Promotion: narrative not built environment is the key to making a place "sticky" says Era-co global director Steven Cornwell who shared his insights into placemaking with Dezeen. More about Four tips for successful narrative placemaking from Era-co
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a trio of incomplete skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles that have been covered in graffiti. More about "The graffiti rather improves the aesthetics" says commenter
Three villages will make up Omani Mountain Destination, a mixed-use district for 8,000 people being developed for Oman by the country's Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning. More about Oman announces plans for mixed-use district in Jabal al Akhdar mountains
A trio of incomplete skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles have been covered with graffiti, sparking debate about the development, which has been abandoned since 2019. More about Trio of abandoned Los Angeles skyscrapers covered in graffiti
Development company Human Nature has received planning approval to transform a former industrial site in Lewes into a sustainable 685-home neighbourhood that will be the UK's largest made from timber. More about UK's "most sustainable" neighbourhood the Phoenix receives planning approval
Danish architecture studio CEBRA has revealed its designs for three visitor centres in Albania, which will be topped with protruding concrete slabs that reference "shifting tectonic plates". More about Concrete slabs will enclose national park pavilions by CEBRA in Albania
Interior Design Show Toronto director Will Sorrell has curated an exhibition of speculative spaces, including a model for transitional housing by architecture studio SvN for sites in mid-development. More about Future Neighbourhood exhibition at IDS Toronto features timber transitional housing
British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. More about Studio Bark devises structural use for waste timber in English woodlands
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has installed yellow safety barriers in a subway station to mitigate "intrusions" onto the train tracks. More about "Experimental" safety barriers trialled on New York subway platform
Art Basel Miami and Design Miami should step up to help address the infuriating congestion that blights Miami art week, writes Ian Volner. More about "Miami's slow-motion infrastructure meltdown is already apparent"
French architecture practice TVK has completed a neighbourhood in Paris made up of limestone buildings surrounding a garden and designed as a sustainable development that aims to increase biodiversity. More about TVK designs limestone buildings for "first zero-carbon district" in Paris
Danish studio CF Møller Architects has revealed plans for a multi-purpose arena in the centre of Bergen, Norway, which will host a range of events including sports games, concerts and exhibitions. More about CF Møller Architects unveils plans for arena topped with perforated "crown"
Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled its masterplan for a 1,000-square-kilometre development in Bhutan that will include an international airport and a hydroelectric dam incorporating a temple. More about BIG designs Mindfulness City in Bhutan connected by "inhabitable bridges"
Interlocking hexagonal pieces make up Flyt, a permeable paver system developed by Norwegian studio Snøhetta as an easy-to-use water management solution for urban areas around the world. More about Snøhetta creates hexagonal paver system for urban landscapes
A new design trend prioritises the needs of bugs and animals above human beings. Rima Sabina Aouf finds out if "interspecies design" is the next step in creating more sustainable spaces and objects. More about Animal-centric interspecies design goes "beyond sustainability"
Danish studio Cobe has completed The Opera Park, a "much-needed green oasis" in Copenhagen's inner harbour that features six gardens and a flower-shaped greenhouse. More about Cobe unveils The Opera Park on island in Copenhagen's harbour
Next in our Designing for Disaster series, we spotlight Pop Up, Danish studio Tredje Natur's bold proposal for cities to build floating car parks on top of flood-preventing reservoirs. More about Tredje Natur proposes floating car parks to prevent urban flooding
The increasing need to protect cities from environmental hazards is a chance to transform communities for the better, says Rebuild By Design managing director Amy Chester in this interview for our Designing for Disaster series. More about Worsening natural hazards an "opportunity" to rethink cities says Amy Chester
The coordinator of the mammoth Great Green Wall project to heal land in Africa's Sahel region, Elvis Paul Tangem, calls for help from landscape architects in this interview conducted as part of Dezeen's Designing for Disaster series. More about Landscape architects "could be very important" to Africa's Great Green Wall says Elvis Paul Tangem
Architecture studio Taller Capital has created a linear park in Mexico City that incorporates a walkway and made with materials optimised for water retention and dust mitigation. More about Taller Capital practises "retroactive infrastructure" for linear park in Mexico