UK company Metalysis has been awarded a European Space Agency (ESA) contract to develop technology that turns lunar rock into oxygen and building materials, which could enable astronauts to set up a base on the moon. More about Metalysis to extract oxygen from moon rock to support future lunar habitation
RIBA has announced that Hugh Pearman, editor of architecture magazine The RIBA Journal, will be stepping down from the role in December 2020 after 14 years. More about Hugh Pearman to retire as The RIBA Journal editor
This week on Dezeen, architect David Adjaye and car brand Aston Martin partnered to design apartments in a New York skyscraper and limited-edition SUVs for their residents. More about This week David Adjaye and Aston Martin collaborated to design apartments and SUVs
Architectural photographer Alan Schindler has revealed images of Foster + Partners' 425 Park Avenue skinny skyscraper, which is nearing completion in New York. More about Foster + Partners' 425 Park Avenue skyscraper nears completion in New York
Architecture firm BIG has won a competition to design a village-like student centre for the Johns Hopkins research university in Baltimore, Maryland. More about BIG unveils The Village student centre for Johns Hopkins University
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features 30 bathrooms designed by architects. More about Thirty bathrooms designed by architects feature in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Dezeen now has over six million followers across our social media platforms, with a million new followers since the start of the year. More about Dezeen now has over six million social media followers
Rhode Island School of Design is hiring 10 faculty members that specialise in issues of race and decoloniality in the arts, architecture and design as part of its wider plan to tackle systemic racism in the school. More about RISD launches Race in Art & Design cluster-hire for anti-racism initiative
In this week's comments update, readers are furiously debating news that Bjarke Ingels is creating a masterplan for redesigning Earth. More about "Lots of good things come from dreaming" says commenter
Architecture studio Foster + Partners has revealed updated visuals of The Tulip tourist attraction in the City of London showing its interiors and base. More about Foster + Partners reveals updated visuals of The Tulip viewing platform as planning inquiry begins
David Adjaye has partnered with luxury carmaker Aston Martin to design homes and limited edition SUVs for five residents who will live in the British-Ghanaian architect's first New York skyscraper. More about David Adjaye and Aston Martin design five residences in New York skyscraper 130 William
More than 60 international architecture firms have put artworks and signed drawings up for auction, in a bid to raise funds for rebuilding Beirut after the explosion that rocked the city in August and left at least 300,000 people homeless. More about BIG, Tatiana Bilbao and Norman Foster donate drawings to Architects for Beirut charity auction
Cities will bounce back as young creatives take advantage of lower rents and dense urban areas prove better at mitigating the coronavirus pandemic, according to urban theorist Richard Florida. More about "No evidence" that urban density helps spread of coronavirus says Richard Florida
This week on Dezeen, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels unveiled his plan to stop climate change by redesigning the planet. More about This week Bjarke Ingels revealed his plan to redesign Earth
Architecture studio Generate has developed the Tallhouse library of timber-based building systems to help architects build affordable housing and reduce construction-related carbon emissions by up to 50 per cent. More about Generate creates digital library of timber building systems to "revolutionise the construction industry"
The lack of memorials and monuments dedicated to the victims of slavery is leading to ignorance and memory loss, says RIBA Gold Medal-winning architect David Adjaye. More about History of slavery is "a horrific wound that has just been ignored" says David Adjaye
Scandinavia's design sector faces "total annihilation" after the February 2021 edition of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, Scandinavia's most important design show, was cancelled due to coronavirus. More about Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair cancelled as pandemic disrupts 2021 events
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features the endlessly recyclable UltraBOOST DNA LOOP trainer by Adidas. More about Adidas' endlessly recyclable trainer features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Mexico City-based studio Rojkind Arquitectos has revealed the design for a holiday resort in Mexico's Valle de Guadalupe wine region with a curvilinear swimming pool. More about Rojkind Arquitectos unveils Ummara resort with 28 villas embedded in Mexican hills
James Burleigh, &tradition, Voltra and Clayworks are the latest brands to showcase products on Dezeen Showroom, which launched earlier this week. More about James Burleigh, &tradition, Voltra and Clayworks showcase products on Dezeen Showroom