This week on Dezeen, Diébédo Francis Kéré became the first African and first Black architect to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize. More about This week Diébédo Francis Kéré won the Pritzker Architecture Prize
Architecture studio BIG has designed a six-storey neuroscience centre in Aarhus, Denmark, with an undulating form derived from the human brain. More about BIG designs Danish neuroscience centre to "mimic" the human brain
A design with dramatic arches and a spherical atrium by Australian studio Angelo Candalepas and Associates is the winning proposal for the new National Gallery of Victoria Contemporary in Melbourne. More about Angelo Candalepas and Associates set to design Australia's largest art and design gallery
German architecture studio Opposite Office has proposed repurposing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany into a site of international cooperation with its own capsule hotel named Nord Stream 3. More about Opposite Office proposes turning Nord Stream gas pipeline into "UN for ordinary people"
Milan furniture fair Salone del Mobile has revealed plans for its upcoming anniversary edition on 12-17 June, which will include an installation by architect Mario Cucinella. More about Salone del Mobile announces 60th anniversary edition with focus on sustainability
The Colburn School has announced plans for a 100,000-square-foot campus expansion in Downtown Los Angeles designed by architect Frank Gehry. More about Frank Gehry releases design for Colburn Center in Los Angeles
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair has been postponed for the third time since the coronavirus pandemic began and will "focus on a strong comeback" in February 2023. More about Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair postponed until February 2023
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has announced that it has chosen Mexican architect Frida Escobedo to design the new Oscar L Tang and HM Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing, which was previously assigned to David Chipperfield Architects. More about Frida Escobedo set to design The Met's new wing
Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has won this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize, becoming the first African architect to win the award. More about Diébédo Francis Kéré wins 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize
The World Monuments Fund has named the brutalist La Maison du Peuple in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, as one of the most under-threat buildings for 2022. More about One of "most important examples of modernism in Africa" under threat
Researchers at the USA's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have invented an alternative to steel rebar made from hemp, which they claim avoids the problem of corrosion while cutting carbon emissions from construction. More about Hemp rebar could offer low-cost non-corroding alternative to steel
Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled its design for a hotel room surrounded by hundreds of birdhouses for the Treehotel in Sweden. More about BIG reveals hotel room wrapped in 350 birdhouses
News that the brutalist town centre of Cumbernauld, Scotland, is set to be demolished and replaced as part of a council-led regeneration project has led to criticism. More about Demolition of Cumbernauld's brutalist town centre "a complete outrage"
This week on Dezeen, experts called for legislation to prevent huge numbers of birds dying from striking glass buildings every year. More about This week we reported on billions of birds being killed by glass buildings
LA studio Brooks + Scarpa has released designs for a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust to be constructed outside of the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee. More about Brooks + Scarpa releases concept for Holocaust memorial in Florida
Cities are the only sustainable way to house Earth's growing population – but the importance of protecting them from climate risks has been "totally underrated", according to Hélène Chartier of sustainable urbanism network C40 Cities. More about Sustainable living is "not viable outside cities" says Hélène Chartier of C40 Cities
The Berlin studio of David Chipperfield Architects and engineering firm Arup have revealed the Santa Giulia arena in Milan for the 2026 Winter Olympics. More about David Chipperfield Architects unveils Winter Olympics arena in Milan
Büro Ole Scheeren has unveiled designs for a hotel building made up of stacked horizontal blocks topped by plants for Chinese beach resort Sanya. More about Ole Scheeren designs hotels with "hanging gardens" for Sanya
British architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has created a "cyber-urban" city in the metaverse where people can buy plots of land with cryptocurrency and enter digital buildings as an avatar. More about Zaha Hadid Architects designs virtual Liberland Metaverse city
Gyo Obata, co-founder of the St Louis-based architecture firm HOK, has passed away at the age of 99. More about Japanese-American architect Gyo Obata dies aged 99