Dutch architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio has launched UNSense, a startup that will develop technologies to make buildings healthier and cities smarter. More
International Women's Day was the big story on Dezeen this week. We launched our Move the Needle initiative, to improve gender equality, and the Woman Architect of the Year 2018 award was announced. More
The Pritzker Architecture Prize and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal have defended their diversity policies and addressed the reason why women make up just one per cent of the winners of the two leading architecture prizes combined. More
What's your organisation's gender pay gap? We're created an online calculator to help you find out, as part of our Move the Needle initiative to tackle gender equality in architecture and design. More
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed plans for a vast cultural hub at the heart of a new masterplan in the United Arab Emirates city of Sharjah, which will comprise a series of droplet-shaped buildings set around a tapered observation tower. More
Danish firm BIG has unveiled a new rendering of its pair of rotated towers that are currently under construction in New York's Chelsea neighbourhood. More
Dezeen has been rated the most effective resource for marketers and advertisers in the UK architecture industry by construction marketing consultancy Insynth. More
Amanda Levete, Sadie Morgan, John Pawson and Terence Conran are among the architects and designers we have added to the judging panel for the Dezeen Awards, which are now open for entries. More
Barclay & Crousse co-founder Sandra Barclay has become the seventh recipient of the Woman Architect of the Year prize, while Gabinete de Arquitectura partner Gloria Cabral has been named emerging female architect. More
The Architecture Foundation has launched a free schools database to help students discover architecture schools and their research projects. More
Haptic and Nordic Office of Architecture have released plans for a city next to Oslo Airport that is to be completely powered by self-produced energy and served by driverless electric vehicles. More
More details about the expandable cultural venue at Manhattan's Hudson Yards have been revealed, including construction photos, new interior renderings, and information about its first commissions and exhibitions. More
Better diversity means better business for architects and designers, according to speakers at the Must do Better talk hosted by Dezeen and RIBA last night. More
Indian architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi has been named the 2018 laureate of the Pritzker Prize, architecture's most illustrious award. More
Foster + Partners has become the first major global architecture studio to commit to change in the light of our Move the Needle initiative. More
Scottish brewer BrewDog has released a pink-branded "beer for girls" ahead of International Women's Day, to trigger debate about sexist marketing and the gender pay gap. More
British architect David Adjaye has revealed designs for a new cathedral in Ghanaian capital Accra, which will host a 5,000-seat auditorium beneath a dramatic concave roof. More
A fragment of the Robin Hood Gardens housing estate salvaged from the demolition site by London's V&A museum is to be transported to Italy and displayed at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More
Chicago-based "visionary curator" Yesomi Umolu has been announced as the artistic director for city's third architecture biennial, taking place next year. More
Leading architecture and design conferences have promised to improve gender balance but admit they are struggling to secure enough female speakers, according to a survey conducted for our Move the Needle initiative. More