News: the OMA-designed Taipei Performing Arts Center – a theatre complex centred around a transparent cube – has topped out today in the Taiwanese capital (+ slideshow). More about OMA's Taiwan theatre complex hits construction milestone
News: architecture critic Martin Filler has said he regrets making an error in a book review that accused Zaha Hadid of showing a lack of concern for worker conditions on her World Cup stadium project in Qatar. More about Critic apologises for Zaha Hadid "error" in book review
News: the California department of motor vehicles has introduced new road safety rules, requiring all vehicles on its roads to have a steering wheel and brake pedal – including Google's fleet of driverless cars. More about Google forced to add steering wheels to driverless car designs
News: Zaha Hadid has filed a law suit against the New York Review of Books and architecture critic Martin Filler after allegedly defamatory comments about her attitude to migrant workers were published as part of a book review. More about Zaha Hadid sues critic over book review
News: a London restaurant has created a Champagne coupe from a mould of British model Kate Moss' breast. More about Kate Moss' left breast used to shape Champagne glass
News: the Turkish government has approved an order to demolish a series of new skyscrapers in the Zeytinburnu area of Istanbul to protect the historic views of key buildings including the Hagia Sofia. More about Istanbul skyscrapers to be demolished to protect the city's skyline
News: a spindly bus stop created by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto in Krumbach, Austria, has been unexpectedly closed to the public because it doesn't "follow the Austrian regulations for building safety". More about Sou Fujimoto bus shelter closed to prevent "possible accidents"
News: construction has begun on the Lego visitor centre in Billund, Denmark, designed by architect Bjarke Ingels, who told Dezeen that Lego bricks provide the ultimate tool for testing architectural ideas (+ interview). More about "Lego proportions are the golden ratio of architecture," says Bjarke Ingels
News: a preservation order has been placed on Moscow's iconic Shukhov Radio Tower preventing its demolition, following a high-profile appeal by architects including Tadao Ando, Rem Koolhaas and Elizabeth Diller. More about Moscow's Shukhov Tower saved from demolition
News: Scottish post-war architect Andy MacMillan, best known for designing St Peter's Seminary at Cardross, has died. More about Gillespie Kidd & Coia architect Andy MacMillan dies aged 85
News: an office building designed by Frank Gehry in the 1970s will this week reopen as a Whole Foods Market, following an extensive renovation that involved removing one of the floors. More about Early Frank Gehry office to reopen as a Whole Foods supermarket
News: architecture firm RMJM has won a competition to design a landmark tower for Doumen, China, with plans for a 93-metre-high structure covered in scales (+ slideshow). More about Fish-inspired skyscraper by RMJM wins Chinese tower contest
News: property tycoon Donald Trump is to build his latest Trump Tower in Mumbai – a golden skyscraper designed by Singapore firm WOHA. More about Donald Trump to add golden Trump Tower to Mumbai skyline
News: a former Royal College of Art student has been found "technically" guilty of plagiarism and misconduct after a company complained that his graduate design project was similar to its own services. More about Royal College of Art graduate "technically" guilty of plagiarism
News: a Dutch firm specialising in floating structures has unveiled plans for a hotel shaped like a snowflake with a glass roof so that guests can watch the Northern Lights while bobbing off the coast of Tromso in Norway. More about Snowflake-shaped hotel to float off the coast of Norway
News: construction is now underway on a building designed by Vietnamese firm Vo Trong Nghia Architects for a technical university near Hanoi, featuring a chequerboard facade of concrete slabs and tree-filled balconies (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia's chequerboard university building gets going in Vietnam
News: Danish toy company Lego has launched Lego Architecture Studio – a new set of building blocks aimed at the architecture and design community. More about Lego targets architects with monochrome building set
News: social rights activist and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has used his closing message at the International World Union of Architects Congress to call for the suspension of the Israeli architects association. More about Desmond Tutu calls for suspension of Israel from international architecture body
News: structural work has completed on A House for Essex, the holiday home designed by British artist Grayson Perry and London architecture firm FAT for Alain de Botton's Living Architecture project. More about First photographs of Grayson Perry and FAT's house for Alain de Botton
News: architect Zaha Hadid has designed the interior for a hotel inside her Opus development in Dubai, which will feature sculptural balconies and her installation for this year's London Design Festival (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid reveals interiors for ME Dubai Hotel