With the first ever design week underway in the giant industrial city of Shenzhen in China, Dezeen takes a look at some of the newer and more unexpected additions to the calendar – including Riyadh, Medellín and Amman. More about Eight of the best design weeks that are off the beaten track
Photo essay: these images by Spanish photographer and artist Victor Enrich show Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum transported to a Colombian city neighbourhood suffering from an identity crisis (+ slideshow). More about Victor Enrich superimposes New York's Guggenheim onto a troubled Colombian suburb
News: architecture firm OMA has won an international competition to masterplan a 275-hectare mixed-use development in the Colombian capital, Bogotá (+ slideshow). More about OMA to masterplan civic centre in Colombia's capital
Dezeen Wire: design critic Justin McGuirk examines the politically driven design and development that has taken place in Colombian capital Bogotá in recent years and reflects on the successes and failures when compared to the advancement of second city Medellín - The Guardian
Watch a movie about the Coliseos sports centre in Medellín here, which is one the buildings mentioned in the article.
More about Justin McGuirk reflects on twoColombian cities - The Guardian
The monochrome, mosaic-clad classrooms at this preschool in Santa Marta, Colombia, are grouped into modular clusters around triangular courtyards. More about Timayui Kindergarten by el Equipo de Mazzanti
A collective of Colombian architects have designed a memorial museum for Medellín, Colombia, to commemorate victims of conflict. More about Museo Casa de la Memoria
DezeenTV: here is architectural photographer Cristobal Palma's second video featuring collaborations between architects Giancarlo Mazzanti Arquitectos and Felipe Mesa of Plan B (see the first in our earlier post), this time the Flor del Campo school in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. More about Movie by Cristobal Palma: Flor del Campo by Giancarlo Mazzanti and Felipe Mesa
DezeenTV: here's architectural photographer Cristobal Palma's first movie, featuring the Coliseos sports centre in Medellín, Colombia, designed by Giancarlo Mazzanti Arquitectos and Felipe Mesa of Plan:B. More about Movie by Cristobal Palma: Coliseos by Giancarlo Mazzanti Arquitectos and Felipe Mesa
Peru studio 51-1 Arquitectos and Colombian architects Ctrl G have won a competition to design an extension to the Modern Art Museum of Medellin, Colombia. More about Modern Art Museum of Medellin by 51-1 Arquitectos
Four young architects from Javeriana University in Bogotá have completed Villanueva Public Library in Casanare, Colombia. More about Villanueva Public Library, Colombia