Planning project Public Practice picks up pace – can it now shape how cities are built?

France kicks off Notre Dame competition to rebuild cathedral’s spire

Alex Chinneck’s optical illusion artwork unzips Milanese architecture

Milan’s most iconic buildings, old and new

The Hepworth Gallery hosts ceramicist Magdalene Odundo’s first major retrospective

The Alexandra Palace theatre restoration gives life to an odd Victorian giant

This exhibition of architectural models asks designers to reimagine history

V&A names architect for Museum of Childhood redevelopment

OMA’s new prism-shaped building starts construction in Hangzhou

Pritzker Architecture Prize awarded to Japanese architect Arata Isozaki

OMA partner Ellen van Loon on macho architecture and designing the firm’s first major UK commission

Women in Architecture Awards give prizes to female architects from around the world

Why the architecture of prisons and asylums is bad for people’s mental health

Elizabeth Diller on the High Line, her plans for the Barbican and why she likes doing things she’s ‘unqualified’ for

Eric Parry: How sketchbooks guide a journey of discovery

Inside the ‘Empire of Ice Cream’ – Sam Jacob’s new exhibition

Royal College of Art to open new London campus by Herzog & de Meuron

Influenced by Modernist icons, the Menil Drawing Institute by Johnston Marklee suits Houston’s intriguing landscape

Creators of the best extensions in London to provide expert advice surgeries

The best places to skateboard are part of the city, not the skatepark

Icon Minds podcast: The Future of the City