Prominent names in the contemporary art world are fighting to save the Russell Page-designed viewing garden at New York's Frick Collection museum. More about Artists rally to protect Russell Page garden at New York's Frick museum
Chicago is expected to be named as the location for the Obama presidential library next week, with David Adjaye tipped to be the project's architect. More about Adjaye in the frame for Obama library ahead of official announcement
The future of Google's new BIG- and Heatherwick-designed California headquarters is in jeopardy – because social network LinkedIn has been given most of the land required to build it. More about LinkedIn blocks BIG and Heatherwick's proposed Google HQ
Dezeen has won Commercial Campaign of the Year at the British Media Awards 2015 for our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers collaboration, beating publishers including News UK, Trinity Mirror and Time Inc. More about Dezeen wins Commercial Campaign of the Year at the British Media Awards 2015
The late Michael Graves, MOS Architects and Stephen Burks are among the 11 winners of the prestigious 2015 National Design Awards, given annually by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York (+ slideshow). More about Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt names Graves and Burks among 2015 award winners
Danish firm Gottlieb Paludan Architects has seen off competition from BIG, Henning Larsen Architects and 3XN to win a project designing a new biomass-fired heating and energy plant in Copenhagen. More about Gottlieb Paludan Architects fuels Copenhagen's ambition to become carbon-neutral by 2025
Foster + Partners has revealed its plans for a creative community in Dubai modelled on the fashionable neighbourhoods of New York's Meatpacking District and east London's Shoreditch. More about Foster + Partners to build hipster village in Dubai
Google's new California headquarters by Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick is set to be built using robot-crane hybrids. More about Robots will be used to construct BIG and Heatherwick's Google HQ
Police have fired teargas at protesters opposing the Milan Expo on its opening day, who have set fire to cars and plastered the city in anti-Expo graffiti. More about Anti-Expo protests turn violent in Milan
Tesla founder Elon Musk has launched two batteries designed to power homes and businesses in an attempt to reduce the world's reliance on fossil fuels for generating electricity. More about Elon Musk launches Tesla batteries for the home in bid to cut fossil fuel usage
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the world's best university for architecture, according to new global rankings. More about MIT named world's top university for architecture
London's Royal College of Art is the top-ranking design school in the world, according to an annual league table of the world's best universities. More about Royal College of Art named as world's top design school
Milan Expo 2015: the Milan Expo has opened its doors to the public today, with over 9 million tickets already sold (+ slideshow). More about Milan Expo 2015 opens to the public
Milan 2015: there was something in the air in Milan this year. Furniture brands were launching fragrances while numerous independent designers were experimenting with scents (+ slideshow). More about Designers smell opportunities as they explore the "vivid" world of scent
Dutch design firm OMA has been appointed to design a new hotel for the huge Amsterdam RAI exhibition and events complex. More about OMA wins Amsterdam RAI hotel job with stacked-triangle design
Tropical roof gardens and a leisure complex designed by Foster + Partners to sit above a new Crossrail station at Canary Wharf in London has opened to the public. More about Foster's Crossrail Place roof garden opens at Canary Wharf
Danish firm BIG is reportedly in talks to redesign the final tower at the World Trade Center site, potentially ousting the original architects as part of the developer's tenancy negotiations. More about Bjarke Ingels could replace Foster + Partners on World Trade Center tower
The Lockheed Lounge by Australian designer Marc Newson has retained its title as the world's most expensive design object, after selling for more than £2 million. More about Marc Newson's Lockheed Lounge sets new record at auction
Thank you for sharing the glove! Dezeen has beaten media giants the Guardian, CNN, Vice and Google to win the People's Voice poll for best technology movie at this year's Webby Awards. More about Dezeen wins a Webby Award!
Moshe Safdie's firm has unveiled its design for the National Medal of Honor Museum in South Carolina – a five-pointed structure that will present the history of the USA's most revered soldiers. More about Safdie Architects designs museum to honour American war heroes