A floating device employed by The Ocean Cleanup project has been upgraded and returned to sea in a second attempt to catch the plastic waste circulating in the Pacific Ocean. More
Chicago architect John Ronan has designed a Prairie-style visitor centre to adjoin Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio in Oak Park, Illinois.
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An EU court has told Adidas it cannot hold a trade mark for the use of three stripes "in any direction". More
Henning Larsen has revealed plans to revive a neglected park in the city of Esbjerg, Denmark, by extending an existing amphitheatre to create a giant staircase between the city and its port. More
British architecture firm Foster + Partners has revealed plans to build an Uber Air Skyport in a new neighbourhood in Santa Clara. More
Yana Peel has stepped down as CEO of the Serpentine Galleries on the launch day for this year's pavilion, after she was criticised for her connection to an Israeli cybertech firm. More
BIG has revealed visuals of the "whimsical" plant-covered H C Andersen Hotel it has designed for the Tivoli Gardens amusement park in Copenhagen. More
Spanish practice SelgasCano has revealed its design for Second Home in Hollywood – a sprawling co-working campus comprising bright yellow work pods interspersed with lush planting. More
American architecture firm Studio Gang has released an updated set of renderings of its undulating addition to the American Natural History Museum in Manhattan. More
This week on Dezeen, Sagrada Familia was granted its first building permit, after 137 years of construction, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Hill House was encased in a protective chainmail. More
US studios SHoP Architects and Gensler are among eight practices that have created concept designs of "skyports" for Uber, which will be hubs for both ground-based and drone taxi fleets. More
Nicholas Grimshaw has stepped down as chair of Grimshaw, the architecture firm he founded almost 40 years ago, to dedicate his time to a new foundation. More
A controversial new airport is not the biggest threat to Peru's Machu Picchu, says the co-founder of leading Peruvian architecture firm Barclay & Crousse. More
New York City's Pratt Institute has named British architect and professor Harriet Harriss as the next dean of its school of architecture. More
Barcelona's city authority has granted the Antoni Gaudí-designed Sagrada Familia, which has been under construction since 1882, its first building permit. More
Finland's new government has promised to reduce the country's fossil-fuel consumption and invest in renewable energy sources, after 80 per cent of Finns called for urgent action on climate change. More
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has named Dutch curator Rein Wolfs as its new director, following the departure of Beatrix Ruf. More
Compass Pools has unveiled a concept for a four-sided infinity pool atop a London skyscraper, accessed via a submarine-style door. More
Architecture and engineering firm Leo A Daly has proposed building "drone-powered" hospitals in hurricane-prone areas, which could continue operating even when roads are closed or destroyed. More
Eight Inc, the studio that developed the Apple Store concept, wants to accurately reconstruct Notre-Dame's roof and spire using structural glass. More