This week on Dezeen, architect Michele De Lucchi reinterpreted Hogwarts castle and other locations in the Harry Potter story in a contemporary architectural language for the covers of the books in Italy. More about This week Harry Potter locations were redesigned as contemporary buildings
A folded concrete roof designed by Studio Gang is now in place at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock, which is currently being overhauled by the studio. More about Studio Gang reveals folded concrete roof of Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
Researchers at Purdue University have developed an "ultra-white" paint that reflects 98 per cent of sunlight and deflects infrared heat, allowing buildings to cool below the surrounding air temperature. More about "Whitest paint on record" reflects 98 per cent of sunlight to cool buildings
Dutch architecture firm UNStudio has revealed its design for an office in St Petersburg, Russia, which will contain an atrium that rises diagonally through the building. More about UNStudio bisects St Petersburg office with zigzagging atrium
Office pods that could replace parked cars and a conceptual technology that brings nature into the home are among the three finalists of the inaugural Davidson Prize. More about Three designs to improve remote working named as Davidson Prize finalists
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes a hotel in Japan designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects. More about A hotel in Japan features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
New York firm SO-IL has completed this low rise yet high-density affordable housing development in León, Mexico, with apartments arranged around courtyards. More about SO-IL builds Las Americas affordable housing development in Mexico
French studio Dominique Perrault Architecture and local architect Zhubo Design are set to design a university campus with a 700-metre-long building for the Shenzhen Institute of Design and Innovation. More about Dominique Perrault and Zhubo Design reveal plans for 700-metre-long university building in Shenzhen
Architecture firms Rosan Bosch Studio and IDOM have developed a school for a campus in Lima, Peru, in which teaching will take place in both indoor and outdoor classrooms. More about Outdoor classrooms to play key role in "pandemic-proof" school in Peru
Architecture studios Diller Scofidio + Renfro, PLP Architecture and Carlo Ratti Associati have revealed plans to convert a goods yard in Milan into a park and the athletes' village for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games. More about Disused railway yard in Milan set to become park and Olympic athletes' village
Small design firms in the UK are moving their production abroad and setting up businesses in the European Union to get around a slump in business following Brexit. More about Brexit Britain "no longer a viable distribution hub" say small design businesses
The organisers of national pavilions of the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennale are planning to open without guests next month due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. More about Venice Architecture Biennale pavilions set to hold "silent openings" without visitors
The brutalist Derby Assembly Rooms venue in the East Midlands, England is set to be demolished by the local council, though plans for its replacement are yet to be put in place. More about Brutalist building in Derby set to be demolished without plans for replacement
Safdie Architects is set to increase the size of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas by 50 per cent with a design that includes two new galleries connected by a bridge. More about Safdie Architects to expand Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
In this week's comments update, readers are considering a concept for a self-sufficient city on Mars and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "The idea of inhabiting Mars is merely fanciful fiction" says commenter
Dava Newman, former NASA deputy administrator, astronautics researcher and inventor of the BioSuit, will be the new director of MIT Media Lab. More about MIT Media Lab chooses BioSuit inventor Dava Newman as its new director
Anicorn Watches has released a NASA-branded NFT artwork that can be used to redeem a physical "secret timepiece" designed by NASA logo creator Richard Danne. More about Richard Danne designs Space Watch as first NASA-branded NFT
A collapsible camera obscura and a bamboo tensegrity structure have been revealed as the two winning designs of the 2021 Antepavilion architecture commission in Hackney, London. More about Antepavilion names two winners for 2021 competition as legal battle continues
Sixteen of Milan's design platforms have joined forces to commit to holding events in September even if the Salone del Mobile is forced to cancel. More about Milan's fuorisalone organisers vow to hold events in September despite doubts over Salone del Mobile
This week on Dezeen, a video fly-through showed architecture studio Abiboo's proposal for Nüwa city, which was designed to be the first permanent city on Mars. More about This week Abiboo envisioned a city on Mars for quarter of a million people