Dutch firm MVRDV has broken ground on its first project in the US: a mixed-use "vertical village" made up of yellow, blue, red and green brickwork volumes. More about MVRDV's Radio Tower & Hotel for New York constitutes colourful Lego-like blocks
Roger Scruton, chair of the UK government's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, has called on architects to reject modernism in order to save cities. More about Roger Scruton calls for "necessary change of culture" in UK architecture
Silicon Valley companies including Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook are threatening democracy by usurping governments as the key provider of public spaces and services, according to a new book examining the rising power of tech giants. More about "Whole chunks of our environment are being privatised" says Silicon States author Lucie Greene
Amazon has confirmed that it will split its major HQ2 between Arlington County, Virginia, and Queens, New York, triggering a major backlash from residents and local politicians in the latter. More about Amazon confirms New York and Virginia for HQ2, sparking protests
Photographs by architect Denise Scott Brown that helped inform the development of the seminal postmodernism book she wrote with late husband Robert Venturi, Learning From Las Vegas, are part of an exhibition on view at a Manhattan gallery. More about Photographs by Denise Scott Brown on view in New York
Serie Architects has unveiled a low-lying design for the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai, which does not "rely on exuberance to make a statement". More about Serie Architects' understated Jameel Arts Centre is "very un-Dubai"
The Bauhaus fundamentally changed the philosophy and methodology of design education in the United States, says Margret Kentgens-Craig, author of The Bauhaus and America, in this Opinion as part of our Bauhaus 100 series. More about "Nowhere did the heritage of the Bauhaus find ground as fertile as in America"
Steven Chilton Architects has designed a domed theatre in Guangzhou, China, that will resemble an intricately carved ivory puzzle ball. More about Puzzle Ball Theatre will be covered in geometric interlocking concrete panels
Why can't all public libraries be as warm and welcoming as Snøhetta and Dialog's New Central Library for Calgary, asks Aaron Betsky in this Opinion column. More about "Calgary's New Central Library is an example of the best practices in modern monument making"
Nike's swoosh symbol and airbag technology informed the bubbly, slumped glass facade that encases the sports brand's new flagship store in New York City. More about Nike's rippled glass New York flagship aims to disrupt "concrete canyon"
Friends and family of late architect Zaha Hadid are to fight over her legacy in court, after her former business partner Patrik Schumacher launched a bid to become sole executor of her estate. More about Patrik Schumacher launches High Court bid to control Zaha Hadid's £70 million estate
American studio Johnsen Schmaling Architects has completed an urban infill project near downtown Sacramento that consists of six modest-sized homes with multi-coloured facades. More about Colourful louvres animate Johnsen Schmaling's Oak Park Housing in northern California
The historicism of the UK's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission is no laughing matter, says Sam Jacob. More about "The beautiful buildings commission is just a front for the continuing attack on progressive ideas"
Anni and Josef Albers met at the Bauhaus and both became hugely influential designers. As we continue our Bauhaus 100 series celebrating the school's centenary, we explore the couple's works and legacy. More about Anni and Josef Albers: the married misfits of the Bauhaus
Dezeen promotion: the 10-tonne copper spiral staircase rising through an atrium of CEBRA's Experimentarium in Denmark is lit from above by Velux skylights. More about Velux skylights illuminate copper double spiral staircase in CEBRA's Experimentarium
Clouds Architecture Office's concept designs for the Avatar X space exploration campus in Japan, will have a robotics research centre suspended over an man-made crater. More about Japanese space research centre will be suspended over moon-like crater
New York firm SHoP Architects has revealed its design for the new US Embassy in Honduras, featuring a slanted and curved facade covered in a copper-hued lattice. More about SHoP's Honduras US Embassy evokes mountainous terrain
Moscow's new Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye district, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and Pride Architects, will be a "people-centric" sustainable smart city. More about Zaha Hadid Architects designing smart city outside Moscow
For our Bauhaus 100 series, we've picked out 10 must-read books about the most influential art and design school in history, from classic volumes written by teachers, to contemporary titles that reveal its international influence. More about 10 books that tell you everything you need to know about the Bauhaus
Global studio Sasaki are masterplanning the Chengdu Panda Reserve to protect the animals, while also accommodating growth in the rapidly expanding Chinese city. More about Sasaki unveils plans for giant Panda reserve in southern China