This week on Dezeen, we covered the news that British architect and artist Chris Wilkinson passed away aged 76.
Wilkinson, who co-founded the RIBA Stirling Prize-winning studio WilkinsonEyre, died this week.
He is best known for his contribution to British architecture, having created buildings such as the Magna Science Centre and Gateshead Millennium Bridge, the Mary Rose Museum and the Stratford Market Depot in England.
Following his death, we included the news in our list of the great architects and designers we lost in 2021.
World's second-tallest skyscraper Merdeka 118 tops out in Malaysia
One of our most popular stories of the week was the news that Australian studio Fender Katsalidis topped out its spire-headed skyscraper, making it now the world's second-tallest building. Standing at 678.9-metres-tall, Merdeka 118 is second only to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which measures 828 metres in height.
Zaha Hadid Architects announces transition to employee ownership
In other architecture news, UK practice Zaha Hadid Architects became an employee-owned studio in response to mounting requests to make architecture a "more accessible and egalitarian" profession.
The studio, which was founded by the late British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid in 1980 announced that it has established an employee benefit trust (EBT) and will reinvest all of its profits back into its studio.
Residents "livid" over £450 daily cost of heating Sky Pool
In London, residents at Embas...