Peter Zumthor's latest plans for Los Angeles County Museum of Art have been approved at a planning meeting, with movie star Brad Pitt speaking up for the Swiss architect. More about Brad Pitt hails Peter Zumthor as "master of light and shadow" as LACMA gets approved
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Architect firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has unveiled a proposal for a permanent community on the moon, comprising inflating pods that balloon up to accommodate more inhabitants as the population grows. More about SOM designs inflatable Moon Village to be first-ever lunar habitat
MAD has envisioned a slender, dark skyscraper twisting up beside New York's Empire State Building as a contrast to the harshness of the city's supertall structures. More about MAD imagines sinuous black East 34th skyscraper to "soften" New York's skyline
Chair of the UK government's Building Better Building Beautiful Commission Roger Scruton has been fired for calling Chinese people "robots" and claiming Islamaphobia was "invented by the Muslim Brotherhood". More about Roger Scruton fired from housing commission for "completely unacceptable" comments
The Royal Institute of British Architects has issued new guidelines on discrimination as new data shows the gender pay gap remains above 15 per cent at UK architecture firms. More about UK architects must do more to close gender pay gap says RIBA president
Safdie Architects has revealed its plans to extend its Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore by adding a fourth tower. More about Safdie Architects to add fourth tower to Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore
The governor of Illinois, whose family started the Pritzker Prize, is set to sell Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago, putting the fate of the postmodern building in "serious trouble". More about Pritzker to sell Helmut Jahn's postmodern Thompson Center in Chicago
Studies have found that the bright lights and glazing of towering structures in US cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles are causing millions of migratory birds to die each year. More about US skyscrapers kill millions of birds a year, reports find
A controversial plan for an Apple Store, designed by Foster + Partners in Melbourne's Federation Square, has been abandoned after it was blocked by Australian heritage authorities. More about Federation Square's Foster + Partners-designed Apple Store axed
This week on Dezeen, two big projects were given the green light – the new tallest building in western Europe and controversial London viewing tower The Tulip. More about This week, major new skyscrapers were approved in the UK and Denmark
Architects and designers in Japan have defended unpaid internships in the country, saying it is a cultural tradition with deep roots. More about Unpaid internships "strong part of the social fabric" in Japan
Axiom Architects have proposed a tongue-in-cheek solution to the UK parliament's Brexit deadlock, which sees the Houses of Parliament transformed into a more open forum for debate. More about Brexit deadlock could be broken with parliament redesign says Axiom Architects
March 2019 was the best-ever month for traffic to Dezeen, with over three million people visiting our site for the first time! British illustrator Toby Melville-Brown created this image to celebrate the milestone. More about Dezeen attracts over three million visitors in March
New York firms Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group have completed The Shed, a cultural centre in Manhattan's Hudson Yards, featuring a retractable roof that can be moved to form a performance area. More about The Shed opens at Hudson Yards with huge "telescoping" roof
Architecture firm BIG has designed a concept for a floating city of 10,000 people that could help populations threatened by extreme weather events and rising sea levels. More about BIG unveils Oceanix City concept for floating villages that can withstand hurricanes
Architecture firm BIG has unveiled a proposal to overhaul a portion of New York City's Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, known as the BQE, with a public park that covers a subterranean roadway. More about BIG unveils park-covered highway for Brooklyn's waterfront
At 320 metres high, the Bestseller Tower, designed by Danish firm Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter for the small town of Brande in Denmark, will be the tallest in western Europe. More about Dorte Mandrup wins approval for tallest tower in western Europe
Snøhetta has revealed visuals for a major new opera house in Shanghai, featuring a spiralling stepped roof that will connect the upper levels of the building with a riverside plaza. More about Snøhetta to build Shanghai Grand Opera House with spiral staircase roof
New photos of British architect David Adjaye's contemporary art centre in San Antonio, Texas, show that construction on the angular crimson building has completed. More about David Adjaye completes Ruby City art centre in Texas