This week on Dezeen: Toyo Ito's cavernous opera house opened in the Taiwanese city of Taichung, while cultural buildings by Zaha Hadid Architects and Amanda Levete neared completion. More about This week, Toyo Ito's Taichung Opera House opened to the public
Finnish Modernist architect Alvar Aalto accidentally invented the skateboard bowl with a 1930s swimming pool design, according to a US skateboarding magazine and a Finnish newspaper. More about Alvar Aalto "changed the history of skateboarding"
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has brought his huge smog vacuum cleaner to Beijing, and claims he can "make a whole city smog-free". More about Daan Roosegaarde launches campaign to make Beijing a smog-free city
Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will be the first digital journalist to be made an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. More about Marcus Fairs is first digital journalist to be made RIBA Honorary Fellow
Photos have been released of the undulating, tile-covered Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology by Amanda Levete's firm AL_A, ahead of its opening in Lisbon next week. More about First photographs revealed of Amanda Levete's MAAT museum in Lisbon
Breaking news: Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha has been named as the 2017 recipient of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture, after winning both the Praemium Imperiale prize and the Venice Architecture Biennale Golden Lion this year. More about "Living legend" Paulo Mendes da Rocha to receive 2017 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
The designer for next year's Serpentine Pavilion in London will be selected by a team including architects Richard Rogers and David Adjaye, it was announced today. More about Richard Rogers and David Adjaye to select next Serpentine Pavilion architect
The first major exhibition at the new Design Museum in London will include 11 commissions by leading designers – including an EU-themed living room designed by OMA in response to Brexit. More about New London Design Museum's first exhibition will include Pan-European Living Room by OMA
Apple has announced it will create a new London headquarters inside Battersea Power Station, taking over six floors of the former industrial building on the bank of the River Thames. More about Apple to set up campus in London's Battersea Power Station
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to make humankind a "spacefaring civilisation" by starting manned missions to Mars as soon as 2022. More about Elon Musk announces plans to start colonising Mars in six years
Sharon Baurley, head of the Royal College of Art's Design Products programme, is leaving after just three years to take up a post at a "prestigious European institution". More about Sharon Baurley to step down as head of Design Products at Royal College of Art
Video sharing app Snapchat has made its first foray into hardware with a pair of glasses that allow users to wirelessly send clips without touching their phone. More about Snapchat branches into hardware with camera-integrated Spectacles
Brexit Design Manifesto: the list of leading design industry figures backing Dezeen's Brexit Design Manifesto has more than doubled, with David Adjaye, Terry Farrell, Es Devlin and David Shrigley among those adding their support. More about Adjaye, Farrell, Devlin and Shrigley back Brexit Design Manifesto
Architect Santiago Calatrava is set to create a grass-topped office block on the plaza in front of his Stadelhofen Station in Zurich with public parking for 1000 bicycles on the ground level. More about Santiago Calatrava plans Zurich office block with 1000 bicycle parking spaces
This week Moby slammed the ergonomics of a Zaha Hadid-designed hotel room, while Nicholas Serota waded into the feud between Neo Bankside residents and Tate Modern. More about This week, Moby criticised a hotel room by Zaha Hadid and Tate told Neo Bankside to get curtains
Business news: Danish brand Hay has acquired a majority stake in lighting and interiors company &tradition. More about Hay purchases fellow Danish company &tradition
Recent changes to UK copyright law might not give furniture designers the protections they expect, according to intellectual property lawyer Margaret Briffa. More about Designers still at risk under new UK copyright law, warns intellectual property lawyer
Designer Thomas Heatherwick has created an engineered double cover for design and lifestyle magazine Wallpaper that features a trellis-like opening system. More about Thomas Heatherwick designs articulated magazine cover for Wallpaper's 20th anniversary
UK firm Knight Architects has revealed its plans for a bridge that will stretch a kilometre across a bay in Helsinki, making it the longest bridge in Finland. More about Knight Architects unveils design for Finland's longest bridge
San Francisco studio New Deal Design has devised a small copper-coloured device that allows users to make purchases by swiping its textured surface, as "a modern replacement for cash". More about New Deal Design's Scrip device brings tactility to digital payments