The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has teamed up with design and consulting firm IDEO to create a guide that helps businesses design for the circular economy. More about Guide to creating circular design launches at Davos
Architecture firms Hassell and MVRDV have imagined a scheme featuring floating stadiums, emergency castles and pop-up restaurants, which aims to build resiliency to flooding in South San Francisco and foster the local community. More about Hassell and MVRDV devise "suite of adaptable structures" to combat Bay Area flooding
Retail company Amazon has completed a set of glass orbs filled with "cloud forest" gardens for its headquarters in Seattle, providing work areas for employees and green space for the public. More about Plant-filled spheres open at Amazon headquarters in Seattle
Five young architecture studios based in the Big Apple have been selected for this year's New Practices New York awards, set up to promote the city's best up-and-coming talent. More about New York's best emerging architecture studios of 2018 revealed
Leeds United Football Club has abandoned its new crest, which was revealed last week, after more than 77,000 people signed a petition calling for the club to rethink the design. More about Leeds United scraps redesigned crest and launches search for new design
New Zealand-based aerospace startup Rocket Lab has faced criticism from astronomers after it secretly launched an artificial star into orbit. More about Rocket Lab creates "space graffiti" by launching fake star into orbit
With projects for some of the world's biggest luxury brands under their belts, Toronto designers George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg fly the flag for Canadian design globally. In this interview, the duo discuss how their home city is now becoming an important creative hub, and their plans to help it along. More about "We want to put Toronto on the map as a creative place" say Yabu Pushelberg founders
A 130-metre-tall spherical concert hall that could rise taller than St Paul's Cathedral, is being planned near the Olympic park in Stratford, east London. More about Giant globe-shaped concert hall planned for east London
BBC arts editor Will Gompertz has attacked the education system in the UK, saying it is training children to behave like computers rather than designers. More about Children "being sent mad" by UK education policy, says BBC arts editor
Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Swedish furniture giant IKEA, has died, the company has announced. More about IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad dies aged 91
This week on Dezeen, architect David Adjaye won the Design of the Year 2017 and a revamped townhouse with a patio that transforms into a reflecting pool was named the best house extension in London. More about This week, Design of the Year and London's best house extension were announced
Sandra Barclay, Biba Dow, Ángela García de Paredes and Stephanie Macdonald have been shortlisted for the Woman Architect of the Year 2018 award, for projects in Peru, Spain and the UK. More about Peruvian, Spanish and British architects shortlisted for Woman Architect of the Year award
One of the world's biggest architecture firms has taken over Danish office Schmidt Hammer Lassen – a move one of the founders claims will make the company less "vulnerable". More about Global firm Perkins+Will buys Scandinavian office Schmidt Hammer Lassen
Designers can't solve real-world problems on their own, according to designer Bernhard Lenger, whose latest project sees creatives team up with human-rights defenders to develop tools for change. More about "Designers should not be portrayed as the heroes of our time" says Bernhard Lenger
This captioned movie shows the Little Ripper, a rescue drone belonging to coastguard services in New South Wales in Australia, which saved two teenage swimmers stuck in a rip current by dropping an inflatable rescue pod down to them. More about Little Ripper drone saves two teenage swimmers in world-first rescue
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture has been named Design of the Year for 2017, after being described by judges as a "major turning point" in architecture. More about David Adjaye's African American history museum crowned Design of the Year 2017
A revamped Georgian townhouse with a patio that transforms into a reflecting pool has won top prize in a contest to find the best new house extensions in London. More about Sun Rain Rooms named London's best new house extension in Don't Move, Improve! 2018
Leeds United Football Club is to reconsider its new crest, after complaints from fans led to more than 50,000 people signing a petition urging for it not to be used. More about Leeds United faces backlash from fans over logo redesign
Architect Frank Gehry has again revised plans for the towering complex opposite his Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, which will finally begin construction this autumn. More about Frank Gehry updates The Grand mixed-use development for Downtown LA
Parisian artists and gallery owners have penned an open letter opposing the installation of a sculpture by Jeff Koons, describing the monument as "shocking and unwelcome". More about Paris artists dismiss Jeff Koons' terror attack memorial as "product placement"