Japanese designer Issey Miyake, founder of the eponymous fashion brand, has died in Tokyo aged 84 following a battle with liver cancer. We rounded up seven of his innovative projects. 

Dezeen has revealed the longlists for Dezeen Awards 2022, which feature over 1,000 of the world's best projects and practitioners across more than 40 categories.

The mirrored megacity planned for the Saudi Arabian desert will set a new standard for life in urban areas and be net-zero over its lifetime, argues developer Neom's executive director for urban planning Tarek Qaddumi in this exclusive interview.

Promotion: Homeware platform Shoppe Object is hosting a virtual marketplace and in-person show called Showcase: Japan that presents handpicked collections of homeware, fashion and accessories from 25 Japanese brands.

Irish social enterprise Common Knowledge has teamed up with hemp producer Margent Farm to design a low-carbon micro home that it claims can support people affected by the housing crisis.

Architect Lucien Kroll, who was known for his participatory and collaborative architecture, has passed away at the age of 95.

New York studio Ennead Architects has unveiled its design for the Milwaukee Public Museum building in Wisconsin, which will consist of a series of rounded structures informed by the area's geological formations.

Chicago architecture studio Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture has announced plans for 2100 N Southport Avenue, a mass-timber residential tower in the Lincoln Park neighbourhood of Chicago.

The landmark Taipei Performing Arts Center by Dutch architecture studio OMA has officially opened to the public in Taiwan, nine years later than originally planned.

Raymond Briggs, the British illustrator best known for creating the popular children's picture book The Snowman, has passed away at the age of 88.

American artist Maya Lin has revealed a design for a spherical water fountain that will be installed in the Obama Presidential Center, a cultural complex in Chicago celebrating Barack Obama's presidency.

Ukrainian architecture studio Zikzak has designed a collapsible, modular school building that aims to restore infrastructure that was destroyed as a result of the Ukraine War.

Tyre-maker Goodyear has announced it will join aerospace company Lockheed Martin and car manufacturer General Motors to develop a vehicle for NASA's next lunar landing, set for 2025.

Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has created a colourful structure called Babs Baldachino to coincide with the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Construction has begun on the 126 East 57th Street skyscraper designed by architecture studio ODA on New York City's Billionaire's Row.