects has completed a compact holiday home on the island of Texel in the Netherlands, featuring an interior that adapts to its occupants' changing needs throughout the day. More about Holiday Home by Orange Architects is a timber-clad cabin with a flexible interior
US firm Best Practice Architecture has converted a simple outbuilding on a Seattle property into an office and workout space for use during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Best Practice transforms storage shed into backyard studio in Seattle
Dezeen promotion: the educational foundation set up by architect Norman Foster has released an online masterclass series focused on topics related to contemporary cities, with lectures given by experts including architects Sou Fujimoto, Francis Kéré and Deborah Berke. More about Norman Foster Foundation presents free On Cities masterclasses
Contrasting finishes of concrete, brick, wood and aluminium fins form this country vacation home in Ballantrae in Whitchurch-Stouffville, Canada by Drew Mandel Architects. More about Drew Mandel designs country home overlooking a woodland site in Canada
The latest IPCC climate report offers a "nugget of hope" but architects and designers must "make changes to the way they design" to help avert catastrophic climate change, according to Architects Climate Action Network and other UK climate pressure groups. More about IPCC climate report a "call to arms" say architects and designers
Bjarke Ingels' studio BIG is collaborating with construction technology company ICON and NASA to create Mars Dune Alpha, a 3D-printed structure designed to simulate living on Mars. More about BIG and ICON to 3D-print structure exploring "new Martian vernacular" for NASA
Last week, we ran a webinar on how to use architectural visualisation tool Twinmotion for those interested in entering our Redesign the World competition. The workshop is now available to watch in full here if you missed it the first time around. More about Watch our Redesign the World workshop on how to use Twinmotion
New York studio Ennead Architects has completed the world's largest museum dedicated to astronomy in Shanghai, China. More about Ennead Architects designs Shanghai Astronomy Museum to "echo the essence of the Universe"
The longlists for Dezeen Awards 2021 are being announced this week, starting today with 305 projects that are in the running for awards in the 12 different architecture project categories. More about Dezeen Awards 2021 architecture longlist revealed
Rio de Janeiro-based firm Bernardes Arquitetura has completed a home topped by a dramatic curved roof that is meant to resemble a bird's wing. More about Bernardes Arquitetura tops Rio de Janeiro villa with wing-shaped roof
Ten students from the University of East London present designs for a community workshop that aims to battle social exclusion in Dezeen's latest school show. More about University of East London students present Shed Life community workshop