UK practice Zaha Hadid Architects has become an employee-owned studio in response to a growing demand for a "more accessible and egalitarian" profession. More about Zaha Hadid Architects announces transition to employee ownership
Environmental organisation Parley for the Oceans has turned marine plastic waste from remote island waters into trophies for this year's edition of The Fashion Awards. More about Parley for the Oceans creates trophies from 3D-printed ocean plastic for The Fashion Awards
Leading furniture and homeware brands including IKEA, Piet Hein Eek and Axor are raising prices by up to eight per cent due to global shipping issues and material shortages. More about Furniture brands raise prices due to "excessive rise" in cost of materials and transport
The 678.9-metre-tall Merdeka 118 skyscraper designed by Australian studio Fender Katsalidis has topped out in Malaysia, becoming the world's second-tallest building. More about World's second-tallest skyscraper Merdeka 118 tops out in Malaysia
This week on Dezeen, we announced that RIBA has awarded its Royal Gold Medal for 2022 to Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi in recognition of his 70-year career. More about This week we revealed the winner of the 2022 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
Dezeen has hit a huge social media milestone this week, with one million followers on Twitter. More about Dezeen now has one million Twitter followers!
The organisers of furniture and interiors fair IMM Cologne have postponed the next event until 2023 after concerns about coronavirus made planning "almost impossible". More about IMM Cologne furniture fair cancelled for second year in a row
Designer Thomas Heatherwick's studio has proposed retaining and rewilding the frame of a partly demolished shopping centre to form a new mixed-use development and public leisure space in Nottingham. More about Heatherwick proposal for Nottingham development incorporates ruins of shopping centre
Architect and designer Neri Oxman and her husband, the hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, have been told to modify plans drawn up by Norman Foster for a glass penthouse on a 1920s building in New York. More about Neri Oxman and Bill Ackman told to alter Norman Foster design for their New York penthouse
Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi has been awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal for 2022. More about Balkrishna Doshi wins 2022 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Very Peri, described by colour company Pantone as "a periwinkle shade of blue," has been named colour of the year for 2022. The purple hue was informed by the rise of the metaverse, as well as the impact of coronavirus lockdowns. More about Pantone names Very Peri as its colour of the year 2022
House on the Hill in Gloucestershire by Alison Brooks Architects has won this year's RIBA House of the Year award. More about Alison Brooks' "intriguing and distinguished" farmhouse extension named UK's best new home
Only one of the 20 projects longlisted for the RIBA House of the Year 2021 achieved an A-rated energy performance certificate according to research by British studio Hawkes Architecture. More about Only one of 20 RIBA House of the Year longlisted projects achieved top sustainability grade
The Twentieth Century Society has launched a petition calling on Marks & Spencer to abandon the controversial demolition of its store on London's Oxford Street or risk "betraying its own carbon targets". More about M&S Oxford Street demolition "simply incompatible" with net-zero commitment says C20 Society
Oriol Bohigas, the Catalan architect behind the modernisation of Barcelona, has died at the age of 95. More about "The great transformer of Barcelona" architect Oriol Bohigas dies aged 95
Existing buildings in EU countries will be legally required to meet minimum energy standards for the first time by 2027 under draft regulations set to be published next week. More about EU to set minimum energy standards for existing buildings
Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has designed a memorial on a rammed-earth mound, museum and research institute focused on the impact of slavery for Bridgetown, Barbados. More about Adjaye set to create memorial to West African slaves in Barbados
Japanese carmaker Lexus has developed a concept for a recreational off-highway vehicle with a combustion engine fueled by hydrogen instead of petrol. More about Lexus unveils hydrogen-powered concept vehicle for off-road driving
Scientists behind the world's first living robots have learned that these xenobots can reproduce and generate offspring, in a discovery that they say could help to explain the origin of life on Earth. More about Living robots evolve to procreate in "astounding" scientific breakthrough
Design office Made Thought is teaming up with Universal Design Studio and Map Project Office to form a new design collective, after selling a majority share to digital agency AKQA. More about Made Thought to form The New Standard collective with Universal Design Studio and Map