This week, RIBA announced six finalists competing for the annual Stirling Prize, and Swedish retail giant IKEA recalled a water dispenser following the death of two dogs.
The Stirling Prize recognises the British building that is judged to have made the greatest contribution to architecture this year.
Foster + Partners had a building shortlisted for the eighth time, while Niall McLaughlin Architects Waugh Thistleton Architects, Henley Halebrown and Jamie Fobert Architects with Evans & Shalev, were all shortlisted for the first time.
IKEA recalls Lurvig water dispenser for pets following dog deaths
Customers who purchased IKEA's Lurvig water dispenser for pets have been urged to return the water-dispensing dome following the death of two dogs who suffocated when their heads became trapped. David Chipperfield Architects completes pink visitor centre and chapel at Inagawa Cemetery
Photographer Edmund Sumner captured David Chipperfield Architects' recently completed pink pigmented concrete visitor centre and chapel at Inagawa Cemetery in Japan.
In Iceland Basalt Architects revealed The Retreat hotel at Blue Lagoon, which is designed to embrace the areas impressive scenery while minimising its impact on the UNESCO Global Geopark.
Algorithm developed to predict the vertical growth of cities
In other architecture news, researchers from Universidade da Coruña in Spain designed an algorithm that uses historical and economic data from an urban area to predict what it...