In his manifesto for the Dezeen 15 digital festival, architect Winy Maas of MVRDV proposes covering the planet with a new inhabitable geological layer called The Sponge. More
Architect Petr Janda has transformed a series of vaults on the banks of the Vltava River in Prague into versatile public spaces as part of a project aimed at revitalising the embankment. More
Architecture studio Instance BV is collaborating with power company GE Hitachi to design a series of small nuclear power plants to be built across North America, Europe and Asia. More
Following AL_A's reveal of the world's first fusion development plant and rumours that BIG's CopenHill ski slope would permanently close, Dezeen has rounded up eight power plants that are architecturally significant. More
Portland designer Volkan Alkanoglu has spanned a creek in Fort Worth, Texas, with a sculptural timber bridge named Drift. More
Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich have built a 3D-printed concrete footbridge named Striatus in Venice that is freestanding and assembled without mortar. More
New photos show Danish studios Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Friis & Moltke's Corten-clad prison overlooking a fjord in Greenland's capital Nuuk. More
A 12-metre 3D-printed pedestrian bridge designed by Joris Laarman and built by Dutch robotics company MX3D has opened in Amsterdam six years after the project was launched. More
Fort Lauderdale has voted to approve a proposal from Elon Musk's tunnelling firm Boring Company to build an underground transit loop connecting the downtown part of the Florida city to its beachfront. More
Architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has built the 250-foot-long Park Union Bridge in Colorado Springs that connects to the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum. More
Global architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has unveiled its redesign for the State/Lake Station in downtown Chicago. More
In this week's comments update, readers are debating the development of a Hyperloop high-speed transport system in Italy. More
Mexican and English architecture office Aidia Studio has designed a train station for Tulum with a sweeping latticed roof that will be built on the Tren Maya railway line in Mexico. More
London studio Zaha Hadid Architects has signed an agreement to develop a Hyperloop high-speed transport system across Italy. More
Students at the University of Southern California's School of Architecture have designed and built a complex bridge in Los Angeles using a semi-robotic process that slashed construction waste. More
Architecture firm BIG has updated its plans for a transport hub designed for Swedish city Västerås, which will feature a building with a dramatically sweeping roof. More
Dezeen promotion: window manufacturer Fakro's light tunnels have been used to revitalise the Kielce Bus Station in Poland. More
Architecture studio Woods Bagot has designed a concept for electric vehicle charging stations for Downtown Los Angeles that could double as drive-in movie theatres. More
Czech studio Chybik + Kristof has completed its redesign of Brno's Zvonařka Bus Terminal, a brutalist building that the architects fought to preserve in a self-initiated project. More
A pedestrian suspension bridge that claims to be the longest in the world, named 516 Arouca and measuring 516 metres in length, has opened in northern Portugal. More