Work is nearing completion on the Amphibious House by Baca Architects – a family home on an island in the middle of the River Thames that can float on rising floodwater like a ship in its dock. More about UK's "first amphibious house" can float on floodwater like a boat in a dock
News: Diller Scofidio + Renfro's new art gallery is nearing completion in downtown Los Angeles – a building that architect Elizabeth Diller says doesn't "try to compete" with Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall next door (+ slideshow). More about The Broad gallery by Diller Scofidio + Renfro speeds towards completion in Los Angeles
Opinion: with the petrol heads stuck firmly in rut, there's an opportunity for designers to do something different with the new wave of electric cars. Elon Musk's Tesla is among those leading the way, says Lucas Verweij. More about "The car is dead, long live the car"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architecture education is failing to understand how technology is changing our cities says Keiichi Matsuda, who foresees the profession “splitting into two parts” thanks to digital advances (+ movie). More about Architects could become "closer to game designers or filmmakers"
Nendo has used different tones of pink and purple to create the illusion of 3D display stands at an exhibition on Japanese design that the studio curated in Singapore (+ slideshow). More about Nendo creates pastel optical illusions for Japanese design exhibition display
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has revamped a room inside the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen originally designed by Modernist architect Arne Jacobsen, using furniture pieces from Danish brand Republic of Fritz Hansen (+ slideshow). More about Jaime Hayón refurbishes Room 506 in Arne Jacobsen's SAS Hotel
Warsaw studio MFRMGR has subdivided this office space in Poland to create individual workspaces for employees within wooden cabins designed to look like a "mini-town" (+ slideshow). More about MFRMGR creates house-like cubicles with windows inside a Polish office
News: graphic designer Neville Brody has reorganised his London studio and rebranded it as Brody Associates because "people didn't really understand" its former name, Research Studios (+ interview + slideshow). More about Neville Brody rebrands studio: "Clients weren't quite clear on what we were offering"
London architect Henry Goss has revealed how photo-realistic and 3D visualisations helped shape his design for this house in Hertfordshire, England, which is also the first output from the renderings studio he recently launched with fellow artist Peter Guthrie (+ slideshow). More about Carey House by Henry Goss: "Visualisation played a vital role in design decisions"
Perforated pink aluminium panels form a sinuous structure that envelops visitors to this installation by French architect Marc Fornes, his studio The Very Many and sound artist Jana Winderen (+ slideshow). More about Marc Fornes creates pink "envelope of experiential tension" for Situation Room installation