Architecture firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill has been chosen to design a mass-timber Olympic Village with "minimal environmental impact" for the 2026 winter Olympics hosted by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. More about SOM to design athletes' village in Porta Romana for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games
The Bartlett School of Architecture has refused to respond to a barrage of freedom of information requests by a former student investigating alleged racial and sexual discrimination, claiming the requests were "vexatious" and had "little obvious value". More about UCL accuses Bartlett discrimination whistleblower of causing "undue distress to staff"
American furniture brand Herman Miller has completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of Knoll and renamed the new group MillerKnoll. More about Herman Miller and Knoll rebrand as MillerKnoll following acquisition of historic design brand
The controversial fake hill in central London designed by Dutch studio MVRDV has reopened to new visitors and will be free to visit during the month of August. More about Marble Arch Mound attraction reopens and made "free for everyone to climb" in August
A three-storey cross-laminated timber and glulam pavilion designed by London studio Alison Brooks Architects is set to be built as the entrance to Homerton College at the University of Cambridge in England. More about Alison Brooks Architects unveils mass timber entrance block for Cambridge college
Dezeen promotion: Living Cities Forum in Melbourne examines different perspectives on time and how they can influence urban design, in a series of panel discussions available to watch online. More about Living Cities Forum 2021 explores concepts of time and urban design in live-streamed event
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and architect Italo Rota have designed a museum dedicated to carbon fibre, which will be partially made from the material. More about Carlo Ratti Associati designs MAE Museum dedicated to carbon fibre
To conclude our carbon revolution series, Dezeen is today committing to becoming a net-zero business within four years. More about Dezeen pledges to become a net-zero business by 2025
The Vessel viewpoint at New York's Hudson Yards has temporarily closed after a fourth person died by suicide after jumping from the Heatherwick Studio-designed structure. More about Heatherwick's Vessel closes again after fourth suicide
A prototype power plant designed by architect Amanda Levete's firm AL_A with a nuclear fusion reactor is set to be built in Oxfordshire, England. More about Amanda Levete designs world's first magnetised fusion power station for the UK
This week on Dezeen, the Marble Arch Mound designed by Dutch studio MVRDV was forced to partially close shortly after opening in central London. More about This week MVRDV's fake hill opened, and then closed again, in London
Researchers at the Technical University of Dresden have been working with German architecture firm Henn to create the first concrete building to be reinforced with carbon fibres instead of steel. More about The Cube will be "world's first building made of carbon concrete"
Dutch studio MVRDV has responded to the criticism of its fake hill in central London and accepts that it opened before it was ready. More about Marble Arch Mound has a "serious message" says MVRDV in defence of attraction
Investigative research organisation Earthsight has released a report that claims the pine found in IKEA's Sundvik children's furniture range comes from trees illegally felled in protected Russian forests. More about IKEA Sundvik furniture allegedly made from illegal Russian wood
Dutch studio MVRDV's £2 million fake hill in central London has been ridiculed by critics and forced to temporarily close, with refunds issued to disgruntled visitors. More about MVDRV's Marble Arch Mound "going down like a turd" as council suspends bookings
Architect Marc Thorpe has revealed designs for a cabin hotel in Romania, featuring off-grid wooden lodges informed by rural vernacular architecture. More about Marc Thorpe designs off-grid cabin retreat in the Romanian mountains
Dezeen has teamed up with Epic Games to launch Redesign the World, the ultimate design competition that calls for new ideas to rethink planet Earth. More about Dezeen launches £15,000 Redesign the World competition with Epic Games
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has rejected claims that he is working on creating a coronavirus memorial following a meeting with representatives of the UK government. More about Heatherwick "isn't involved" in designing national Covid-19 memorial
A group of former students and staff members from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London have hired a solicitor to examine claims of sexual and racial discrimination at the school. More about Ex-students hire lawyer to pursue "breaches of a serious nature" at Bartlett architecture school
Former Apple designer Jony Ive has teamed up with The Prince of Wales to launch an initiative that will encourage Royal College of Art students to propose designs that tackle climate change. More about Jony Ive and Prince Charles launch Terra Carta Design Lab to encourage "truly powerful solutions" to climate change