The Venice Architecture Biennale and Neom's Zero Gravity Urbanism exhibition presented two alternative visions for the future, writes Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft. More about "Neom's unwelcome presence in Venice reinforces the need for radical change"
Following the controversy over a Milan design week exhibition that displayed offensive figurines, Stephen Burks considers what the incident says about the design industry and its approach to race. More about "In Milan I found myself face-to-face with direct racial aggression"
With Charles III set to be officially crowned this Saturday, Robert Bevan reflects on the cultural and political implications of the king's famous love for traditional architecture. More about "Even if naively, Charles is entangled in the far-right's weaponisation of architecture"
Milan design week and its anchor event Salone del Mobile have resumed their traditional April slot after three pandemic-hit editions. Dezeen's editorial director Max Fraser asks if the festival has returned to its former strength. More about "On a surface level Milan is back"
Climate network Architects Declare has failed to live up to its ambitions and now represents a cautionary tale about setting sustainability commitments, writes Chris Hocknell. More about "The hollowness of Architects Declare should serve as a warning to the industry"
Milan design week is an opportunity to showcase ingenious responses to climate change but the Salone del Mobile fair it relies on is still inherently unsustainable, writes Katie Treggiden. More about "We need a genuine restart that asks difficult questions about the role of Salone"
As architecture has evolved it has become detached from an understanding of construction and engineering that was once at the profession's core, writes Eleanor Jolliffe. More about "Architecture is a hollowed-out profession with architects seemingly less vital than ever"
Deck-access housing has unfairly become a symbol for urban squalor in the UK, but a new wave of architects is demonstrating its merits, writes Rory Olcayto. More about "'Housing for dirty people' is back and I welcome it"
Concrete as well as timber will be required to address the twin challenges of averting climate disaster and building the infrastructure the world needs, writes Philip Oldfield as part of our Timber Revolution series. More about "Timber alone cannot get us out of this mess"
David Chipperfield did not deserve to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize last week, writes Aaron Betsky. More about "Chipperfield's work on the whole is bland, unimaginative and overly grandiose"
This International Women's Day, Arup's Sara Candiracci reflects on how cities are still overwhelmingly designed for men – and how to change that. More about "Many cities do not work for women"
A Timber Revolution requires us to focus on reducing mass-timber structures' raw-material use instead of trying to design the tallest possible wooden building, writes Maximilian Pramreiter. More about "We need to start using our wood more efficiently"
A recent University of Cambridge study that cast doubt on the long-term effectiveness of insulating UK homes is not as bad news as it first appears, argues Insulate Britain campaigner James Thomas. More about "Bad news is still good information"
The way we build must fundamentally shift to harmonise with tree and carbon cycles in order to realise the Timber Revolution, writes Smith Mordak. More about "We can't detox our built environment by swapping out fossil-fuelled building materials for timber"
Architects must stop using the vacuous buzzwords that dominate the profession if they are to make a positive difference in the world, writes Reinier de Graaf. More about "Listening to any contemporary conversation on architecture is like being indulged in a form of Orwellian Newspeak"
To mark one year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian design writer Tetiana Makowska has selected eight products designed for the war effort. More about Eight wartime designs by Ukrainian studios
Defensible space policies championed by right-wing politicians in the '70s and '80s continue to alienate people in low-income areas and blight our public spaces, writes Anna Minton. More about "More than 30 years after she left office Margaret Thatcher's stamp on the city remains"
Architects urgently need to get to grips with the existential threat posed by AI or risk, in ChatGPT's words, "sleepwalking into oblivion", writes Neil Leach. More about "AI is putting our jobs as architects unquestionably at risk"
The Supreme Court's ruling in the Tate Modern privacy case is part of a depressing trend towards London's views becoming increasingly controlled and commoditised, writes Helen Barrett. More about "Tate Modern court ruling could mark the beginning of the end for one of London's greatest joys"
Architects should play a major role in the recovery after disasters like the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria, but egotistical posturing will not help anyone, writes Cameron Sinclair. More about "Earthquakes don't kill people, bad buildings do"