These new images by Dutch photographer Iwan Baan show the almost-complete National Museum of Qatar, designed by architect Jean Nouvel. More about Jean Nouvel's National Museum of Qatar nears completion
A new amusement park in Japan will bring to life the worlds of Studio Ghibli, the Oscar-winning animation house known for its films Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro. More about Studio Ghibli reveals visualisations for new theme park in Japan
Images of a mixed-use development for Miami by Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly show a pair of perpendicular towers connected at the top by a wedge-shaped sky bridge. More about Rafael Viñoly plans angled residential towers for One River Point in Downtown Miami
IKEA has revealed some of the products set to feature in its long-awaited furniture collection by fashion designer Virgil Abloh, including slogan-covered rugs and a cabinet for storing and displaying sneakers. More about IKEA offers first look at furniture designed for millennials by Virgil Abloh
SongwriterFonts, a website that offered free-to-use typefaces based on the handwriting of famous musicians, has been closed down following legal issues over intellectual-property rights. More about Musician-inspired fonts website forced to close after going viral
Height restrictions, space standards and rent controls should be scrapped in order to solve the housing crisis, according to Zaha Hadid Architects' principal Patrik Schumacher. More about Unfettered capitalism "can solve the housing crisis" says Patrik Schumacher
Architects including Adjaye Associates have presented ideas for the refurbishment of the Lancaster West Estate in London, site of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. More about Architects reveal ideas for £15 million refurbishment of Grenfell Tower estate
Larry Harvey, the man who founded Burning Man festival, has passed away after suffering a stroke. More about Burning Man founder Larry Harvey dies aged 70
Construction is due to commence on a skyscraper by Foster + Partners in Mexico City, set to match the height of the city's tallest tower. More about Foster + Partners' Reforma 432 will rival Mexico City's tallest building
IKEA was a prominent fixture in the news this week as it released its first skateboard, while reports emerged that the Swedish furniture company was considering converting a Brutalist building in Connecticut into a hotel. More about This week, IKEA released its first skateboard and planned a brutalist hotel
Forensic Architecture, the investigative team shortlisted for the Turner Prize for art, has expressed ambivalence about the accolade, which came in a week when it suffered several setbacks in its cases. More about Forensic Architecture has "mixed feelings" about Turner Prize nomination in week of setbacks
UK culture secretary Matt Hancock has defended the government's support for the design industry, and has pencilled in a trip to Milan design week next year to champion UK designers. More about London creatives moving to Milan? "It's my job to stop that from happening" says Matt Hancock
A skyscraper by architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill is set to rise next to Chicago's historic Tribune Tower and become the second-tallest building in the city. More about Chicago's second-tallest skyscraper planned beside Tribune Tower
Retailer Amazon has teamed up with car companies Volvo and General Motors to deliver packages directly to users' vehicles. More about Amazon partners with Volvo and General Motors to provide in-car deliveries
IKEA is considering plans to transform a concrete structure by modernist architect Marcel Breuer in New Haven into a hotel, according to reports. More about Brutalist Breuer building owned by IKEA could become hotel in Connecticut
Investigative agency Forensic Architecture has been shortlisted for this year's Turner Prize, the UK's most important art award. More about Forensic Architecture shortlisted for Turner Prize 2018
Japanese design studio Nendo will create an immersive environment for more than 160 prints and drawings by Dutch artist MC Escher at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne this December. More about Nendo to recreate the world of Escher for exhibition at NGV Melbourne
Architect Elizabeth Diller has praised her inclusion on this year's Time 100 list as a positive step towards gender parity in architecture, but voiced concern that too many female architecture students are not making it into the workplace. More about Male-dominated architecture industry is undergoing "dramatic change" says Elizabeth Diller
BIG has released new renderings of the pair of towers it is building beside New York's High Line, which architect Bjarke Ingels says are shaped out of "mutual courtesy" for one another's views. More about The XI towers in New York will "dance" with each other, says Bjarke Ingels
This supertall tapered skyscraper designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox for the China Resources export company in Shenzhen is nearing completion ahead of its opening later this year. More about KPF's bullet-shaped skyscraper nears completion in Shenzhen