Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed plans for a vast cultural hub at the heart of a new masterplan in the United Arab Emirates city of Sharjah, which will comprise a series of droplet-shaped buildings set around a tapered observation tower. More about Zaha Hadid Architects wins contest for water-inspired cultural hub in UAE
Danish firm BIG has unveiled a new rendering of its pair of rotated towers that are currently under construction in New York's Chelsea neighbourhood. More about BIG releases new image of twisted residential towers in New York
Teaching children about architecture opened Mary Tooley's eyes to the lack of recognition given to female architects. In this letter she wrote to Dezeen in response to our Move the Needle initiative, she explains what she is doing about it. More about "The girls started asking why there weren't more women on the list of Pritzker Prize winners"
Dezeen has been rated the most effective resource for marketers and advertisers in the UK architecture industry by construction marketing consultancy Insynth. More about "No other architectural title comes close" to Dezeen, says media survey
Architecture firms Snøhetta and Local Studio celebrate South African anti-apartheid activist Desmond Tutu with this monumental arch, which was unveiled in downtown Cape Town during this year's Design Indaba. More about Snøhetta and Local Studio build tribute arch to Desmond Tutu in Cape Town
American firm MB Architecture has used shipping containers to quickly and cheaply build a media lab for Bard College in New York's Hudson Valley. More about MB Architecture constructs university building from shipping containers in one day
Barclay & Crousse co-founder Sandra Barclay has become the seventh recipient of the Woman Architect of the Year prize, while Gabinete de Arquitectura partner Gloria Cabral has been named emerging female architect. More about Sandra Barclay wins Woman Architect of the Year 2018 award
The Architecture Foundation has launched a free schools database to help students discover architecture schools and their research projects. More about Architecture Schools Database launched to help students find the right course
Haptic and Nordic Office of Architecture have released plans for a city next to Oslo Airport that is to be completely powered by self-produced energy and served by driverless electric vehicles. More about Haptic and Nordic to build "sustainable city of the future" at Oslo airport
Bernardo Bader Architects has reinterpreted the traditional Alpine chalet using concrete and larch wood to create a home for an art and antique furniture collector on the edge of a village in the Appenzell region of the Swiss Alps. More about Bernardo Bader references traditional Alpine architecture in larch-clad home for an art collector
More details about the expandable cultural venue at Manhattan's Hudson Yards have been revealed, including construction photos, new interior renderings, and information about its first commissions and exhibitions. More about New York's The Shed releases updated images and programme details
The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living series explores Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Matt Lucraft's concept for a modular building system designed to address London's housing crisis. More about Matt Lucraft proposes modular building system to tackle housing scarcity
Better diversity means better business for architects and designers, according to speakers at the Must do Better talk hosted by Dezeen and RIBA last night. More about Equality is good for the bottom line, say speakers at Dezeen and RIBA's diversity event
Indian architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi has been named the 2018 laureate of the Pritzker Prize, architecture's most illustrious award. More about Balkrishna Doshi wins Pritzker Prize 2018
Foster + Partners has become the first major global architecture studio to commit to change in the light of our Move the Needle initiative. More about Foster + Partners pledges to take action on gender diversity
British architect David Adjaye has revealed designs for a new cathedral in Ghanaian capital Accra, which will host a 5,000-seat auditorium beneath a dramatic concave roof. More about David Adjaye unveils plans for National Cathedral of Ghana in Accra
A fragment of the Robin Hood Gardens housing estate salvaged from the demolition site by London's V&A museum is to be transported to Italy and displayed at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More about V&A to recreate Robin Hood Gardens' streets in the sky at Venice Architecture Biennale
Design studio RB Systems is following the trend for super-slender towers in New York with a speculative proposal for a 400-metre skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, which would be supported by spiralling steel cables rather than columns. More about RB Systems envisions super-slender cylindrical skyscraper for New York
Chicago-based "visionary curator" Yesomi Umolu has been announced as the artistic director for city's third architecture biennial, taking place next year. More about Yesomi Umolu named artistic director for Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019
Orthogonal concrete planes filled in with glass form this three-storey residence in a hilly area outside Guatemala's capital, by local firm Paz Arquitectura. More about Board-marked concrete house by Paz Arquitectura sits against a hill in Guatemala