US president Donald Trump has issued an executive order to end the federal use of paper straws and encourage consumers to switch back to plastic, reversing Biden-era measures to curb plastic pollution. More about Trump signs executive order to ditch paper straws for plastic
UK architecture firm Heatherwick Studio has designed an undulating structure atop the elevated Belvedere park in Louisville to be something "powerful, exciting and new" for the city. More about Heatherwick Studio designs "ribbon-like" riverfront park in Kentucky
Qatar is set to create a permanent pavilion in the Giardini della Biennale in Venice, Italy, which will be the first new national pavilion in the gardens for 30 years. More about Permanent Qatar pavilion to be created in Venice's Giardini della Biennale
Dutch firm UNStudio has unveiled plans for the Expo City Dubai masterplan, a mixed-use development that will serve as "a new centre for the future of Dubai". More about UNStudio to transform Expo City Dubai into new urban centre
Five architecture projects have been named for the 2025 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, including an aquarium in Mexico by architecture studio Tatiana Bilbao Estudio and a Buenos Aires veterinary clinic by Adamo Faiden. More about Tatiana Bilbao among Mies Crown Hall Americas 2025 architecture prize finalists
Danish studio BIG has designed a curving folded roof informed by traditional Kosovan skirts for the Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kosovo in Pristina. More about BIG to wrap Kosovo opera and ballet theatre in sculptural photovoltaic roof
Yrjö Kukkapuro, the Finnish furniture and product designer who dreamt up ideas "until the very end" over more than 70 years of creating, has passed away at his home in Kauniainen at the age of 91. More about Postmodernist Finnish designer Yrjö Kukkapuro dies aged 91
New York-based Distributed Art Publishers and Designers & Books have partnered with Archigram magazine and designer Miko McGinty to create remakes of all ten issues of the 1960s counter-culture architecture magazine for the first time. More about Archigram to print "first ever" remakes with tributes by Tadao Ando and more
Architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has unveiled a one-hundred-metre-tall structure comprised of cascading pool terraces for the Therme Dubai wellness resort. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro designs cascading "oasis in the sky" for Dubai wellness resort
Architecture studio Populous has revealed its plans to renovate Lake Como's Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium and regenerate the surrounding lakeside urban landscape. More about Populous set to revamp Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium at Lake Como
Architecture studios HOK and CF Møller Architects have completed the overhaul of the spherical Avicii Arena in Stockholm to "ensure its relevance for decades to come". More about Giant spherical arena reopens in Stockholm following revamp
British studio Foster + Partners has unveiled designs for a pair of residential skyscrapers and an office tower in Bankside that will be "London's lowest whole-life carbon high-rise development". More about Foster + Partners designs trio of skyscrapers overlooking Thames in London
UK deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has told affected families that Grenfell Tower is to be demolished, prompting concerns that the government has "ignored the voices of bereaved". More about Grenfell Tower to be demolished in west London
Japanese studio SANAA, which is led by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, has been awarded the 2025 Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects. More about SANAA wins 2025 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
The Los Angeles City Council has "unanimously approved" Foster + Partners redevelopment of the Television City in Los Angeles, a 25-acre site with sound stages and production studios dedicated to CBS programming. More about Foster + Partners redevelopment of Television City in LA moves forward
American architecture studio Gensler has revealed designs for an office-to-residential conversion of the former Pfizer headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, which will hold 1,600 apartments across two towers. More about Gensler to convert former Pfizer HQ into apartments in New York
Architecture studio Populous has released visuals of the planned Kop Stand at Wrexham AFC's STōK Cae Ras stadium in Wales, as the club aims to expand under the ownership of actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. More about Populous unveils Wrexham AFC stand that will "emerge organically from the ground"
French president Emmanuel Macron has announced that the cauldron balloon, a symbolic attraction of the Paris 2024 Olympics, will return to Paris every year until the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. More about Mathieu Lehanneur's Olympic "flying cauldron" to return to Paris
This week on Dezeen, we reported that construction of the world's tallest skyscraper, the Jeddah Tower by Adrian Smith + Gill Gordon Architecture, officially resumed in Saudi Arabia. More about This week construction of the world's tallest building officially restarted
Architecture firm Estudio AMA has released designs for a 90-metre-high residential tower in Paraguay wrapped in balconies supported on a concrete grid. More about Estudio AMA designs gridded skyscraper for Paraguay capital