News: Dubai has won the bid to host the World Expo 2020 with a masterplan by architects HOK, beating Zaha Hadid's rival proposal for a lagoon-side park in the Turkish city of Izmir (+ slideshow). More about HOK masterplan leads Dubai to Expo 2020 victory
News: architecture firm Foster + Partners and designer Thomas Heatherwick have unveiled images of a finance centre they are collaborating on, which is currently under construction in Shanghai. More about Foster and Heatherwick team up on Shanghai finance centre
Design Miami 2013: here's a preview of the nearly completed Pérez Art Museum Miami by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, which opens tomorrow to coincide with the Design Miami and Art Basel Miami Beach collectors' fairs, and which suggests a new "kind of vernacular" for the city according to Jacques Herzog (+ slideshow + photography is by Iwan Baan). More about Herzog & de Meuron's Pérez Art Museum creates new "vernacular" for Miami
News: Belgian artists Studio Job have designed a postage stamp for Dutch king Willem-Alexander, who took office in April, that features a digitally modelled image of his face. More about Studio Job designs a postage stamp for the new Dutch king
News: British architect Adrian Priestman claims to have designed and installed the first 3D-printed components to be approved for use in the construction industry. More about British architect claims "first architectural application" of 3D printing
News: a redesigned accident and emergency department by London studio PearsonLloyd has been found to reduce aggression and violence by 50 percent. More about Signage system designed for hospitals "reduces violence by 50 percent"
News: double-ended teaspoons commissioned as part of the recent renovation of Tate Britain's cafe have been so popular with visitors to the London gallery that they've been taking them home. More about Double-ended teaspoons by Nicole Wermers stolen from Tate Britain cafe
News: British architects Theis and Khan have been selected to design the new headquarters for the Royal Institute of British Architects at 76 Portland Place in London. More about Theis and Khan to design new RIBA headquarters
News: architect Frank Gehry has submitted new plans for a hotel and apartment complex to be located across the road from his Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. More about Gehry presents new proposal for site opposite his Walt Disney Concert Hall
News: the images in most kitchen, bathroom and bedroom catalogues are computer-generated but "no-one has realised", according to a leading CGI artist (+ slideshow). More about "No-one has realised" that most homeware catalogue images are renderings
Milan Expo 2015: robotic tractors will create patterns across a field of crops on the roof of this pavilion that Italian architect Carlo Ratti has designed for the World Expo 2015 in Milan. More about Robot tractors to farm crops on sloping roof of Milan expo pavilion
News: British company Fripp Design and Research has developed 3D-printed prosthetic eyes that could be produced much faster than existing handmade versions, reducing the cost by 97 percent. More about 3D printing "can produce up to 150 prosthetic eyes per hour"
News: the scornful response to Kanye West's recent pronouncements on architecture is part of the "long history of making fun of black people" in America, according to an African-American design student organisation. More about Mockery of Kanye West's design ambition is "racist" says African-American activist
News: architect Zaha Hadid has hit back at critics who have compared the design of her Al Wakrah stadium in Qatar to a vagina, describing the comments as "embarrassing" and "ridiculous". More about Zaha Hadid dismisses "ridiculous" claims that Qatar stadium resembles a vagina
News: condoms made by combining latex with new wonder material graphene would be "thinner, stronger, safer and more pleasurable," according to scientists developing uses for the ultra-thin material. More about World's thinnest, strongest material could mean "more pleasurable" condoms
News: Dezeen was named Digital Service of the Year at the IBP Awards in London last night - our third major accolade in two weeks. More about Dezeen wins third award in two weeks
News: architect Rem Koolhaas' studio OMA has completed its colossal "vertical city" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (+ slideshow). More about OMA completes De Rotterdam "vertical city" complex
News: Dutch office UNStudio has won a competition to design a residential and office complex in the German city of Munich. More about UNStudio wins competition to design 60-metre tower for Munich
News: Dutch architects Mecanoo have won a competition to design a garden and an underground pavilion with a corkscrew staircase in the Polish capital, Warsaw (+ slideshow). More about Mecanoo designs a pavilion with a spiral staircase underneath a garden in Warsaw
News: Danish architecture firm BIG has won a competition to design a new Museum of the Human Body in Montpellier, France. More about BIG wins competition to design Museum of the Human Body in Montpellier