The UK government was informed that the type of cladding installed on Grenfell Tower should "never ever be used" on high-rise buildings 15 years before the block was destroyed in a fire that claimed 72 lives, according to evidence presented at the inquiry into the disaster. More about UK government told Grenfell cladding was dangerous 15 years before fire
Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has designed a plant-covered building called Timber House as part of a developement on Toronto's waterfront that will include buildings by Alison Brooks Architects and Henning Larsen. More about Adjaye Associates designs mass-timber building covered in plants for Toronto's waterfront
In this week's comments update readers are debating Kim Kardashian's holiday home projects and other top stories. More about "I'll be forced to keep up with the Kardashians, even if I don't want to," says commenter
A glass building designed in 1952 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe has completed at Indiana University in Bloomington, more than 50 years after the German-American architect's death. More about Rediscovered Mies van der Rohe design completes in Indiana
Entertainment and media giant Disney has announced plans to start building mixed-use residential communities in the USA. More about Disney plans resort-like residential community with a "special brand of magic"
Elon Musk's infrastructure firm The Boring Company has submitted plans to construct the North Miami Beach Loop tunnel in Miami, which would shuttle people in a dedicated fleet of Tesla cars from the north of the city to the beach. More about Elon Musk proposes Tesla tunnel in Miami to "solve traffic and be an example to the world"
Kim Kardashian has hired leading Japanese architects Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma to build a pair of vacation homes in the US – a "zen" mansion in Palm Springs and a lakeside lodge for celebrating the Fourth of July. More about Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma designing holiday homes for Kim Kardashian
Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemical engineers have invented a new type of plastic that is twice as strong as steel and could one day be used as a building material. More about MIT engineers invent plastic that is stronger than steel
This week on Dezeen, leaked images showing the latest design by Foster + Partners for the Two World Trade Center skyscraper in New York City were uncovered. More about This week latest World Trade Center skyscraper designs were revealed
The American Institute of Architects has named 11 winners of its 2022 Architecture Awards, which include Olson Kundig's Space Needle renovation, Kieran Timberlake's US Embassy in London and The Shed in New York. More about AIA reveals winners of 2022 Architecture Awards
Construction is set to begin on Paris' first urban cable car, a 4.5-kilometre-line that will connect several suburbs in the southeast of the city to the Metro system. More about Paris set to build four-kilometre-long urban cable car
The high-tech Millennium Dome in London, which was designed by British architect Richard Rogers, has been severely damaged in Storm Eunice. More about Roof of Richard Rogers' Millennium Dome blown off in Storm Eunice
Chinese architecture studio MAD has released visuals of The Eyes of Sanxingdui, a scatter of wooden buildings it has designed for the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan City, China. More about MAD designs cluster of wooden museum buildings to evoke bronze age masks
A not-for-profit organisation is taking legal action against the UK government's strategy for achieving net-zero carbon emissions, claiming it fails to meet its legal obligations under the Climate Change Act. More about Legal challenge launched against UK's "unlawful" Net Zero Strategy
Architecture firm SOM is renovating the 1950s Lever House skyscraper that it designed in New York in an effort to preserve the modernist office building's "very important legacy". More about SOM unveils plans for 1950s Lever House renovation in New York
Fashion editors and influencers assumed digital avatars to take up their front-row seats at Jonathan Simkhai's Fall/Winter 2022 runway show, which was presented in the virtual world of Second Life during New York Fashion Week. More about Jonathan Simkhai stages FW22 fashion show in virtual world Second Life
Images have emerged of Foster + Partners' revamped design for Two World Trade Center in New York City, which reveal a building with stepped sections and tree-covered terraces and balconies. More about Leaked images reveal updated Foster + Partners design for Two World Trade Center
British designer Es Devlin paid tribute to the Californian city of Compton through architectural iconography for the stage design of this year's Super Bowl show. More about Landmark Compton buildings are "characters" on Es Devlin's Super Bowl stage
A Spanish social housing project and the Stirling Prize-winning Town House by Grafton Architects are among the five finalists in the architecture category of the Mies van der Rohe Award for 2022. More about Mies van der Rohe Award 2022 finalists revealed
The UK government has threatened to block property developers who refuse to contribute towards the costs of fixing unsafe cladding from obtaining planning permission or building control sign-off. More about UK government could block developers that refuse to pay cladding costs from housing market