A ribbon of steel and aluminium winds around the Suzhou Bay Cultural Center, which French architect Christian de Portzamparc has completed on the shore of Lake Tai in China. More about Sweeping metal ribbon enfolds Chinese cultural centre by Christian de Portzamparc
London's Antepavilion charity has launched its fifth annual pavilion competition without former partner the Architectural Foundation, which has withdrawn due to ongoing battles with the local planning authority. More about Architecture Foundation pulls out of controversial Antepavilion competition following legal wrangles
Italian studio Network of Architecture has completed an extension to a hotel in South Tyrol comprising ten gabled guest suites elevated on stilts to preserve access to the scenic grounds. More about Network of Architecture raises "treehouse" hotel on stilts above park in South Tyrol
Nicholas Fox Weber, a longtime friend of Josef and Anni Albers and executive director of their foundation, has authored a visual biography of the renowned Bauhaus couple and their work. Here he discusses six of the most interesting projects from the book. More about Six seminal projects from Bauhaus designers Josef and Anni Albers
Located in a former garage space at the base of a residential block, this school for music in the Spanish city of Burgos makes a feature of the building's existing concrete structure. More about Enrique Jerez and Blanca Leal transform mid-century garage into music school
Dezeen promotion: UK brand Clayworks has created a range of natural clay plasters to achieve a smooth, rustic, or rammed earth appearance across interior surfaces. More about Clayworks natural clay plasters offer a variety of interior finishes
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features Burger King's first rebrand in 20 years. More about Burger King's new branding features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Canadian studio Ménard Dworkind has unveiled a retro-themed coffee bar featuring Rubik's Cube mirrors and a floor tiled to look like checkerboard Vans shoes. More about Ménard Dworkind creates retro coffee bar in downtown Montreal
The Handmaid's Tale costume designer Ane Crabtree has created a range of costumes for imaginary future inhabitants of Planet City, a cinematic metropolis for 10 billion people. More about Ane Crabtree designs costumes for bot herders and drone shepherds for Planet City movie
Dezeen promotion: Olive Union has launched a range of earbuds called Olive Pro that function as both hearing aids and wireless headphones. More about Olive Pro earbuds function as hearing aids and wireless headphones
Oslo-based Jon Danielsen Aarhus has designed Cabin Son, a holiday home set on the water's edge overlooking the Oslofjord and Jeløya island on the south coast of Norway. More about Jon Danielsen Aarhus designs spruce-clad holiday home overlooking the Oslofjord
The total number of skyscrapers completed in 2020 fell by 20 per cent as the coronavirus pandemic affected construction, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's annual tall buildings report. More about Dramatic drop in skyscrapers built in 2020 as coronavirus impacts global construction
Architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled its design for four skyscrapers called Lusail Towers in Qatar near the studio's Lusail Stadium, which is being built for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. More about Foster + Partners reveals quartet of aluminium-clad skyscrapers in Qatar
Central Saint Martins graduate Irene Roca Moracia has created a collection of modular furniture using discarded building materials, as a way of critiquing the wastefulness of the construction industry. More about Irene Roca Moracia turns construction waste into "technically illegal" furniture
Dezeen promotion: the textures of rocks, stones and sand are replicated and combined to form the latest collection of tiles by Italian brand Ceramiche Refin. More about Ceramiche Refin launches Blended porcelain tiles that combine natural stones and sands
The 16-storey Vessel viewpoint designed by Heatherwick Studio for New York's Hudson Yards development has been temporarily closed after a man reportedly committed suicide by jumping from it. More about Heatherwick Studio's Vessel closes after third suicide death
Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, has unveiled plans for a 100-mile belt of zero-energy walkable communities for a million people. More about Saudi Arabia announces plans for a 100-mile, car-free linear city called The Line
A pair of supertall skyscrapers united by planted terraces will define the mixed-use Tower C development, which Zaha Hadid Architects is designing for Shenzhen, China. More about Supertall skyscrapers linked by planted terraces to be built in Shenzhen by Zaha Hadid Architects
Social enterprise ISHKAR provides a retail platform for designers and makers in countries like Afghanistan, Yemen and Pakistan. In this interview, co-founder Flore de Taisne says she hopes to change perceptions of places labelled as war zones. More about ISHKAR uses craft objects to show a different side to countries in conflict
Ten designers have created new pieces from broken objects, including a clock radio that tells stories and a seashell that has been given an eerily realistic tongue and teeth, for the R for Repair exhibition in Singapore. More about R for Repair exhibition features toothy seashell and storytelling clock radio