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Powerhouse Company and De Zwarte Hond teamed up to complete this new student centre for Erasmus University in Rotterdam, which features a transparent exterior and a curving oak interior (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: the penultimate stop on our Dezeen and MINI World tour is Eindhoven. In our first video report from the city, co-founder of Dutch Design Week Miriam van der Lubbe explains how the small industrial town has become one of the leading centres for design and technology in the world. (more...) View the full article

Opinion: by excluding architects and focusing on research for this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, Rem Koolhaas has given the world an insight into what he thinks about architecture. The result is less than encouraging, says Kieran Long. (more...) View the full article

News: Le Corbusier's Notre Dame du Haut chapel at Ronchamp has been vandalised, prompting calls for urgent security measures to prevent further damage to one of the Modernist architect's finest works. (more...) View the full article

Folding phones got a lot of attention at the Mobile World Congress tech conference, but releases from big industry players meant Energizer's more interesting design was ignored, says Holly Brockwell. Read more

Opinion: city mayors are becoming increasingly powerful political figures in the architectural world, offering an opportunity for architects to act as local advocates and create a counterpoint to forces of globalisation, says Mimi Zeiger. (more...) View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are baffled by a shield that uses UV light to sterilise itself and protect against coronavirus. Read more View the full article

Opinion: on the Brexit battleground, fluffy design nostalgia is being pitched against the EU's bland passports, forgettable glass buildings and uninspiring flag. This could all have been avoided, says Will Wiles. (more…) View the full article

Opinion: Richard Rogers' vision for a more European form of British architecture promised to create modern and prosperous urban environments. But this "new Europe" failed to reach the suburban council estates and cul-de-sacs that backed Brexit, says Owen Hatherley. (more…) View the full article

Readers are debating Kate Wagner's coining of the term "coronagrifting" to describe outlandish coronavirus-related proposals and sharing their thoughts on other top stories in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers grieve over the damage to Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, following a huge fire believed to be linked to renovation work. Read more

In our second exclusive video interview with Christo, the artist looks back at some of his most ambitious projects and claims that all critical responses to them are valid. Read more View the full article

Face shields offer more effective protection against coronavirus than masks and should be worn by the public whenever they leave home, according to US physician and epidemiologist Michael Edmond. Read more View the full article

Dezeen's new Face to Face podcast series kicks off with an interview with artist, designer and director Es Devlin, who discusses her seaside upbringing, her maverick student years and her meteoric career. Read more View the full article

Fashion designer and 3D printing pioneer Iris van Herpen tells us how printing and scanning technologies could transform the fashion industry in an exclusive interview for our print-on-demand publication Print Shift (+ transcript). (more...) View the full article

With the Dezeen Awards ceremony just five days away, the master jury discusses how this year's interiors shortlist shows how social media is affecting the spaces designers create. Read more

Facebook, Instagram and Flickr are posing a serious challenge to professional photographers and changing the way architects work, says architectural photographer Cristobal Palma (+ interview + movie). (more...) View the full article

Opinion: the restored heritage site of Dubrovnik, with its Game of Thrones-buoyed tourism industry, is a historical drag act that exposes conflicting tensions between history, reconstruction and modernity, says Sam Jacob. (more...) View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are questioning the thinking behind Gus Wüstemann's concrete-heavy housing block. Read more

The use of facial recognition in Hong Kong and London's King's Cross demonstrates the need to control access to the technology in the same way other dangerous items are regulated, says Owen Hopkins. Read more

News: a product suspected of being a hoax made by a non-existent company has been shortlisted for a major award at Dutch Design Week. (more...) View the full article

Comments update: trend forecaster Li Edelkoort's declaration of the death of fashion led the debate this week. (more…) View the full article

Italian designer Gaetano Pesce has accused feminist protesters of misinterpreting his most iconic chair design, created 50 years ago in the image of a woman's body. Read more

Cristiano Bianchi and Kristina Drapić have photographed architecture across the capital of North Korea for their book Model City Pyongyang. Here they reveal six of the most interesting buildings in the city. Read more View the full article

Tributes have poured in for architect and critic Michael Sorkin, who has died aged 71 of complications caused by Covid-19. Read more View the full article