Plans for the pyramidal Centre for Music by Diller Scofidio & Renfro in London have been scrapped, with a "major renewal" of the nearby Barbican estate set to take place instead. More about Plans for Barbican concert hall by Diller Scofidio & Renfro axed
Dorte Mandrup has announced its plans to convert the Saalecker Workshops, the former home of German architect Paul Schultze-Naumburg, into an international design academy. More about Dorte Mandrup to turn former home of Nazi architect into design academy
Sumayya Vally, the founder of South African architecture studio Counterspace, has been named on the Time100 Next list of people "poised to make history". More about Sumayya Vally named one of Time magazine's 100 leaders of the future
Design fairs will have to radically change as brands switch to digital marketing channels, according to Sanna Gebeyehu of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. More about "The old way of producing a physical fair is gone" says Stockholm furniture fair organiser
Software and gaming company Epic Games has created an app that can build lifelike virtual humans for games and movies. More about MetaHuman Creator allows anyone to create realistic digital people "in minutes"
Work has begun on the conversion of the 1980s brutalist Pyramid of Tirana in the Albanian capital into a youth-focused cultural hub. More about Construction begins on MVRDV's Pyramid of Tirana renovation
The 50 Hudson Yards supertall skyscraper designed by architecture studio Foster + Partners has reached its full height in New York as Facebook plans to move in. More about Foster + Partners' 50 Hudson Yards supertall skyscraper tops out in New York
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly includes Sam Lubell's book, Life Meets Art, which features the interiors of Norman Foster's home. More about Norman Foster's dining room features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Landscape architect Fletcher Studio has created a memorial forest in California as an alternative to standard cemeteries with an entrance pavilion designed in collaboration with OpenScope Studio. More about Fletcher Studio embeds cemetery alternative into Californian forest
Studio Marco Vermeulen has unveiled its design for The Dutch Mountains, two connected hybrid skyscrapers made from cross-laminated timber and concrete in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. More about Studio Marco Vermeulen designs cross-laminated timber Dutch Mountains skyscrapers
Dutch architecture office KettingHuls has completed a restaurant pavilion in a park in Maastricht, featuring a circular steel canopy that allows trees to grow through its open structure. More about Restobar Mama is a brick-clad restaurant with a "carousel-like" canopy
Branding agency Pearlfisher has redesigned the packaging at fast-food chain McDonald's to incorporate illustrations of the restaurant's classic menu items. More about McDonald's unveils graphic packaging to reflect brand's "playful point-of-view"
Creative consultancy The Liminal Space has designed Life Support, a mobile-first website designed to help people deal with death using their smartphones. More about Life Support is a digital tool to help users cope with death
Dutch designer Ward Wijnant has created a bench made of two types of steel decorated with welded patterns to mimic wood grain and tempered to reveal their "crazy, hidden colours". More about Ward Wijnant's Carbon bench is an "organic object" made from steel
In our latest competition, we are giving readers the chance to win a Louis Poulsen Panthella 320 table lamp in opal white. More about Competition: win a Louis Poulsen Panthella 320 table lamp
Amsterdam-based UNStudio has unveiled its Van B residential building in Munich, which will have plug-in furniture modules so that its apartments can be reconfigured. More about UNStudio designs Munich apartment block with reconfigurable interiors
Creative agency Wide Eye has redesigned the White House logo to symbolise US president Joe Biden's "desire to bring the country together" after Donald Trump. More about Wide Eye creates "dynamic and architectural" White House logo
American architecture office Studio Gang has unveiled plans for a hotel in Denver with a white facade punctuated with window openings designed to recall the bark of a tree. More about Studio Gang reveals design for hotel with scalloped facade in Denver
Dezeen promotion: House by Urban Splash is adding two new products to its family of modular housing: a modern mews called Row House, and Mansion House – European-style, mid-rise apartments. More about House by Urban Splash approaches housebuilding like product design
Dezeen Showroom: Studio Irvine has created the S 5000 Retreat office chair system based on a design by its late founder James Irvine for German furniture makers Thonet. More about S 5000 Retreat seating system by Studio Irvine for Thonet