Switzerland-based art gallery Hauser & Wirth has opened a large outpost in Los Angeles, designed by local firm Creative Space with consultation from New York-based Selldorf Architects (+ slideshow). More
The Hyperloop high-speed transportation network has taken a step towards construction in central Europe, with a proposal that would allow passengers to travel between Bratislava, Vienna and Budapest in under 20 minutes. More
Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a senior architect at MAD Architects in New York, the firm behind the £260 million design for the George Lucas Museum of narrative art in Chicago (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Splashes of green are used throughout this Thai TV production office, which features a new inner courtyard that can be viewed from different areas. More
Opinion: "smart" technology promises to make our lives easier by learning what we like and giving us more of it, says Reinier de Graaf. But who will really be in control when the machines know everything about us? More
Larch and corrugated metal both clad the triangular gables of this house by GENS: Association Libérale d'Architecture, which was designed to mimic neighbouring properties in France's Alsace region (+ slideshow). More
A growing thirst for contemporary design is transforming the market for house extensions in London, according to architects working in the city (+ slideshow). More
Five years after the devastating Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, Klein Dytham Architecture has unveiled a community hall for recovering city Sōma, designed to look like a huge straw hat (+ slideshow). More
Business news: British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has set up a service to provide companies with design, engineering and manufacturing consultation. More
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a senior designer at Tom Dixon's Design Research Studio, which created the 1920s cruise liner-influenced interior for London's Mondrian Hotel (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
New York studio SHoP Architects and Dutch landscape firm West 8 have designed a new city quarter for Philadelphia that would extend the skyline beyond its traditional boundary, the Schuylkill River (+ slideshow). More
A pair of Iranian architects have won a competition to design a support centre for lung cancer sufferers in the Polish city of Kraków, where air pollution is at dangerously high levels. More
Japanese designer Yuta Takahashi has proposed a smartphone app that would provide information and warnings about tsunamis, which could save lives during events like the devastating Tōhoku earthquake five years ago (+ slideshow). More
A wavy zinc-covered roof covers the front of this residence by Madrid practice GilBartolomé Architects, which is dug into a steep cliff face overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Spain's Granada province (+ slideshow). More
