Opinion: moving the UK's Houses of Parliament to Bristol is not that strange an idea, says Owen Hatherley, but why not go one step further and create a new capital city in Milton Keynes or the Pennines? More about "Why not move some of Britain's political power northwards?"
Opinion: three years ago Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs wrote an impassioned article complaining about the frustrations of visiting Milan during its annual design week. This year he found more to smile about. Here's his take on the 2016 fair. More about "Could joined-up thinking finally be breaking out in Milan?"
Opinion: initiatives like What Design Can Do's Refugee Challenge encourage designers to believe that they can solve international problems that go far beyond their reach, says Ruben Pater. More about "Treating the refugee crisis as a design problem is problematic"
Opinion: megabrands like Nike and PepsiCo have stolen the spotlight at this year's Milan design week and are upstaging the traditional design brands, says Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. More about "This year Milan stopped being a furniture fair and became something more interesting"
Opinion: the conversion of old industrial buildings into "creative office space" has proven so successful in LA, even galleries like Hauser Wirth & Schimmel are getting in on the act, says Mimi Zeiger. More about "Creative office space is the dominant aesthetic of our time"
Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs followed the career of the late Zaha Hadid for almost 20 years. Here, he gives a personal tribute. More about "Zaha left us ahead of time, but she did everything ahead of time"
Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: Zaha Hadid, who died unexpectedly this week, deserves to be recognised as one of architecture's greats. But she was also difficult, even when you were on her side, remembers Amanda Baillieu. More about "Zaha went from tricky architect to bright star"
Opinion: a proposal to surround New York's Central Park with a giant "sidescraper" epitomises architects' disregard for designed landscapes, says president of The Cultural Landscape Foundation, Charles A Birnbaum. More about "Disparity in the values assigned to architecture and landscape architecture continues"
Opinion: temporary architecture is having a "moment" in Europe, and it has some serious lessons to offer architects that are still obsessed with permanence, says Aaron Betsky. More about "Let's hear it for temporary architecture"
Opinion: in the aftermath of the Brussels attacks, Rob Alderson asks how illustrations like Plantu's hugging flags and Jean Jullien's Peace for Paris symbol have become part of our "post-terror grammar". More about "Illustrations have become a key component of the response to terrorist atrocities"
Opinion: Discovery Channel series Mythbusters ends this month after 13 years. Will Wiles explains why its high-octane science experiments made viewers think more about the material world than any other TV show. More about "Mythbusters was a miniature weekly Enlightenment for the modern material world"
Opinion: this year's SXSW technology conference may have had Barack Obama as its headliner, but the tone was still surprisingly sombre, says Kieran Long. Are the tech evangelists as worried about the future as the rest of us? More about "It is difficult to feel unreservedly optimistic about the future"
Opinion: "smart" technology promises to make our lives easier by learning what we like and giving us more of it, says Reinier de Graaf. But who will really be in control when the machines know everything about us? More about "Smart devices introduce a fundamental ambiguity over who is in charge"
Opinion: last week, local authorities in Calais began destroying sections of the Jungle – the sprawling refugee and migrant camp that has become a symbol of Europe's immigration crisis. It's time that architects stepped in to help provide a solution that actually works, says architect Jeannie S Lee, who visited the camp with her London studio EVA. More about "The architectural community cannot remain apathetic to Calais' Jungle and the refugee crisis"
Opinion: the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art's temporary move in to the Whitney's old unprotected Breuer building is the result of behind-the-scenes machinations of a major donor. Thank goodness, says Alan G Brake. More about "New York should give Breuer's building lasting protection"
Opinion: LACMA's newly inherited Sheats-Goldstein House could place classic mid-century houses at the heart of Los Angeles' cultural revival, says Mimi Zeiger. More about "What to do with old houses?"
Opinion: after Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde was forced into an awkward discussion about the ownership of his projects, Louise Schouwenberg suggests that "star" individuals shouldn't be getting all the credit. More about "It's about time we rethink the notion of authorship"
Opinion: by walking out of Berlin's Neues Museum with an illicit 3D scan of the bust of Queen Nefertiti, a pair of artists has forced us to question whether conservation is an act of care or a radical form of repression, says Sam Jacob. More about "The copy in contemporary culture is both despised and feared"
Opinion: IKEA has declared "peak stuff" and Apple's sales are levelling out. Something is awry in the consumer design market, says Will Wiles. More about "No one thinks of themselves as designing clutter"
Opinion: when it comes to headline-grabbing proposals, Bjarke Ingels and BIG are becoming increasingly hard to beat – and increasingly divisive among critics. Aaron Betsky explains why he's part of the BIG fan club. More about "Nobody plays with form as well as Bjarke Ingels"