This week on Dezeen, passengers travelled in Virgin's levitating Hyperloop capsules for the first time, as the company carried out a 15-second-long test trip in the Nevada desert. More about This week Virgin Hyperloop welcomed its first human passengers
Chicago art space Wrightwood 659 is presenting a showcase of works by Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi. Curator Khushnu Panthaki Hoof selects four projects that show how the Pritzker Prize-winner interprets Hindu philosophy in architecture. More about Four Balkrishna Doshi projects exploring Hindu philosophy in India
Office furniture brand IOC Project Partners, Italian furniture brand Flexform, British shelving brand ON&ON and textile company Camira have presented new products on Dezeen Showroom this week. More about IOC Project Partners, Flexform, ON&ON and Camira present products on Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen promotion: IE University student Jose Maria Mateo has designed a conceptual series of devices called NUDes that could be plugged into buildings to upgrade or adapt them to different conditions, like a pandemic. More about Jose Maria Mateo's NUDes project shows how housing can be used as "a weapon" against pandemics
SHAW Architecture & Design Studio has created a modest exhibition centre for an organic farm in Loudi, a secluded village in China's Shanxi province. More about Tiny exhibition centre on remote Chinese farm features timber interiors
Swedish furniture brands are the most sustainable in the world, according to a survey by design procurement consultancy Dodds & Shute. More about Sweden tops sustainability audit but furniture sector "turning a blind eye" to environmental issues
Dezeen Showroom: trestle legs and a customisable, J-shaped privacy screen distinguish the Solari desk system, developed by Italian office furniture company IOC Project Partners in collaboration with Gensler. More about IOC Project Partners designs Solari workstation in collaboration with Gensler
The winners of the AHEAD Europe hospitality awards will be announced on Monday in a virtual ceremony broadcast on Dezeen. More about AHEAD Europe hospitality awards winners to be announced in virtual ceremony
Dezeen Showroom: international furniture brand Andreu World has launched Giro Soft, a modular sofa system created by Alfredo Häberli. More about Alfredo Häberli creates "architectural" Giro Soft sofa for Andreu World
A group of American scientists and designers have developed a concept for a grow-your-own steak kit using human cells and blood to question the ethics of the cultured meat industry. More about Ouroboros Steak grow-your-own human meat kit is "technically" not cannibalism
Dezeen promotion: floor-and wall-covering brand Ariostea has added the Michelangelo Altissimo, Brilliant Green and Verde Saint Denis marble-look textures to its Ultra Marmi collection of large porcelain slabs. More about Ariostea unveils new marble-effect textures as part of Ultra Marmi collection
Dezeen Showroom: Monforte, created by Italian architect and designer Raffaella Mangiarotti for IOC Project Partners, is a sculptural, undulating room divider that can be used to separate desks and entire self-enclosed meeting rooms. More about Monforte soundproof partition by Raffaella Mangiarotti for IOC Project Partners
Architecture firm Foster + Partners has employed a robot dog named Spot, designed by Boston Dynamics, to oversee construction at Battersea Power Station in London. More about Foster + Partners adopts Spot the Boston Dynamics robot dog
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features 10 kitchens by designers experimenting with bright tiles and coloured cabinets. More about Ten colourful kitchens and Tesla tequila feature in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Monolithic volumes clad in stainless steel reflect the trees surrounding the National Museum of the United States Army, which architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has completed in Virginia. More about SOM's National Museum of the United States Army opens in Virginia
Dezeen promotion: Japanese magazine a+u: Architecture and Urbanism has dedicated its 600th issue to the experimental work of international studio MAD, including its newly completed YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten in Beijing. More about MAD's "futuristic designs" take centre stage in a+u magazine
We should be applauding social housing projects, but resist the rhetoric that sees council housing as the only solution to the housing crisis, says Owen Hopkins. More about The left "fetishises council housing with the same conviction as the right fetishises traditional styles"
Dezeen promotion: Swiss brand Geberit has developed a solution for draining water quickly from large roof areas and a pipe system that can deliver both drinking water and heating. More about Geberit develops flexible Mepla pipe and Pluvia drainage systems
Tangerine-coloured walls and terracotta-tile floors help enliven the formerly gloomy interior of Beam cafe in west London, designed by Ola Jachymiak Studio. More about Ola Jachymiak Studio brightens Beam cafe in London with orange hues
Stirling Prize-winning studio Mikhail Riches has unveiled details of the low-rise Passivhaus housing it is designing in York, UK, which will be net-zero carbon when in use. More about Mikhail Riches releases visuals for carbon-neutral housing scheme in York