This week Peter Zumthor was named as winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture, an undulating golden extension to the Louvre (above) opened in Paris and open-source blueprints for 3D-printed guns were released. More about This week on Dezeen
This week Dezeen has been at the London Design Festival, where our most popular story has been the Prism installation displaying digital data from all over the city inside a secret tower at the V&A museum (above). More about This week on Dezeen
Our big news this week is Dezeen featuring in Apple's launch movie for the iPhone 5. The story was picked up by MacRumours last night and was so popular it knocked our servers out for a moment. More about This week on Dezeen
It's been a week of unfortunate likenesses for architecture on Dezeen with RMJM's "big pants" tower for China (above) followed by the "big sink" extension to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (below). More about This week on Dezeen
This week Dezeen has been reporting from the Venice Architecture Biennale, where biennale director David Chipperfield urged architects to shun stardom and focus on schools and housing, Wolf D. Prix launched a scathing attack on the whole event, and rumours spread that Rem Koolhaas will be director next time around. More about This week on Dezeen
It's been a good week for Japanese houses on Dezeen, including one shaped like an arrow pointing at the sky (above). More about This week on Dezeen
This week a staircase for dogs has been our most popular on Dezeen and most-shared on Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter. More about This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen our readers have been obsessing over safety, with a tirade of comments demanding handrails and balustrades for a house with holes in the walls and floors (above) and concerns for the stability of a deck chair with no back legs (below). More about This week on Dezeen
London remained in the spotlight this week, as everyone was talking about Thomas Heatherwick's design for the Olympic Cauldron (above), which was finally unveiled at the opening ceremony of the games on Friday night. More about This week on Dezeen
This week has been all about the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics, of course! More about This week on Dezeen
This week high-profile architects have been making the news, as Frank Gehry completed two homes for hurricane victims (above) and Zaha Hadid revealed designs for a limited edition speedboat (below). More about This week on Dezeen
The rain is still pouring down this week and Londoners have become even more obsessed by the weather than usual, with Troika's board that lets you compare the current situation with the day before (above) and Michael Robinson's souvenir poster (below). More about This week on Dezeen
This week The Shard was inaugurated in London, legendary Italian car designer Sergio Pininfarina died and new dean of architecture Alex de Rijke announced the end of "paper architecture" at the Royal College of Art. More about This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen we've featured a drive-through airport, a report on the next industrial revolution and two ways to tackle cancer. More about This week on Dezeen
The most popular stories on Dezeen this week include hidden furniture, a home delivered by helicopter and pyramid-shaped beach huts. More about This week on Dezeen
There's been a bit of a re-use theme on Dezeen this week with seats made of hair, bowls made of money and buildings made of skips. More about This week on Dezeen
The top stories on Dezeen this week are all about slides, skyscrapers and animal products. More about This week on Dezeen
This week Herzog & de Meuron were in London for the opening of their Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, Thomas Heatherwick opened his solo show at the V&A and BarberOsgerby's Olympic torch has been making its way around the UK. We've got interviews with all three for you. More about This week on Dezeen
The International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York was overshadowed this week by news that one designer had been arrested while installing his project in the city and accused of "planting false bombs", which our readers labelled a "titanic over-reaction" and indicative of the "hysteria and squareness of NY authorities". More about This week on Dezeen
This week Dezeen has been all about skyscrapers, with towers by 15 of the world's most famous architects for a new business district in Seoul plus a timelapse movie and interview with architect Renzo Piano as his 300 metre-high tower The Shard nears completion in London. More about This week on Dezeen