A 12-storey building proposed for Portland's Pearl District has received the go-ahead from planners, paving the way for it to become the USA's first high-rise wooden structure. More about Portland tower becomes first timber high-rise to gain planning consent in the US
Canadian studio Aleph-Bau has overhauled an urban residence in Toronto, creating a bright white facade and adding a sculptural rooftop volume wrapped in aluminium. More about Aleph-Bau creates metal rooftop addition for slender Toronto townhouse
Dezeen promotion: Italian artist Giorgio Andreotta Calò has installed a flooded platform inside the Italian pavilion at this year's Venice Art Biennale, after being awarded Mutina's inaugural This Is Not A Prize award. More about Giorgio Andreotta Calò suspends lake of water inside Italian pavilion at Venice Biennale
Moscow studio Meganom's design for a skinny, supertall residential skyscraper in New York left readers concerned about its effect on the city's ever-populating skyline in this week's comments update. More about "Palm Springs in a Fifth Avenue high-rise"
Dezeen has teamed up with the Royal Academy of Arts to give away five pairs of tickets to this year's annual architecture lecture, which will be delivered by celebrated Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi. More about Competition: win tickets to the Royal Academy's 27th annual architecture lecture
Banksy has recalled a limited-edition print that he planned to send to those voting against the Conservative party in the UK election, having been warned that the artwork could "invalidate the election result". More about Banksy recalls "ill-conceived" election poster for UK voters opposing the Conservatives
Apple is targeting distracted motorists with a new feature that will automatically block incoming iPhone notifications while you drive. More about Apple iOS 11 will automatically lock down your phone while you're driving
Kids can mould working musical instruments and robots using Technology Will Save Us' new interactive learning kits based on conductive dough. More about Latest STEM learning kits for kids combine technology and play dough
Two volumes, one made from zinc and one from concrete, are separated by a glazed walkway and terrace in this Costa Rican house by MG Design Studio. More about Outdoor terrace divides two sides of zinc and concrete home in Costa Rica
Climeworks has opened a groundbreaking plant in Switzerland where carbon dioxide is sucked from the air before being resold. More about The world's first commercial carbon-capture plant opens in Switzerland
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architect to join London-based Wilkinson Eyre, whose recent projects include the revamp of a Giles Gilbert Scott-designed library at the University of Oxford. More ›
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These new photographs by Yueqi Jazzy Li reveal the "pixelated" forms of the Guardian Arts Center by Büro Ole Scheeren as it nears completion in Beijing. More about Photographs by Yueqi Jazzy Li provide first look at Ole Scheeren's Guardian Arts Center in Beijing
Apple has revealed its voice-controlled HomePod speaker, a competitor to smart home devices Amazon Echo and Google Home. More about Apple unveils "breakthrough home speaker" to rival Amazon and Google
This week marks the 150th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright's birth and to celebrate we're looking back at five of the American architect's most pioneering projects. First up is Robie House, now recognised as a symbol of the Prairie style. More about Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House was his most "consummate expression" of Prairie style
The American Institute of Architects and the US Green Building Council have condemned US president Donald Trump for his decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement, and have vowed to continue battling climate change. More about US architecture organisations declare opposition to Trump's climate treaty withdrawal
Named after the song Jackie by British baritone Scott Walker, this nostalgia-tinged bar in Helsinki has been designed to evoke a 1970s Milanese bar. More about Retro Helsinki bar takes its design cues from 60s and 70s disco music
Dezeen has teamed up with Aram Store in London to offer two readers the chance to win a Sag stool designed by Japanese studio Nendo. More about Competition: win a Sag stool designed by Nendo for MDF Italia
MVRDV has built a tower block in Poznań, Poland, that looks like a huge staircase from one angle, while from another it looks like it's about to topple over. More about MVRDV completes a tower block that resembles a giant staircase
British street artist Banksy has created a limited-edition print that he will send to those voting against the Conservative party in the UK election. More about Banksy to send free print to UK voters opposing the Conservatives
New images have been released of Shigeru Ban's Terrace House, a 19-storey residential tower for Vancouver that will boast a pioneering hybrid structure of wood, concrete and steel. More about Shigeru Ban reveals new details of "world's tallest hybrid timber structure" for Vancouver