BIG and landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations have revealed plans for a mixed-used development on the waterfront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with a beach that could bolster the resiliency of the shoreline. More
Foster + Partners has launched a sustainability manifesto that outlines its methodology for designing buildings that will go beyond current environmental certification schemes to meet the demands of the Paris Agreement. More
American company Heliogen has managed to concentrate solar energy to temperatures of more than 1000 degrees Celsius – hot enough to provide a fossil-fuel-free way to make concrete. More
Architecture studio Partisans has unveiled plans to transform a Canadian town into a smart community, combining fibre optics, autonomous vehicles and drone ports within a rural setting. More
American arts administrator Bettina Korek has been appointed CEO of London's Serpentine Galleries following Yana Peel's resignation earlier this year. More
A banana taped to a wall by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was removed from its display at Art Basel Miami Beach after "several uncontrollable crowd movements", including someone eating it. More
Israel's architecture scene is thriving, according to architect Asaf Mann, who likens it to the Bauhaus boom in Tel Aviv during the 1930s and 1940s. More
American firm LOHA has unveiled plans for an affordable housing complex in Los Angeles, comprising stacks of shipping containers arranged on a triangular site near a busy highway interchange. More
Daniel Libeskind's Swarovski star tops the Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree for a second year. In this interview with Dezeen, the architect says the design, like much of his work, is strongly influenced by his experience as an immigrant. More
American colour company Pantone has chosen "universal favourite" Classic Blue, or Pantone 19-4052, as its colour of the year for 2020. More
British practice Heatherwick Studio has designed a glass lobby to link its High Line-straddling condo towers with a scooped roof that "barely touches" the park above. More
Architecture firms Diamond Schmitt and Tod Williams Billie Tsien have revealed plans to redesign David Geffen Hall at New York's Lincoln Center, two years after Heatherwick Studio's overhaul was scrapped. More
New York City has introduced a bill that will rank and grade large buildings according to energy efficiency. More
Dezeen has been named Editorial Brand of the Year at the International Building Press Awards 2019 for its "well-planned and original content". The trophy now has pride of place amongst our other cups. More
Toy company Lego has reacted to the launch of Tesla's Cybertruck by sharing a picture of a car made from a single plastic brick. More
British architect Norman Foster has revealed that if he could visit any building from history, it would be Crystal Palace, which he cites as a major influence on high-tech architecture. More
Dezeen promotion: Wolfgang Rieder, owner of the Rieder Group, has become the first Austrian design entrepreneur to be granted a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University. More
Norwegian architect Snøhetta has pledged to only design carbon-negative buildings, meaning their projects will generate more energy than they consume over their lifetime. More
Hunters Point Library in New York's Long Island City by Steven Holl Architects has been hit with a class action lawsuit for its "total disregard" of people with mobility disabilities. More
SCI-Arc founding director and celebrated Californian modernist Ray Kappe has passed away aged 92, leaving behind "a body of architecture of the highest level". More
