The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes an update on the future of Notre-Dame cathedral after it was damaged in a devastating fire last year. More about Notre-Dame cathedral features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
After three months, two million video plays, over 600 posts and more than 50 live interviews, Virtual Design Festival has come to an end. From defining a new design movement to imagining new planets and urban wildernesses, here are a few of the agenda-setting ideas it raised. More about Eight ways Virtual Design Festival has set the agenda for architecture and design
Artist Marc Quinn has erected a sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid on the plinth in Bristol where the statue of a slave trader stood before it was torn down. More about Marc Quinn replaces statue of slaver Edward Colston with Black Lives Matter protestor
The Trump administration has reversed its decision to strip international students taking online-only courses of their visas, which prompted a lawsuit from MIT and Harvard University. More about Trump administration drops threat to deport foreign students studying online
The failure to investigate allegations of bullying and sexism at the Architectural Association have damaged both the school and the architecture profession, according to tutors and alumni. More about Abrupt dismissal of AA director Eva Franch i Gilabert leaves "a cloud over the school"
US firm CallisonRTKL has designed a terminal building for the airport in Guadalajara topped with a perforated wooden ceiling to filter sunlight. More about CallisonRTKL unveils Guadalajara airport terminal informed by Mexico's canyons
Architecture studio PILA has designed new facades for Greece's second tallest building, which has never been occupied in the 45 years since it was completed. More about PILA unveils plan to rejuvenate Greece's long-abandoned Piraeus Tower
In this week's comments update, readers are critiquing Kanye West's latest prototype for his low-cost housing for the homeless and sharing their views on other top stories. More about Commenters think Kanye West's low-cost housing "doesn't look affordable"
A historic waterfront building in San Francisco that weighs 2,075 tons, the equivalent of 20 space shuttles, will be hoisted up over three metres above ground to protect it from flooding caused by climate change. More about San Francisco building lifted 10 feet in preparation of rising sea levels
Climate change network Architects Declare has stated that it will not denounce founding signatory Foster + Partners, which has come under fire for designing a new airport in Saudi Arabia. More about Architects Declare refuses to "name and shame" following Foster + Partners airport plans
Interior designers Sophie Ashby and Alexandria Dauley have set up United in Design, an organisation that aims to increase racial diversity within the interiors industry. More about United in Design aims to provide a "road map" to make the interiors industry more diverse
Architectural Association director Eva Franch i Gilabert has been fired by the London school two weeks after losing a vote of no confidence in her leadership. More about Eva Franch i Gilabert fired as AA director for "specific failures of performance"
French president Emmanuel Macron has ended speculation over the future of Notre-Dame by stating that the cathedral's spire will be rebuilt exactly as it was before last year's devastating fire. More about Notre-Dame spire will be reconstructed "identically" to how it was before 2019 fire
The money governments have committed to supporting economies hit by coronavirus could instead solve climate change, according to architect Rem Koolhaas. More about Coronavirus money could solve climate crisis but hopes of change are "wishful thinking" says Rem Koolhaas
This week on Dezeen, we rounded up the highlights from Virtual Design Festival as the programme of events drew to a close, including eight ways VDF set the agenda for architecture and design. More about This week, Virtual Design Festival came to an end
Just 0.32 per cent of the furniture produced by leading brands is created by black designers, according to research by Ethiopian American industrial designer Jomo Tariku. More about Black designers responsible for less than one third of one per cent of leading furniture designs
Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have sued the Trump administration in federal court to block an order that would mean all international students not attending in-person classes would be stripped of visas. More about Harvard and MIT sue Trump administration over directive to deport foreign students
American musician, producer and designer Kanye West has revealed a photo showing that the latest prototype for his low-cost housing for the homeless is under construction. More about Kanye West reveals updated prototype of YZY shelters
This year's Orgatec trade fair in Cologne, which was set to take place 27 to 31 October, has been cancelled in response to the coronavirus pandemic. More about Orgatec 2020 office furniture fair cancelled
The organisers of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair have unveiled plans for a more affordable and sustainable version for next year in response to the coronavirus pandemic. More about Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair announces pared-back "Nude Edition" for February 2021