This week we reported on the Grand Egyptian Museum's completion

This week on Dezeen, we reported on the news that the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum has reached completion in Giza by Dublin studio Heneghan Peng Architects.

The completion comes more than three decades after plans for the project were announced. The building, which is the "largest museum in the world dedicated to a single civilisation", has a total floor area of 81,000 square meters.

It is home to more than 100,000 pharaonic antiquities, many of which have never been made public before.

Gare de Mons by Santiago Calatrava — Santiago Calatrava has arranged a Belgian station around a "monumental bridge"

This week we also shared photos of architect Santiago Calatrava's Gare de Mons station, which has opened in Belgium. The sculptural building, which Calatrava described as a "monumental bridge", is made of glass and steel and organised around a raised gallery volume that stretches 165 metres across the site.

The station is located along the international Paris to Brussels train line in Mons and traverses a series of 350-metre-long platforms and bus stops that extend outwards from the gallery's underside.

The Introvert Chair by Robbie Williams for Moooi — Robbie Williams ventured into furniture design with The Introvert Chair

Artist Robbie Williams made his first foray into furniture design this week with the Introvert Chair, which he designed for Dutch furniture brand Moooi. It features a gently curved shape and is wrapped in a tactile blend of virgin wool, alpaca and cotton.

"In a world that rarely slows down, we often crave a place of respite, and this chair is just that," Williams said.

Royal Crescent in Bath — We asked if people really prefer traditional architecture

The traditional-versus-modernist style debate has resurfaced with US president Donald Trump's championing of classical architecture.

Dezeen's architecture editor Lizzie Crook spoke to architects and critics for a feature on the subject this week, in which she asked, do people really prefer traditional architecture?

Sportswear brand Nike unveiled early concept designs of its battery-powered Project Amplify anklet. The product was created by Nike together with robotics company Dephy.

It adheres to a person's lower leg to give them a motorised "boost" while running or walking.

Albanian prime minister Edi Rama — "We want love stories between architects and Albania" said prime minister Edi Rama

Albania's prime minister Edi Rama explained why he is paying so much attention to architecture in an exclusive interview with Dezeen.

"I think that for a country like Albania, good architecture is an uplifting presence – it's a source of extra energy for the society and for the way we envisage our future," he explained, adding that he believes the country will have its own star architect in 10 years.