Online design magazine Design Week has been acquired by its web development company Interconnect, saving it from closure. More about Design Week magazine acquired by Interconnect and set for relaunch this year
British studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed plans to adaptively reuse a 1960s shipping warehouse in Riga, Latvia, to create the Ropax Ferry Terminal. More about Zaha Hadid Architects to convert Latvian warehouse into ferry terminal
British designer Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign is developing a master's degree at Loughborough University, which aims to challenge conventional architecture education. More about Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign launches "joyful architecture" degree
A family house "joyfully transformed" with terracotta-coloured extensions has been named London's best home improvement project by Don't Move, Improve! 2024. More about Terracotta-tiled extensions by Emil Eve Architects named London's best home improvement project
Local studio Brandon Haw Architecture has created a masterplan for a development along the Brooklyn waterfront, which will include five mixed-use residential towers. More about Brandon Haw Architecture creates masterplan for "last waterfront site" in Williamsburg
Architecture studio WilkinsonEyre has unveiled its proposal for the redevelopment of the Tavern and Allen stands at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London. More about WilkinsonEyre reveals plans for latest Lord's Cricket Ground redevelopment
Dezeen has been shortlisted in 10 categories across four different awards programmes, with nominations for its editorial, video and sales teams, as well as its own awards programme Dezeen Awards. More about Dezeen shortlisted for 10 prestigious publishing and event awards
This week on Dezeen, we covered reports that Saudi Arabia cleared its forces to use "lethal force" to remove people from villages ahead of The Line megacity as part of Neom. More about This week it was reported that Saudi Arabia authorised "lethal force" for Neom clearance
Danish architecture studio BIG and technology company Lonestar Data Holdings Inc have created a data storage device for the moon, where it is designed to rest indefinitely after arrival. More about BIG creates 3D-printed data storage device to be sent to the Moon
Technology company Apple has apologised for its iPad Pro advert, which shows creative tools being crushed in a hydraulic press, following a backlash from creatives. More about Apple apologises for hydraulic crush advert that "missed the mark"
Rhode Island design studio Pneuhaus has converted a series of outdoor inflatable benches into self-defence devices to "de-escalate" potentially dangerous situations for students taking part in protests at universities in the United States. More about Pneuhaus converts inflatable outdoor seating for use in protests
The United Nations has predicted it will take "until 2040 and probably longer" to rebuild the homes in Gaza that have been destroyed in the Israel-Hamas war. More about Rebuilding destroyed Gaza homes will take at least 16 years reports the UN
Curator Carlo Ratti and president of the Venice Architecture Biennale Pietrangelo Buttafuoco have announced Intelligens Natural Artificial Collective as the title and theme of the event's nineteenth edition. More about Venice Architecture Biennale reveals theme for 2025 edition
Italian architecture studio Carlo Ratti Associati has proposed a replacement design for the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore following its collapse in early 2024. More about Carlo Ratti Associati proposes replacement for collapsed Baltimore bridge
Sportswear brand Nike is developing its own generative AI model to design products using its vast bank of athlete data, Dezeen can reveal. More about Nike developing AI model as part of design "step change"
German designer Sebastian Herkner believes there are fewer opportunities for young designers to work with furniture brands today than when he was first starting out in the industry. More about "I wouldn't want to be a young designer today" says Sebastian Herkner
Furniture brand Takt has begun using a new kind of lifecycle assessment for its products that was devised by the European Commission and considers a product's full impact on nature and human health. More about Takt chair is first furniture piece to receive EU's "more transparent" sustainability score
Rental platform Airbnb has announced the addition of its Icons program, a category that provides a range of experiences including a stay in the house from Pixar's Up and an overnight stay in the Musee D'Orsay in Paris. More about Airbnb creates rentals from films including Up house suspended from crane
A mix of faculty, students and non-affiliated practitioners in the fields of architecture and design have signed a petition calling for a boycott of Columbia University after its treatment of students protesting the war in Gaza. More about Architects and planners call for boycott of Columbia University after protests
UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has been granted planning approval for office and residential development 18 Blackfriars Road, which the studio claims will be net-zero carbon. More about "London's lowest whole-life carbon high-rise" by Foster + Partners receives planning approval