UK minister for housing Kit Malthouse has defended the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission, calling on architects to work with him to resist bland, developer-led housing. More about Architects should "meet us half way" on Building Better Building Beautiful Commission says UK housing minister
Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed plans to transform a former industrial site in Chicago into a "new urban destination". More about SOM unveils plans for Chicago's Lincoln Yards neighbourhood
Mars One, the Dutch company that held an open call for volunteer astronauts to settle on Mars, has gone into liquidation. More about Mars One space colonisation company declares bankruptcy
London's brutalist-era Welbeck Street car park is to be torn down and replaced by a luxury hotel, despite campaigns to save its unique facade. More about Brutalist Welbeck Street car park will definitely be demolished
This week, Dezeen interviewed architect David Adjaye at the opening of his Making Memory exhibition, where he said that architects need to work to counter false narratives. More about This week, David Adjaye spoke to Dezeen at the opening of his new exhibition
Fashion house Gucci has discontinued a jumper accused of resembling blackface and apologised for any offence caused. More about Gucci "deeply apologises" for balaclava jumper resembling blackface
Stockholm Furniture Fair guests of honour Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu have revealed details of their fight to improve the quality of their installation at the fair. More about Neri&Hu angry over "abysmal" build quality at Stockholm Furniture Fair
This year's Royal Academy Architecture Prize has been awarded to Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, founders of Diller Scofidio + Renfro. More about Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio win Royal Academy Architecture Prize 2019
Angela Ahrendts, the "transformative force" behind Apple Store designs, will leave her position at the tech company this spring. More about Apple's head of retail Angela Ahrendts to step down
Construction has begun on Alárò City, which is being masterplanned by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, as an extension to Lagos in southwest Nigeria. More about SOM breaks ground on Alárò City in Nigeria
New York's Museum of Modern Art will close over the summer in order to complete its Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed overhaul, then fully re-open four months later. More about MoMA to close during summer 2019 to complete expansion work
The third Chicago Architecture Biennial will forego a single theme in order to push the architecture profession to "think more meaningfully" about a host of contemporary issues, according to artistic director Yesomi Umolu. More about Chicago Biennial 2019 will create "common ground" for all, says artistic director
Hanson Robotics has created a "little sister" version of AI robot Sophia, intended to help young girls learn to code and gain an understanding of STEM subjects. More about Hanson Robotics' Little Sophia is a coding companion for young girls
BIG has unveiled an expansive cable-car system with two transit hubs to be built in Oakland, as part of the architecture studio's plans for a new baseball stadium in the California city. More about BIG proposes gondola for its Oakland A's ballpark redesign
Danish studio Henning Larsen is set to add a new foyer, performance space and workshop to the Opéra Bastille in Paris. More about Henning Larsen to extend Paris' largest opera house
A team led by professor Xu Weiguo at the Tsinghua University School of Architecture in Beijing has 3D-printed a 26.3-metre-long concrete bridge, which they claim is the world's longest. More about World's longest 3D-printed concrete bridge opens in Shanghai
Stuart Semple has released the "flattest, mattest, black acrylic paint in the world" and banned Anish Kapoor from using it, as the latest development in an ongoing feud between the two British artists. More about Black 3.0 is a "black hole in a bottle" that challenges Anish Kapoor's Vantablack pigment
Selldorf Architects will design the Qianlong Garden Interpretation Center within a palace of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, which has never been opened to the public. More about Selldorf Architects' visitor centre will open Forbidden City palace to public for first time
David Adjaye has created a "provocation or a question" for the public with an exhibition on his monuments and memorials at the Design Museum in London. More about David Adjaye curates Making Memory exhibition at the Design Museum
US architecture firm Studio Gang has revealed plans to overhaul a park on Memphis' Mississippi River, which include building a plant-covered viewing tower, bulbous stoney structures, and a gridded canopy for basketball. More about Studio Gang unveils redesign of Memphis waterfront Tom Lee Park