This week on Dezeen, Donald Trump cancelled a planned visit to open London's new US embassy, describing the projects as a "bad deal", while in New York, his Trump Tower caught fire and injured three people.
The US president said on Twitter that he was cancelling his London trip because he was annoyed that the Obama administration sold off the old embassy ? a Mayfair building designed by Eero Saarinen ? for "peanuts". He described the site of Kieran Timberlake's new £750 million US embassy as an "off-location".
Trump Tower catches fire in New York City, injuring three
Meanwhile in New York, his Trump Tower building suffered an electrical fire that caused smoke to rise from the roof.
Trump also made the news this week after it was revealed that the cost of his USA-Mexico border wall had soared to $33 billion. Obamas reveal more details and images for Presidential Center in Chicago
Elsewhere in the US,  Barack and Michelle Obama released renderings and a movie showing details of their Obama Presidential Center, which is set to be built in Chicago's historic Jackson Park.
Heatherwick reveals New York condo towers with bulging windows
British designer Thomas Heatherwick made the news twice this week ? and both times for New York projects.
He unveiled plans for a pair of residential towers straddling the High Line, while images emerged showing that his honeycomb-like Vessel installation in nearing completion.
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