This week on Dezeen: with the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 just around the corner, we examined some of the key themes already emerging from the world's biggest architectural exhibition, including robotic construction (pictured) and the housing crisis.
Curated by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena and opening next week, the Biennale will also feature a retrospective of work by the late Zaha Hadid and a proposal for an off-grid village of greenhouse properties. Paulo Mendes da Rocha is set to receive the Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement.
Uber is testing a driverless taxi on the streets of Pittsburgh
In other news, a test vehicle kitted out with radar, laser scanners and cameras developed by Uber's Advanced Technology Center is being tested on US streets in a move widely thought to threaten the jobs of the company's taxi drivers. In a statement, Uber said it was aiming to make self-driving taxis as "reliable as water". Rem Koolhaas says ZHA can continue to grow after the death of its founder Zaha Hadid
OMA's Rem Koolhaas outlined his belief that Zaha Hadid Architects can continue to grow despite the death of its founder and John Puttick Associates dramatically overhauled its plans for the iconic Preston Bus Station.
Critics compare Snøhetta's SFMOMA extension to a "gigantic meringue" and a "cruise ship"
Critics compared Snøhetta's extension to Mario Botta's San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to a "gigantic meringue&quo...