UK studio Foster + Partners and Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron are the latest major practices to withdraw from projects in Russia, following the country's invasion of Ukraine. 

 

MVRDV, David Chipperfield Architects and Zaha Hadid Architects have also halted work.

World leaders from 175 countries have agreed to draw up a legally binding UN treaty that will regulate plastic production and pollution on an international scale for the first time.

Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum, who was recently awarded the Soane Medal, explains why she only works in her home country in this exclusive interview.

A type of flooring that uses 75 per cent less concrete than the current standard has been invented by researchers at the universities of Bath, Cambridge and Dundee, who say it could make a "major difference" to the construction industry's carbon footprint.

Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo has been appointed to curate the second edition of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial, which will take place in 2023.

Promotion: Designer Bertjan Pot offers a look inside his studio and introduces his designs for Moooi in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen for the Dutch brand.

Cities are failing to prepare for climate change and should focus on resilient design solutions such as building houses on stilts or creating floating neighbourhoods, according to the latest report from the United Nations' climate change panel.

A German feminist art group has revealed a vulva-shaped spaceship concept, which it is encouraging the European Space Agency to help realise in order to better represent humanity in space and "restore gender equality to the cosmos."

More than 6,500 Russian architects, designers and urban planners have signed an open letter to condemn the invasion of Ukraine and "demand the immediate end of violent war".

A pastel-hued extension with Romanesque arches and a converted artist's studio are among the projects vying to be named London's best home renovation in this year's Don't Move, Improve! competition.

Danish architecture studio BIG has designed its first building in the metaverse, a virtual office for employees at media company Vice Media Group called Viceverse.

To protect our cities from the impacts of climate change, we need to embrace major, government-led infrastructure and architecture projects says Jason Barr.

Ice falling from supertall skyscrapers in New York, including 11 West 57th Street on Billionaires' Row, injured motorists and closed roads over the weekend.

Dutch architecture office MVRDV has unveiled plans to install a giant neon-pink staircase across the exterior of Rotterdam's Het Nieuwe Instituut that will lead to a viewing platform in the same colour on its roof.

The National Union of Architects of Ukraine has called upon the International Union of Architects to revoke Russia's membership of the global institution, following the country's invasion of Ukraine.

Sustainable packaging brand Notpla has used seaweed leftover from its own production processes to create paper that can be turned into envelopes and boxes.

Architecture studio Sheppard Robson has remodelled the eccentric Contact theatre in Manchester, UK, stitching in a "new and distinct" metal-clad extension.