This week on Dezeen, projects from 68 countries including work by BIG, Heatherwick Studio and Zaha Hadid Architects were shortlisted for awards at this year's World Architecture Festival.
Zaha Hadid's faceted glass structure for Antwerp's Port Authority (pictured), a plant-covered hotel in Vietnam and a sprawling museum in Palestine are among buildings shortlisted in over 30 categories at this year's World Architecture Festival awards.
Also this week, MAD's Ma Yansong called for architecture to "be more critical and visionary" and Zaha Hadid Architects unveiled new visuals for a "stacked vases" hotel tower in Melbourne.
Zaha Hadid Architects unveils new visuals for "stacked vases" hotel tower in Melbourne
In the UK, the Design Museum added the Rainbow Flag and a Frisbee to its permanent collection and the Royal Academy of Arts announced plans for a new architecture centre and awards programme as part of its renovation by David Chipperfield. And cultural institutions including the V&A and the British Museum urged the UK government to support them in Brexit negotiations on issues such as the free movement of workers.
Royal Academy announces new "permanent home" for architecture as part of Chipperfield renovation
Anish Kapoor joined Ai Weiwei and other artists in creating magazine covers dedicated to recent London tragedies and was embroiled in another colour war with bitter rival Stuart Semple.
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