The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features news that Saudi Arabia has lowered the predicted number of residents planned for The Line by 2030. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features news that Saudi Arabia is scaling back The Line's timescales
Italian jewellery company Bulgari has reclaimed the record for making the world's thinnest mechanical watch with the release of its Octo Finissimo Ultra Cosc, which has a thickness of just 1.7 millimetres. More about Bulgari unveils world's thinnest watch as skinny as a five-pence coin
Italian architect Italo Rota, who designed projects including the Museo del Novecento in Milan, has passed away at age 70. More about "Great innovator" Italo Rota dies aged 70
The gender pay gap at Foster + Partners is the widest it has been since the data was first compiled six years ago despite an overall improvement at the UK's largest architecture firms year-on-year, official figures show. More about Foster + Partners gender pay gap widest on record
The Line mega-city, which is the flagship development for Saudi Arabia's Neom project, will allegedly house fewer than 300,000 people by 2030, down from an original goal of 1.5 million. More about Saudi Arabia lowers predicted number of residents at The Line by 2030
Toronto-based studio Diamond Schmitt Architects has been selected to design the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John, Canada, which is one of the country's oldest museums. More about Diamond Schmitt Architects designs Canada's "oldest continuing museum"
Italian designer and architect Gaetano Pesce, a pioneer of the Radical Design movement who blurred the boundaries between art and design, has passed away at age 84. More about Design "provocateur and rule-breaker" Gaetano Pesce dies aged 84
Fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana has released renderings of a supertall skyscraper in Miami, created in collaboration with New York architecture practice Studio Sofield, which will be its first branded residences. More about Dolce & Gabbana unveils supertall skyscraper in Miami
The British Council has announced that the British Pavilion at the next Venice Architecture Biennale will be curated by Cave Bureau co-founders Kabage Karanja and Stella Mutegi with Dezeen contributor Owen Hopkins and Queen Mary University professor Kathryn Yusoff. More about UK-Kenya team to turn British Pavilion "inside out" for 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
An undulating form topped with terraces will distinguish this technology museum, which the Shanghai office of architecture studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has designed for Xi'an, China. More about Stefano Boeri Architetti unveils design for Museum of Technology in Xi'an
Global architecture studio Populous has designed a renewed horse-racing track and sporting venue for Belmont Park in Nassau County, New York. More about Populous unveils plan to revamp horse-racing track in New York
Global architecture studio Populous has unveiled the design for a sports performance centre on the banks of the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio. More about Populous designs Cleveland Cavaliers sports performance centre
A "decentralized" group of designers are launching a furniture design-focused festival that will take place in the neighbourhoods of eastern Los Angeles. More about Local designers launch Los Angeles Design Weekend
New York architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has unveiled images of a grey, sculptural expansion to The Broad museum in Los Angeles, which the studio created nearly a decade ago. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro designs "companion" building to The Broad in Los Angeles
La Sagrada Familia Foundation has announced that the monumental church in Barcelona is set for completion in 2026, 100 years after the death of its architect Antoni Gaudí. More about Sagrada Familia announces 2026 final completion date
Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed a series of residential high-rises arranged around courtyards in Shenzhen's Qianhai bay, which will form part of a smart city development by technology company Tencent. More about MVRDV unveils residential high-rises for Tencent smart city in Shenzhen
The built environment is the fastest-growing consumer of materials in the world – but it also offers the most potential for improvement according to Julia Okatz, advisor on the UN's landmark Global Resource Outlook. More about Buildings "biggest lever" for improving global resource efficiency says UN report
The Obama Foundation and US architecture studio Moody Nolan have released images of an athletic facility to be built on the Obama Presidential Center campus in Chicago. More about Moody Nolan unveils design of athletic facility at Obama presidential campus
The Palm Springs Art Museum has unveiled the reconstructed Aluminaire House in California, a modernist house originally designed in the 1930s by architect Albert Frey and editor A Lawrence Kocher. More about Albert Frey's all-metal 1930s Aluminaire House reassembled in Palm Springs
Development firm Related Companies has announced plans to expand the program of Hudson Yards with a series of buildings including supertall skyscrapers and a casino. More about Supertall skyscrapers and casino planned for Hudson Yards expansion