Dezeen promotion: architecture and design events including building tours, lectures and parties are set to take place across New York City for the duration of October 2017. More about Archtober brings month-long architecture celebration to New York City
Swedish train operator SJ Railways has become the latest company to adopt technology that reads microchips embedded in the body, and is using it as an alternative to printed rail passes. More about Swedish rail company swaps paper tickets for embedded microchips
Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architect has taken cues from local design traditions while conceiving this remote, cedar-clad holiday residence for an active Swiss family. More about Omar Gandhi creates low-lying home along rugged Nova Scotia coastline
Designer Philippe Malouin used perfect circles to generate the shapes of his Group sofa and armchair, designed for British furniture brand SCP. More about Philippe Malouin combines patterned fabric and rounded forms to create seating range for SCP
British inventor James Dyson is investing £2 billion into developing a battery-powered vehicle, which is expected to launch in 2020. More about Dyson set to launch electric car in 2020
Architecture practice Mikhail Riches has revealed its designs for the second wave of regeneration works at Park Hill estate in Sheffield, England, which will see modern homes inserted within the original 1960s structure. More about Mikhail Riches unveils plans for phase two of Park Hill estate regeneration
Industrial designer and creative entrepreneur Simon Waterfall has been named creative director of Airbnb's recently launched design and innovation studio Samara. More about Simon Waterfall named creative director of Airbnb's new design and innovation studio
This range of accessories for style-conscious cat lovers and their pets includes a blanket that can be sculpted into different shapes, and minimal shelves that can be used for scratching or napping. More about Dote uses recycled materials to create range of minimal accessories for cats
London studio Carmody Groarke has completed a top-lit members' room at the Victoria & Albert Museum, featuring mirror installations that provide reflected views of spaces inside and outside the building. More about Carmody Groarke's V&A Members' Room combines heritage references with contemporary details
Wooden panels open up in sections across the back of this concrete house in Uruguay, designed by local firm Masa Arquitectos. More about Slatted timber doors unfold along house in Uruguay by Masa Arquitectos
New York design studio New Affiliates has placed a plywood sleeping platform between chunky columns at an apartment in Brooklyn, making the most of the building's high ceilings. More about New Affiliates renovates Bed-Stuy Loft with plywood mezzanine and rough materials
The second Chicago Architecture Biennial tackles the broad and tempestuous topic of history, but plays it too safe, says Mimi Zeiger in this Opinion column. More about "Architecture as intellectual inquiry needs to take more risks"
A blushing desert rose or postmodern eyesore? Readers are arguing over the sculptural form of Jean Nouvel's National Museum of Qatar in this week's comments update. More about "Copying a natural form is the lowest degree of architectural thinking"
The fatal fire at Grenfell Tower shows that architects need to be reevaluating the functionality and safety of old buildings, as well as their aesthetics, according to architect Ole Scheeren. More about Grenfell tragedy shows "architectural intervention must not be limited to facades" says Ole Scheeren
An office comprising a cluster of angled shipping containers, proposed for a site in Germany by James Whitaker but never realised, is now being built as a home in the California desert. More about Splayed shipping containers form Joshua Tree Residence conceived by James Whitaker
PriestmanGoode has designed passenger cabins for a company that is setting up high-speed Hyperloop transportation networks all around the world. More about PriestmanGoode unveils Hyperloop passenger pods that are "more spaceship than train"
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its designs for a 64-metre apartment block in Melbourne, which will feature facades covered in angular balconies and a roof topped by a pair of swimming pools. More about Zaha Hadid Architects reveals plans for second Melbourne tower
The 130-tonne "fatburg" discovered below the streets of east London earlier this month serves as a reminder of how sophisticated Victorian engineering has liberated people from having to think about waste, says Will Wiles. More about "Let's save some of the Whitechapel Fatberg"
Dezeen promotion: Saudi Design Week returns to Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh for its fourth edition next month. More about Saudi Design Week 2017 will explore the theme of "design in motion"
London-based designer Philippe Malouin has created a freestanding mirror from a single metal cylinder that has been flattened and polished at one end. More about Philippe Malouin's Press mirror is made from a single metal tube