Architecture firm BIG has released renderings of its first project in South America: a curved tower covered with planted balconies that would become the tallest building in Quito. More about BIG releases plans for IQON skyscraper in Ecuador
Zaha Hadid's design for a skeletal building overlooking Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro has been shelved, according to local reports. More about Zaha Hadid's first Brazilian building scrapped after long delays
London newspaper the Evening Standard has named Dezeen founder Marcus Fairs as one of the city's 1,000 most influential figures. More about Dezeen founder Marcus Fairs named one of London's most influential people
Triangle-shaped towers fitted with smart technology form the centre of Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects competition-winning masterplan for Helsinki. More about Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects plans cluster of triangular smart skyscrapers for Helsinki
Swedish studio Urban Nouveau is offering an alternative to the demolition of a 1920s bridge in Stockholm – transform it by adding apartments and a linear park. More about Urban Nouveau wants to save Stockholm's Gamla Lidingöbron bridge by building homes in it
Elevation, Dezeen's documentary about how drones will transform cities, has received two accolades at the Lovie Awards 2018, which celebrates the best content on the internet. More about Dezeen's drone documentary Elevation wins two Lovie Awards
Fashion For Good is an interactive museum that aims to teach visitors about innovations in the fashion and textiles industry, designed by US-based studio Local Projects. More about Fashion For Good museum in Amsterdam promotes responsible fashion
Architecture studio Barclay & Crousse has won this year's Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize for its fragmented concrete university building in rural northern Peru. More about Barclay & Crousse's "deceptively simple" school in Peru wins Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has revealed that its major fashion exhibition next year will explore the ostentatious and humorous aesthetic of "camp". More about The Met's Costume Institute announces "camp" as Spring 2019 exhibition theme
Bloomberg's European HQ designed by Foster + Partners has been awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize 2018, the third time the practice has won the prize for the best building in the UK. More about Foster + Partners' Bloomberg HQ wins Stirling Prize 2018
The governor of New York has released more details of plans to transform John F Kennedy International Airport in Queens into one of the "finest in the world". More about Plans to overhaul New York's JFK airport updated
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier is leaving his eponymous firm to be spearheaded by new management, following the accusations of sexual harassment made against him earlier this year. More about Richard Meier steps down following sexual harassment allegations
The Jørn Utzon-designed Sydney Opera House has been lit up with graphics to advertising a horse race, prompting protests from designers and locals. More about Protests as Sydney Opera House turned into billboard to advertise horse racing
Female designers make up 70 per cent of participants at this year's Istanbul Design Biennial, proving that women are set to play a dominant role in the design world, according to curator Jan Boelen. More about "The future of design is female" says Istanbul Design Biennial curator Jan Boelen
An area of reclaimed land in Shenzhen, China, is to be transformed into an "urban living room", with a linear raised garden designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. More about Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners plans 1,200-metre-long raised garden in Shenzhen
This week on Dezeen, Priestmangoode revealed the first full-scale Hyperloop pod in Spain, and a prototype bus that tackles air pollution took to the UK's streets. More about This week, the first Hyperloop capsule prototype was unveiled and an air-filtering bus hit the road
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has appointed Glasgow-based architect Robin Webster as its new president, a year after a scandal that saw former chief Neil Baxter step down. More about RIAS elects new president Robin Webster with promises of reform after turbulent year
London-based architect Peter Barber is developing 365 urban masterplans, in a project called One Year 365 Cities, to prove that it should be possible "to design a city in 10 minutes". More about Peter Barber is designing a city every day for a year
Patterns created by Turkish media artist Refik Anadol are being projected onto the facades of Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles each night for a limited time. More about Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall illuminates with dream-like visuals
A man has died after being hit by a window that fell from a penthouse of the Foster + Partners-designed Corniche towers in London. More about Man killed by window falling from Foster + Partners tower in London