Social media brand Meta, formerly the Facebook Company, is opening its first permanent Meta Store for customers to purchase its virtual reality products as a "gateway to the metaverse". More about Meta to open first physical retail shop for virtual reality products
Plans for British architect Norman Foster to lead the reconstruction of Kharkiv are premature and neglect other cities across Ukraine that have also been destroyed by Russian troops, according to Slava Balbek of local architecture studio Balbek Bureau. More about Foster's plans for Kharkiv rebuild are "100 per cent ineffective" says Ukrainian architect
RIBA Gold Medal-winning studio Grafton Architects has been awarded the European Union's annual architecture award for Town House, a colonnaded teaching building designed for Kingston University in London. More about Grafton Architects' Town House university building wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2022
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has met with Balbek Bureau to discuss the architecture studio constructing a temporary shelter complex near Kyiv to house locals while their homes are being rebuilt following Russia's invasion. More about Ukrainian president tasks Balbek Bureau with building temporary housing near Kyiv
South African architect Sumayya Vally has been appointed to the curatorial team for the first Islamic Arts Biennale, which is set to take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. More about Sumayya Vally to curate inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale
Architecture studio Pelli Clarke & Partners' 330-metre-tall A District tower has topped out in central Tokyo, making it Japan's tallest building. More about Japan's tallest building tops out in Tokyo
Trade fair Design Shanghai has rescheduled this year's event as the city is in lockdown following a coronavirus outbreak. The show will now take place from 13 to 15 October. More about Design Shanghai postponed due to Covid-19 outbreak in China
An architecture platform backed by the European Union is being launched across Europe this summer to support emerging architects and identify solutions for the environmental and climate crises. More about EU-backed architecture platform LINA to help "deliver the European Green Deal"
Entertainment and media conglomerate Disney has launched Disney Home, a design brand selling furnishings, home accessories and limited-edition collaborations. More about Disney moves into "aspirational furniture" and homeware with new brand Disney Home
This week on Dezeen, we marked Earth Day by showcasing 50 architects and designers who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable architecture and design. More about This week we celebrated Earth Day
British designer Thomas Heatherwick is creating a 21-metre-high sculpture named Tree of Trees at Buckingham Palace as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend celebrations. More about Thomas Heatherwick designs sculpture covered in 350 trees for Buckingham Palace
A bill has been filed in Washington DC calling for new buildings in the city to use bird-friendly glass, in an effort to minimise avian deaths resulting from window collisions. More about Bill for bird-friendly glass buildings proposed for Washington DC
British architect Norman Foster has met with the mayor of Kharkiv to discuss the rebuilding of the Ukrainian city following extensive damage suffered during the Russian invasion. More about Norman Foster "to assemble the best minds" to rebuild Ukrainian city of Kharkiv
Large projects in London will have to meet embodied carbon benchmarks and prioritise retaining existing buildings over demolition under updated planning guidance published by mayor Sadiq Khan. More about Retention of existing buildings must be "the starting point" for major London developments
UK housing secretary Michael Gove has halted the planned demolition of Marks & Spencer's flagship store on London's Oxford Street, which was criticised for wasting the embodied carbon of the existing building, to allow the scheme to be reviewed. More about Controversial Oxford Street M&S demolition blocked by UK housing secretary
Aviation and aerospace manufacturing company Urban-Air Port has designed Air One, an airport for electric flying cars and large drones in Coventry, UK. More about Urban-Air Port designs "world's first urban airport" for flying cars and drones
Nigerien architect Mariam Kamara and South African architect Sumayya Vally are collaborating to design a presidential library for Liberia's former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrovia. More about Mariam Kamara and Sumayya Vally to design presidential library in Liberia
Foster + Partners has released plans for the new global headquarters for JPMorgan Chase in Manhattan, which the architecture firm claims will be New York's largest all-electric tower. More about Foster + Partners designs "largest all-electric tower" for JPMorgan Chase in Manhattan
This week on Dezeen, demolition began on the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo – a 20th-century metabolist landmark designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa. More about This week the demolition of Tokyo's iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower commenced
Vespa has revealed a monochrome version of its classic Sprint scooter designed by musician Justin Bieber that is surrounded by a ring of icy white flames to give it a "Justin spin". More about Justin Bieber ventures into scooter design with flaming all-white Vespa