Architect Arney Fender Katsalidis will transform a disused railway site in Rome into a low-carbon neighbourhood as part of the Reinventing Cities programme, which encourages cities to strive towards net-zero urban developments. More about Arney Fender Katsalidis to transform Tuscolana railway site into low-carbon 15-minute city
The Jencks Foundation and the Royal Institute of British Architects has awarded Indian architect Anupama Kundoo the 2021 RIBA Charles Jencks Award. More about Anupama Kundoo awarded 2021 RIBA Charles Jencks Award
The UK government has invited architects to "shape the future" of the profession by submitting their views on regulation, the Architects Registration Board, and how to improve diversity and innovation. More about UK government calls for architects' views on professional reform
A group of architecture and design students plans to sue The Glasgow School of Art over its alleged failure to provide adequate education during the coronavirus pandemic and for cancelling their degree shows. More about Students to sue The Glasgow School of Art for "underprovided education" during pandemic
Two hundred creatives, including architect Sou Fujimoto and designer Samuel Ross, have reinterpreted the classic Louis Vuitton trunk in celebration of what would have been the fashion designer's 200th birthday. More about Designers and architects redesign the Louis Vuitton trunk for Louis 200
The iconic Underwriting Room at the heart of Richard Rogers' high-tech Lloyd's building in London is set to undergo a major redesign by its owner, insurance company Lloyd's of London. More about Lloyd's building in London to undergo "once-in-a-generation" overhaul
US architecture and design materials marketplace Material Bank has acquired UK interior design procurement firm Clippings. More about Material Bank buys Clippings to speed digitisation of "one of the few remaining sectors" to be transformed by technology
Snøhetta has unveiled its plan to revive a traditional harbour bath in the city of Arendal, Norway, with a layered structure that looks like a topographical map of the area. More about Snøhetta reimagines long-closed 1930s Norwegian harbour bath Knubben
This week on Dezeen, we revealed the architecture, interiors, design and media projects and studios that made the Dezeen Awards 2021 longlists. More about This week we revealed the longlists for Dezeen Awards 2021
These images by photographer Iwan Baan show artist Yayoi Kusama's pumpkin sculpture installed on a pier on Naoshima Island, Japan, before it was swept away by a typhoon earlier this week. More about Iwan Baan shares photos of Kusama’s Pumpkin before typhoon struck
Chinese architecture studio MAD has released visuals of the top-heavy Hainan Science and Technology Museum that it has designed for the coast of Haikou in China. More about MAD designs white cloud-like science museum on Haikou coast
Decorative aluminium screens designed to evoke neurons surround the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, completed by architecture studio Foster + Partners in Jerusalem, Israel. More about Foster + Partners wraps aluminium screens around university laboratory in Jerusalem
Westminster City Council's deputy leader Melvyn Caplan has resigned with immediate effect after costs for the Marble Arch Mound by MVRDV spiralled from £3.3 million to £6 million. More about Council deputy leader resigns due to "unacceptable" rise in Marble Arch Mound costs
Large courtyards will sit between the five high-rise blocks that define The Africa Institute campus, which Adjaye Associates is developing in downtown Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. More about Adjaye Associates designs monolithic campus for The Africa Institute in Sharjah
Climate activist group Architects Climate Action Network has launched Households Declare, a UK campaign that aims to reduce carbon emissions caused by homes. More about Households Declare campaign demands urgent action from UK government on housing emissions
White Arkitekter CEO Alexandra Hagen, structural engineer Hanif Kara and speculative architect Liam Young will judge Dezeen's Redesign the World competition in partnership with Epic Games, which calls for new ideas to rethink planet Earth. More about Alexandra Hagen, Hanif Kara and Liam Young announced as judges for Dezeen's Redesign the World competition
Architects and designers have reacted with dismay to the news that a 1960s landmark in central London will be demolished to make way for a new office development by architecture studio Make. More about Critics mourn modernist French Railways House as "dying loved one" ahead of planned demolition
The latest IPCC climate report offers a "nugget of hope" but architects and designers must "make changes to the way they design" to help avert catastrophic climate change, according to Architects Climate Action Network and other UK climate pressure groups. More about IPCC climate report a "call to arms" say architects and designers
Bjarke Ingels' studio BIG is collaborating with construction technology company ICON and NASA to create Mars Dune Alpha, a 3D-printed structure designed to simulate living on Mars. More about BIG and ICON to 3D-print structure exploring "new Martian vernacular" for NASA
This week on Dezeen, the design for a prototype power plant that is set to be built in the UK was unveiled by architect Amanda Levete's firm AL_A. More about This week Amanda Levete revealed a design for a fusion power station