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
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
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"
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
Architecture firm BIG has topped out a 314-metre-high supertall skyscraper in New York that is set to become the headquarters of coronavirus vaccine maker Pfizer. More about Supertall skyscraper The Spiral by BIG reaches full height in New York
Design office Roar Studio combined industrial materials such as concrete and stainless steel with decorative terrazzo and broken ceramic tiles for Drop Coffee, a cafe in Dubai's Dar Al Wasl Mall. More about Roar Studio decorates Dubai cafe with terrazzo flooring and broken ceramic tiles
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Rogers has completed his final building – a gallery that cantilevers 27 metres out above the hillside at the Château La Coste vineyard in southern France. More about Richard Rogers balances his final building over Provence vineyard
Rectangular openings allow sunlight and rain to enter this multipurpose covered plaza designed by Junya Ishigami for the Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Japan. More about Junya Ishigami completes covered plaza with sloping floor for Japanese university
With Stockholm Design Week ending on Sunday, here's our pick of 10 furniture and lighting designs by Scandinavian brands that have been featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Ten Scandinavian furniture and lighting products on Dezeen Showroom
The non-profit Vilcek Foundation has created a manga comic starring Zambia-born South African architect Denise Scott Brown as part of its mission to raise awareness of immigrants' contribution to the US. More about Denise Scott Brown's life turned into manga comic
Nonprofit organisation USModernist documents, promotes and preserves North America's modernist architecture. Here, director George Smart names his ten favourites including an airport terminal by Eero Saarinen and a beach house by John Lautner. More about The ten best modernist buildings in North America are "sculptures that you can live in"
The Red Sea Project has revealed images of a resort designed by Foster + Partners to "blend in with the natural environment" of a Saudi Arabian island within the Red Sea. More about Foster + Partners designs Coral Bloom resort on Saudi Arabian island
Atelier Marko Brajovic designed Monkey House, a wooden cabin on stilts set among the trees of Paraty, Brazil, as a retreat for the architect's friends during the pandemic. More about Atelier Marko Brajovic builds cabin on stilts deep within a Brazilian forest
Architecture studio Atelier Aconcept has created a concrete gym for a kickboxing club in the town of Savigny-le-Temple, France, with an aesthetic designed to reflect the activity taking place within. More about Atelier Aconcept creates "raw building" for French kickboxing club
Stockholm Design Week's showcase of emerging talent, Greenhouse, has switched to a digital format for 2021. Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson picks out 10 of the best student projects on show. More about Ten standout student projects from Stockholm Design Week
The layout of this craft bakery in Berlin, designed by Danish architects Mathias Mentze and Alexander Vedel Ottenstein, revolves around an open kitchen that showcases the beauty of the bread-making process. More about Warm hues and central oven define Sofi bakery in Berlin
IKEA has released its first line of furniture designed for PC gaming in collaboration with popular hardware brand Republic of Gamers. More about IKEA launches esports furniture collection to "democratise the gaming experience"
Kéré Architecture has released visuals of the National Assembly of Benin, which has been designed to "express the democratic values and identity" of the country. More about Kéré Architecture models Benin's parliament on African palaver tree
Designers and architects in the UK are suffering in the wake of Brexit, with companies abandoning exports and setting up offices in the EU to avoid losing clients. More about "Everything has become an admin nightmare" due to Brexit say UK designers