IKEA's external innovation lab Space10 has created an online platform for researching and developing concepts for future shared living spaces. More about IKEA lab Space10 launches website to "revamp" co-living for 2030
Tech billionaire Bill Gates has invested in a huge patch of land west of Phoenix, Arizona, with the intention of building a new smart city. More about Bill Gates plans smart city in Arizona desert
Architecture studio Bisset Adams has won a competition to design a lakeside library and community centre in southeast London, as part of a major overhaul of the brutalist Thamesmead estate. More about Winning design revealed for new library at London's brutalist Thamesmead estate
British architect Norman Foster has criticised postmodern architecture for not being serious enough, but believes important examples like Philip Johnson's AT&T Building in New York should still be preserved. More about Some cartoonish postmodern buildings are worth saving, says Norman Foster
Artist duo Gilbert & George are converting a 19th-century brewery in London's Spitalfields into their own public gallery, and claim it is because the Tate never shows their work. More about Gilbert & George are turning an east London brewery into an art gallery
This week it was announced that London's Oxford Street will be converted into a pedestrian-only zone, and SOM revealed visuals for a 56-storey skyscraper in the City that resembles its would-be neighbour, the Cheesegrater. More about This week, plans for Cheesegrater 2.0 and a car-free Oxford Street were revealed
A new digital billboard in London's Piccadilly Circus uses recognition technology to display targeted advertisements based on the make of passing cars, and the gender and age of pedestrians. More about Piccadilly Circus billboard uses recognition technology to deliver targeted adverts
Park Hill estate is to receive a new Carmody Groarke-designed art gallery and suite of studios, as part of the redevelopment of the brutalist housing scheme built in 1961. More about Carmody Groarke unveils plans for art centre at Sheffield's Park Hill estate
Construction has begun on Zaha Hadid Architects' residential high-rise in the Mexican capital, set to become the city's tallest apartment building. More about Zaha Hadid Architects begins work on Mexico City's "highest residential tower"
WeWork is continuing its expansion beyond coworking with a kindergarten called WeGrow, which will be designed by Danish architecture firm BIG in New York City. More about BIG designs kindergarten in New York City for WeWork
A crematorium, a sports field and a multi-storey charging station for driverless cars are among six shortlisted proposals to repurpose decommissioned gas holder sites across the UK. More about Six ideas to transform Britain's decommissioned gas holders make shortlist in RIBA competition
Filmmaker Nathan Eddy has released a movie showcasing architect Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago, in a bid to protect the postmodern government building from demolition. More about Movie protests demolition of Helmut Jahn's Thompson Center in Chicago
Uber has partnered with NASA to develop an on-demand electric aircraft taxi service, which is scheduled to begin flights in Los Angeles in three years time. More about Uber and NASA to launch flying taxi service by 2020
The V&A museum has salvaged a three-storey section of Robin Hood Gardens, the much-debated brutalist social housing estate by Alison and Peter Smithson that is currently being demolished in east London. More about V&A acquires entire one-bedroom flat from Robin Hood Gardens
A group of Canadian engineering students have been named the winners of this year's James Dyson Award, for their device that detects skin cancer without the need for a biopsy. More about Device that detects skin cancer wins James Dyson Award 2017
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed visuals for a 56-storey skyscraper in the City of London, featuring a slanting glass facade that resembles the Rogers Stirk Harbour-designed Cheesegrater next door. More about SOM designs tapering skyscraper that would dwarf neighbouring Cheesegrater
A group of international organisations representing designers and architects have signed the first Montreal Design Declaration, setting out the sector's ambitions for tackling world issues. More about Montreal declaration outlines design's responsibility for solving global problems
The western section of London's main shopping street is to be transformed into a pedestrian zone filled with public art, it was announced today. More about Plans unveiled to pedestrianise London's Oxford Street in 2018
A self-driving vehicle that is like a train, but which doesn't run on tracks, has made its first journey in Chinese city Zhuzhou. More about Trackless, driverless "rail bus" takes to the roads in China
US architecture firm wHY has developed a proposal for oscillating bicycle and pedestrian pathways along the Manhattan side of the East River. More about wHY proposes undulating park for cyclists and runners along New York's East River