The Brazilian president has moved out of his official residence in Brasília, designed by the late architect Oscar Niemeyer, after sensing "bad energy" and fearing it could be haunted. More
Fully autonomous cars are another step closer to California's roads, after the state's Department of Motor Vehicles revealed plans to help companies test and deploy the technology. More
British architect Norman Foster is providing a rare insight into his personal life with his new official Instagram account, which he set up to debunk imposters. More
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has taken the number one spot as world's leading architecture school for the third year running, according to new global rankings. More
There are only 10 days left to enter our unofficial contest calling for a new design for the UK passport after Brexit. More
This week on Dezeen, IKEA revealed its new furniture that can be assembled without screws and BIG launched its own in-house engineering department. More
The Dutch design entrepreneur Casper Vissers has made his first significant business move since stepping down from Moooi almost two years ago, becoming an equal shareholder in British brand Minimalux. More
Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron is set to turn a derelict power station on the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn into a manufacturing centre for designers and makers. More
The tender for President Donald Trump's Mexico border wall has been amended, with more details added about the design requirements and the deadline for submissions extended. More
Bjarke Ingels' firm BIG has launched its own in-house engineering department to cater to increasingly technically ambitious projects. More
The Royal College of Art has again been named the world's leading art and design university, according to a recent international survey. More
British firms Squire and Partners and SOM have completed a slender skyscraper just north of the City of London, which at 117 metres is the tallest tower in the borough of Islington. More
London's V&A has acquired a pink hat with cat-shaped ears, which became a symbol of the Women's March on Washington following Donald Trump's inauguration. More
US organisation The Architecture Lobby is proposing a national day of action this Friday in opposition of the Mexican border wall planned by president Donald Trump. More
Detroit has approved the timeline for SHoP Architects' replacement for the historic Hudson's department store, which will begin construction in December and become the city's tallest building. More
MVRDV has revealed its plans to redevelop the former Mannheim US Army camp in Germany, creating a green mound from demolished barracks and four residential towers that spell out the word home. More
The fiddly ritual of assembling IKEA furniture is set to become a thing of the past as the furniture giant introduces products that snap together "like a jigsaw puzzle". More
This week on Dezeen, little-known Catalan firm RCR Arquitectes won this Pritzker Prize 2017 and we rounded up the firm's key projects. More
The consolidation of the Italian furniture industry continues with the announcement that Tecno has become a majority shareholder in Zanotta. More
Google has presented the latest designs for its new Mountain View office campus, designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio, ahead of a public hearing next week. More