This week on Dezeen: Zaha Hadid became the first woman to be awarded the RIBA Gold Medal this week and used the illustrious occasion to defend her architecture, which she believes is "widely misunderstood" by the mainstream. More about This week, Zaha Hadid won the RIBA Gold Medal and defended her "misunderstood" architecture
This week on Dezeen: Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza unveiled a glimpse of his first US project – a luxurious residential block in Manhattan – just days before announcing the completion of a red brick theatre near Barcelona (pictured). More about This week, Álvaro Siza released a teaser of his first US project and completed a theatre in Spain
This week on Dezeen: the designer behind David Bowie's Blackstar album artwork revealed its true meaning in an exclusive interview and we looked ahead to the era of the "megatall" skyscraper. More about This week, we spoke to Bowie's graphic designer and revealed record-breaking skyscraper numbers
This week on Dezeen: the death of legendary musician and creative force David Bowie, and the announcement of this year's Pritzker Prize winner dominated headlines this week. More about This week, Alejandro Aravena was named Pritzker laureate and tributes were paid to David Bowie
This week on Dezeen: we've been reporting on the latest products unveiled at the CES technology show this week, including the relaunch of Kodak's iconic Super 8 film camera and a drone that will transport passengers through the air without a pilot. More about This week, a passenger-carrying drone and Yves Behar's revamped Super 8 launched at CES 2016
This week on Dezeen: Kengo Kuma and Toyo Ito unveiled rival bids to build the 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium this week, replacing Zaha Hadid's competition-winning design, and MAD completed a sinuous opera house in China (pictured). More about This week, MAD's Harbin Opera House completed and Tokyo Olympic stadium designs emerged
This week on Dezeen: critics spoke to Dezeen about how China's museum boom has resulted in cultural buildings with "no vision", while other industry experts told us that rising sea levels are sparking interest in amphibious architecture. More about This week, critics slammed China's "mediocre" museums and praised floating architecture
This week on Dezeen: we've been reporting from Design Miami 2015 this week, where Zaha Hadid's clamshell-like dining pavilion and Porky Hefer's killer-whale-shaped chair are on show, while back in London Herzog & de Meuron unveiled its stadium design for Chelsea FC (pictured). More about This week, designers flocked to Miami and Herzog & de Meuron unveiled Chelsea FC's new stadium
This week on Dezeen: it was a bumper week for bridges, with Steven Holl's elevated design to span Copenhagen harbour revealed ahead of two proposals for pedestrian and cycle crossings in London. More about This week, London and Copenhagen unveiled ambitious plans for pedestrian and cycle bridges
This week on Dezeen: plans to construct the world's tallest building in Iraq were unveiled this week (pictured), while Daniel Libeskind called architecture "a field of repression". More about This week, Iraq proposed the world's tallest tower and Libeskind attacked comfortable architecture
This week on Dezeen: the trend for open-plan living may be coming to an end, according to architects we interviewed this week, while other industry insiders told us that wood is taking over from concrete and steel as the architectural wonder material of the 21st century. More about This week, architects embraced "the timber age" and heralded the rise of "broken-plan" living
This week on Dezeen: architect Magnus Ström launched a bespoke-housing service for multi-millionaires this week, while Renzo Piano unveiled plans for a luxurious apartment tower in Miami (pictured). More about This week, homes for the super rich and Renzo's luxury Miami tower hit the headlines
This week on Dezeen: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei accused Lego of "censorship" this week after the Danish toy brand refused to supply building blocks for his installation and Mercedes-Benz showcased its new concept vehicle designed for "urban trendsetters" (pictured). More about This week, Ai Weiwei attacked Lego and Mercedes unveiled a car for urban hipsters
This week on Dezeen: Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Família basilica entered the final stage of construction this week 90 years after the architect's death, while Nike celebrated Back to the Future day with the release of its eagerly anticipated self-lacing shoes. More about This week, Sagrada Família reached a milestone and Nike launched Back to the Future shoes
This week on Dezeen: Elon Musk, the founder of electric car company Tesla, mocked Apple's plans to move into the electric-car market, while industrial designer Marc Newson created controversy with a tea set that features handles made from mammoth tusks (pictured). More about This week, Tesla's founder attacked Apple and Marc Newson created a mammoth-ivory tea set
This week on Dezeen: we reported that Norwegian customs seized and obliterated 100 replicas of Danish designer Hans J Wegner's Round Chair this week, and BIG revealed a terraced block of apartments in Stockholm (pictured). More about This week, Norway destroyed fake Danish chairs and BIG unveiled plant-covered housing
This week on Dezeen: London's Royal College of Art hit the headlines this week following the suspension of its world-famous Design Interactions course and supermodel Kate Moss (pictured right) announced her foray into interior design. More about This week, the RCA was in hot water and Kate Moss became a designer
This week on Dezeen: the BBC apologised to Royal Gold Medal winner Zaha Hadid after a live radio interview went sour, and we covered the latest news, product launches and installations from the London Design Festival 2015. More about This week, the BBC angered Zaha Hadid and London Design Festival hit the headlines
This week on Dezeen: Apple opened a new store in Brussels this week (pictured) – the first since Jonathan Ive became the company's chief design officer – and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec spoke exclusively to Dezeen about their Serif television for Samsung. More about This week, Jonathan Ive's first Apple store opened and the Bouroullecs launched a TV for Samsung
This week on Dezeen: Apple's latest product launches – including a stylus designed for technical drawing – dominated headlines, while one of the winning entries in a competition to design the Bauhaus Museum Dessau's new home (pictured) quickly became one of this week's most-discussed subjects. More about This week, Apple launched a stylus and Bauhaus Museum Dessau winners were announced