This week on Dezeen we launched Dezeen Awards 2022 while Dutch architecture studio MVRDV told its side of the Marble Arch Mound fiasco. More about This week MVRDV defended its role in Marble Arch Mound fiasco
The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation has denied reports that the duo's Mastaba project is set to be realised in the UAE as it still doesn't have government authorisation. More about Reports that Christo and Jeanne-Claude's final project is set to be built "misleading"
British-Ghanian architect David Adjaye has been named as the winner of the inaugural Le Prix Charlotte Perriand prize by The Créateurs Design Association & Awards. More about David Adjaye awarded inaugural Le Prix Charlotte Perriand by CDA
Architecture practice Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has received approval for a new 10-storey federal courthouse with a fluted metal and glass exterior in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. More about SOM designs Fort Lauderdale Federal Courthouse informed by classical architecture
Curator and historian Maria Nicanor has been announced as the new director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum after a lengthy interim period following the resignation of former director Caroline Baumann in 2020. More about Maria Nicanor appointed director of New York City's Cooper Hewitt museum
The iconic Memphis Milano company, founded by designer Ettore Sottsass, has been bought by Italian Radical Design, which also owns furniture company Gufram. More about Italian Radical Design acquires Memphis Milano
Swedish furniture maker Offecct has unveiled two new pieces by designer Pauline Deltour, the first created since her death last year, as her family and colleagues vow to take her final designs into production. More about Offecct launches furniture by Pauline Deltour as family aims to realise her final designs
British car brand Rolls-Royce has redesigned the female figurine that adorns its bonnets as part of its effort to make its electric vehicles more aerodynamic. More about Rolls-Royce updates Spirit of Ecstasy figurine to be "more streamlined and graceful than ever"
Architects should include wild areas in their projects, plant trees in the ground rather than in pots and discourage urban beekeeping to encourage biodiversity, according to one of the world's leading bee experts. More about Putting beehives in cities is "very dangerous" to other pollinators says bee expert Paula Carnell
Dutch studio MVRDV has blamed Westminster City Council's "nonchalance and laxity" for the disastrous Marble Arch Mound project, revealing that its design was watered down, its advice ignored and its design fee was 0.8 per cent of the total project cost. More about MVRDV blames "loveless execution of our designs" for Marble Arch Mound fiasco
This week on Dezeen, we marked the start of the 2022 Winter Olympics by looking at the buildings that will be hosting events over the next two weeks. More about This week the Winter Olympics kicked off in Beijing
Cassina has become the latest Italian design brand to be added to a national heritage register "to safeguard and enhance the value of manufacturing companies of excellence historically rooted in Italy". More about Cassina joins list of Made in Italy brands on heritage register
British firm Zaha Hadid Architects has begun construction on three new stations for the Dnipro Metro in Ukraine as part of a four-kilometre line extension. More about Zaha Hadid Architects begins construction on Ukrainian metro stations
American artist Theaster Gates has unveiled his concept for this year's Serpentine Pavilion, which will take the form of a wooden pavilion that references Stoke-on-Trent's bottle kilns. More about Theaster Gates unveils Black Chapel as 2022 Serpentine Pavilion
A honeycomb-shaped installation and a "winged" pavilion are among the finalists of this year's Winter Stations competition, which brings together designs for temporary beach stations in Toronto. More about Beach pavilions for Toronto's Winter Stations 2022 revealed
North Norfolk MP Duncan Baker is set to propose a bill to the UK Parliament today that would make it mandatory to calculate and reduce the embodied carbon footprint of new buildings for the first time. More about MP Duncan Baker launches bill to cap embodied carbon in UK buildings
To celebrate Black History Month 2022, we asked 12 renowned Black architects and designers to select a fellow Black contemporary who deserves greater recognition. More about Fourteen Black architects and designers you should know
Architectural charity Twentieth Century Society has applied to have the Will Alsop-designed La Frégate cafe in Jersey protected to prevent it being demolished as part of plans to redevelop its waterfront site. More about Listing bid launched to stop demolition of Will Alsop's upside-down-boat cafe
Emirati studio Roar has announced it is expanding its architecture and interior design business to the metaverse, where it has purchased land for its new showroom. More about Roar to open Meta Space studio to design property in the metaverse
A flying car capable of converting from a road to an air vehicle has been granted an airworthiness certification in Slovakia, as its makers eye mass manufacturing. More about Transformable flying AirCar awarded airworthiness certificate