New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has made the Open Restaurants Program, which allows restaurants in the city to extend seating onto streets, sidewalks and public spaces, permanent following the coronavirus pandemic. More about Outdoor dining on New York City streets becomes permanent
London-based Heatherwick Studio has designed an elevated work campus and park bolstered against rising sea levels caused by climate change to replace deteriorating historic piers in San Francisco. More about Heatherwick Studio designs flood-resilient park The Cove for San Francisco
UK architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its design for a sinuous, glass, 36-storey skyscraper, which will be built in Hong Kong at 2 Murray Road on what is reportedly the world's most expensive plot. More about Zaha Hadid Architects reveals design for skyscraper on world's most expensive site
This week on Dezeen, the European Union unveiled plans to fund a Bauhaus-style design school as part of a €750 billion coronavirus recovery scheme. More about This week, the EU made plans for a new Bauhaus after coronavirus
MVRDV has completed the bowl-like Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam's Museumpark, which is covered in mirrored glass and topped by a "rooftop forest". More about MVRDV enshrouds world's "first publicly accessible art depot" with mirrors
This year's London Design Festival was a quiet affair with designers, brands and organisations combining modest physical presences with digital experiments amid the coronavirus pandemic. More about Designers and brands explore ways to "change things up" at low-key London Design Festival
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features the interiors of lifestyle and wellness brand Goop's headquarters in Santa Monica. More about The headquarters of Gwyneth Paltrow's brand Goop features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Dezeen promotion: an Indian library and a prototype house in Rwanda are among the winners at this year's Brick Award, with a university building in Poland taking the top prize. More about BAAS Arquitectura's Faculty of Radio and Television wins top prize at Brick Award 20
Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has revealed its design for a new art gallery at Princeton University that will have numerous entrances to connect it to the campus. More about Adjaye Associates unveils "romantic and porous" Princeton University Art Museum
More than 50,000 jobseekers from over 130 countries are now signed up to Dezeen Jobs – and to celebrate, we're offering employers a free job ad for every listing purchased before the end of October. More about Dezeen Jobs now has over 50,000 registered jobseekers
Create Streets founder Nicholas Boys Smith has been appointed by UK housing secretary Robert Jenrick to lead a national design body that has been tasked with "driving up design standards" for planning applications. More about Nicholas Boys Smith to lead new government task force to "embed beauty" in the planning system
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Heatherwick Studio's skyscraper in Singapore and sharing their views on other top stories. More about Singapore skyscraper is a "breath of fresh air" says commenter
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced plans to create a new Bauhaus modelled on the influential design school as part of the European Union's €750 billion coronavirus recovery plan. More about EC president announces "new European Bauhaus" to help Europe move to a circular economy
Dutch studio VenhoevenCS and French practice Ateliers 2/3/4/ have unveiled the designs for a timber swimming pool complex in Paris, which will be the only permanent venue built for the 2024 Olympic Games. More about VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/ reveal timber aquatic centre for Paris 2024 Olympics
This week on Dezeen, Habitat and Design Museum founder Terence Conran passed away and London Design Festival took place. More about This week British designer Terence Conran passed away
Architecture firm Snøhetta has been announced as the winner of a competition to design the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota. More about Snøhetta to design Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features Apple's latest store, a spherical building in Singapore designed by Foster + Partners. More about The spherical Apple Marina Bay Sands features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Contemporary design gallery Carwan Gallery has moved from Beirut to Athens, where it has opened with an exhibition of work by Omer Arbel. More about Athens is "the new Berlin" says Carwan Gallery founder as it relocates to the Greek capital
Abraham Thomas, former director of the Sir John Soane's Museum, has been named curator of architecture and design at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. More about Abraham Thomas named architecture and design curator for The Met
Urban Forest is a 30-storey apartment building covered in thousand trees and plants that Koichi Takada Architects has designed for Brisbane, Australia. More about Koichi Takada unveils plant-covered Urban Forest housing high rise for Brisbane