Over the past 20 years, former caterer Nick Jones has built Soho House into a global empire of private members clubs, restaurants, spas and now Soho Home, an online homewares store. He sat down with Dezeen to discuss his approach to design (+ slideshow). More about "Above all, design has to be comfortable" says Soho House founder Nick Jones
MIT Media Lab has partnered with designer Yves Béhar on a smart furniture system for micro apartments, which can turn the space into a bedroom or living room at the touch of a button (+ movie). More about Yves Béhar and MIT's Ori robotic furniture reconfigures tiny apartments
A network of sunken basins and water-purifying planting has been developed by landscape studio SLA and engineering firm Ramboll to help avert flooding in a Copenhagen neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More about Sunken pools and planting proposed to ease flooding in Copenhagen neighbourhood
Advances in electric motors could see jet aeroplanes replaced by battery-powered craft and usher in a new era of personalised electric flying machines, according to transportation designer Paul Priestman. More about Electric planes and passenger-carrying drones are the future, says Paul Priestman
"Intuitive" apartments with moving surfaces and foldaway furniture will feature in the first residential development from the team behind Yo! Sushi and Yotel, which is currently awaiting planning permission. More about First Yo! Home scheme to compact houses into small apartments
London football club Fulham FC has appointed Thomas Heatherwick to redesign part of its stadium and create "an iconic landmark on the banks of the River Thames". More about Heatherwick appointed to design new stand for Fulham FC
Bjarke Ingels' firm has revealed images of a huge inflatable pavilion it created for this year's edition of the annual music festival in Roskilde, Denmark (+ slideshow). More about BIG creates "bubble-like cloud pavilion" at Roskilde Festival 2016
Pastel-coloured gradients cover the surface of Korean designer Saerom Yoon's Crystal Series tables. More about Saerom Yoon designs coloured resin tables to resemble crystals
Graduate students from Harvard University have launched a company that designs, builds and rents out wilderness micro cabins to urban residents "looking to escape the digital grind and test drive tiny-house living" (+ slideshow). More about Harvard students create tiny vacation houses for stressed-out city dwellers
NASA is planning tests of an experimental electric aeroplane, which it believes could lead to reduced flight times and carbon emissions for future air travel (+ slideshow). More about NASA to test faster, cleaner and quieter X-57 electric aircraft
This floating house is designed by Amsterdam-based Studio OBA to break apart, so unhappily married occupants can cast their spouses adrift. More about Conceptual home for couples designed to split into two halves after divorce
Zaha Hadid Architects has announced plans to build a 38-storey, fluid-form hotel as part of a new coastal city in Qatar. More about Zaha Hadid Architects to build Qatari hotel based on a desert flower
Police used a robot to kill Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson, in what is thought to be a first in US history. More about Killer robot used by police for first time in US history
Chinese architects Lu Wenyu and Wang Shu delivered the Royal Academy's prestigious annual architecture lecture this week. The lecture was broadcast live on Dezeen and on our Facebook page, but you can still watch it here. More about Watch Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu's 2016 Royal Academy annual architecture lecture
London mayor Sadiq Khan has frozen a building project for the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge to ensure no more public money is committed to the £175 million scheme. More about London mayor suspends Garden Bridge construction over funding concerns
Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Tina Gorjanc has proposed a conceptual range of leather accessories made of skin grown from late fashion designer Alexander McQueen's DNA (+ slideshow). More about Alexander McQueen's DNA turned into human leather goods by Tina Gorjanc
Cruciform windows are carved through the bush-hammered stone walls of this marble-lined church on Mount Lebanon, designed by Paris-based architect Maroun Lahoud (+ slideshow). More about Cross-shaped windows allow light to filter into Lebanese church by Maroun Lahoud
Sound waves are visualised and cast in concrete to make the cover for Brussels-based musician Thomas Vaquié's album Ecume. More about AntiVJ casts sound waves in concrete for Ecume vinyl cover
Brexit crisis: the UK's departure from the EU offers "the chance to evolve a more open, immigration-friendly society and economy," according to Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher. More about The European Union is "paralysing entrepreneurial innovation" says Patrik Schumacher
New York firm Deborah Berke Partners has won a competition to transform a correctional facility into a permanent home for the girls' and women's rights movement in the city. More about Deborah Berke to turn former New York prison into women's rights headquarters