Governments are using culture purely as a promotional tool rather than recognising its social value – and this is contributing to the rise of popularism, according to artist Olafur Eliasson. More
This week, BIG launched a campaign to crowdfund for a huge mirrored sphere at Burning Man festival and Foster + Partners completed a new Apple Store in Macau. More
US architecture firm Studio Gang has unveiled its first project for Canada: a Toronto skyscraper made up of stretched hexagonal volumes topped with terraces and planters. More
A colourful interactive frame that Baxendale created as part of Scotland's contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018 has been saved from being dismantled. More
Momentum is building behind the campaign to rebuild the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed art school as David Chipperfield gives his support. More
Engineering studio Close to Bone has announced plans to rebuild and enlarge the cantilevered viewing platform it built in Flanders, Belgium, which was severely damaged in an apparent explosion. More
The Royal Academy of Arts has named Iranian architect Alireza Taghaboni as the winner of the inaugural Dorfman Award, set up to celebrate talent that "represents the future of architecture". More
Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura and Belgian practice Meta have unveiled plans for an exhibition hall and conference centre in Bruges, which can be opened up to a public square. More
BIG architects Bjarke Ingels and Jakob Lange have launched a money-raising campaign to install a huge, inflatable mirrored sphere at this year's Burning Man festival, and are offering "juicy perks" in return for donations. More
New photographs reveal that MAD's residential complex in California, designed to look like a village on top of a hill, has topped out. More
Büro Ole Scheeren has revealed plans for a pair of skyscrapers in Vancouver that would be formed from irregularly stacked glass boxes interlaced with greenery. More
Tall shoots of bamboo rise through the central atrium of a new Apple Store completed by Foster + Partners in Macau, China. More
Visualisations have been released showing Thomas Heatherwick's plans to transform the Olympia events centre in west London into a major hub for the creative industries. More
Scandinavian lighting brand Louis Poulsen has been acquired by Investindustrial, an Italian investment firm that also owns Flos, B&B Italia and Oka. More
Engineers from MIT have designed soft, 3D-printed structures that can transform their shape "almost instantaneously" with the wave of a magnet. More
Intersecting timber latticework frames make up Barcelona-based studio Estudio Carme Pinós's design for this year's MPavilion, which is set to open in Melbourne's historic Queen Victoria Gardens this October. More
This week, artist Christo compared the creation of his works to building a skyscraper in an exclusive interview with Dezeen, and Fumihiko Maki's Aga Khan Centre was completed in London's King's Cross. More
One hundred drones flew in formation through the night sky to electronic music last week at the opening of Great Exhibition of the North in Newcastle, England. More
Architect Billie Tsien has called for better child care in the US to help more women remain in her profession, rather than have to chose between work and family. More
Dezeen has won the award for Best Small Digital Publisher of the Year at the Association of Online Publishers' annual awards, with judges praising our "stand-out editorial focus" and our "change-inducing campaigns". More