This week on Dezeen, Italian architect Renzo Piano released plans for his first Canadian project and SOM's modernist Park Avenue skyscraper in New York became the largest building ever put up for deliberate demolition. More about This week, Renzo Piano's Toronto courthouse and SOM's Park Avenue skyscraper hit headlines
This week on Dezeen, UNStudio won a competition to design a cultural centre featuring a rooftop cinema in Paris and OMA revealed plans for a six-sided glass courthouse in Lille. More about This week, UNStudio and OMA unveiled plans for buildings in France
This week on Dezeen, BIG and Carlo Ratti revealed construction was underway on their 51-storey tower in Singapore, while a residential skyscraper designed by the late Zaha Hadid topped out in Miami. More about This week, skyscrapers by Zaha Hadid, BIG and Carlo Ratti made the news
This week on Dezeen, Elon Musk loaded the maiden flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket with his own car and Mexican architect Frida Escobedo was named as the designer of this year's Serpentine Pavilion. More about This week, Elon Musk sent his car to space and Serpentine Pavilion was announced
This week on Dezeen, Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Swedish furniture company IKEA died aged 91 and MIPIM organisers were attacked for their soft approach to alleged sexual misconduct at the event. More about This week, IKEA's founder passed away and MIPIM was criticised
This week on Dezeen, architect David Adjaye won the Design of the Year 2017 and a revamped townhouse with a patio that transforms into a reflecting pool was named the best house extension in London. More about This week, Design of the Year and London's best house extension were announced
This week on Dezeen, UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson revealed his plans for a bridge linking England and France. More about This week, the UK foreign secretary suggested a bridge across the English Channel
This week on Dezeen, Donald Trump cancelled a planned visit to open London's new US embassy, describing the projects as a "bad deal", while in New York, his Trump Tower caught fire and injured three people. More about This week, Trump shunned London's new US embassy and his own New York tower caught fire
This week on Dezeen, Bjarke Ingels' firm revealed designs for another new Google campus in California, while Apple's plans for a new store in a Melbourne sparked outrage. More about This week, BIG designed another Google campus and Melbourne residents protested a new Apple Store
This week on Dezeen, the British government revealed plans to revert the post-Brexit passport colour back from burgundy to navy blue and IKEA topped Dezeen Hot List 2017. More about This week, the UK brought back blue passports and Dezeen Hot List 2017 was revealed
This week on Dezeen, Apple's chief designer Jonathan Ive responded to "utterly bizarre" criticisms of Apple's new headquarters and Muji's art director Kenya Hara revealed what it's like to work for the Japanese retailer. More about This week, Jony Ive defended Apple Park and Muji's art director explained the brand's success
This week on Dezeen, The American Institute of Architects awarded James Stewart Polshek its highest accolade of the year, while RIBA picked seven students to receive the 2017 President's Medals. More about This week, AIA Gold Medal and RIBA President's Medals winners were announced
This week on Dezeen, an angular country home based on hop kilns won the title of UK house of the year, and 30 projects were shortlisted for the Don't Move, Improve! 2018 awards. More about This week, the UK's best new house and London home extensions were revealed
This week on Dezeen, an Isay Weinfeld-designed complex was revealed to have put Vienna on UNESCO's danger list, while CZWG's "spectacularly tall" tower was approved for construction in London's Croydon. More about This week, big developments were revealed in Vienna and Croydon
This week, a survey conducted by Dezeen revealed a gender imbalance for the highest-ranking positions at the world's biggest architecture firms, which lead to a response from prominent female architects. More about This week, Dezeen's survey exposed the gender imbalance at the top of large architecture firms
This week it was announced that London's Oxford Street will be converted into a pedestrian-only zone, and SOM revealed visuals for a 56-storey skyscraper in the City that resembles its would-be neighbour, the Cheesegrater. More about This week, plans for Cheesegrater 2.0 and a car-free Oxford Street were revealed
This week saw London studio dRMM crowned the winners of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2017, while Snøhetta's planned overhaul of Philip Johnson's postmodern AT&T Building in New York sparked protest campaigns. More about This week, dRMM won the Stirling Prize and Snøhetta's AT&T Building proposal caused outrage
Saudi Arabia dominated the headlines this week, as the country became the first to recognise a humanoid robot as a citizen and announced plans to invest $500 billion into a city that will be run using artificial intelligence. More about This week, Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to a robot and unveiled plans for a fully autonomous city
A series of large-scale architecture and urbanism projects were unveiled for Toronto this week, including a trio of skyscrapers and an entire new smart city, while Frankfurt embarked on a Brexit building boom. More about This week, Toronto and Frankfurt announced major urban developments
This week on Dezeen, a renovation of an Alvar Aalto-designed library won Finland's most important architecture prize and Snøhetta unveiled a new £100-million arts school for Bergen. More about This week, Finlandia Prize winner was announced and Snøhetta unveiled a huge Norwegian art school