This week on Dezeen, a major fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris dominated headlines, with millions of euros pledged in support and an architectural competition for a new spire set to launch.
On the evening of 15 April, Paris' iconic Gothic cathedral was ravaged by a fire that caused its 90-metre-high spire and parts of the roof to collapse.
Millions of euros have already been pledged by companies such as Apple and LVMH in support of its restoration. French president Emmanuel Macron has promised this will happen in time for the Paris 2024 Olympics, despite experts setting the time frame closer to the 10-year-mark.
France to launch competition to design a new spire for Notre-Dame
In light of the news, the French prime minister announced plans for an architectural competition to design a replacement for the cathedral's fallen spire. He said they will be putting out an international call for a new design that is "adapted to the techniques and the challenges of our era".
BIG wraps Massachusetts university building with "domino effect" copper walls
In other architecture news, a property developer in China was ordered to pay 200,000 yuan (£22,900) over an article claiming the Feng Shui of the Wangjing Soho in Beijing by Zaha Hadid Architects was poor.
Meanwhile in the US, BIG completed an extension to the business school at the University of Massachusetts with gradually sloping walls that resemble falling dominos. 
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