Foreign investors are using illicit wealth to buy up property in luxury developments across London, out-pricing locals, according to a new anti-corruption report. More about Overseas investors are exacerbating London's housing crisis, say experts
The site of the former Domino Sugar Factory on the Brooklyn waterfront will open as a public park in 2018, as part of a major redevelopment project. More about Williamsburg's Domino Sugar Factory site to become six-acre park by James Corner Field Operations
Home-sharing service Airbnb has assembled an in-house humanitarian team headed by designer Cameron Sinclair, to help it achieve its aim of providing temporary housing for 100,000 people within five years. More about Cameron Sinclair to lead Airbnb's humanitarian team
British studio OMMX has teamed up with house-builder Naked House to develop an affordable housing model for London, offering homes stripped back to just their bare necessities. More about Naked House and OMMX offer bare-bones affordable housing for London
As Donald Trump prepares to build a wall between the USA and Mexico, Turkey has announced the completion of a three-metre high fortification along its border with Syria to prevent refugees and smugglers entering the country. More about Turkey completes first phase of 900km wall along Syrian border
Biotechnology is going to "govern the next decade of thought" at research institutions like the MIT Media Lab, says its founder Nicholas Negroponte. More about "Biotech is the new digital" says MIT Media Lab founder
British architect David Chipperfield has stepped down from his position as artistic director at Italian furniture brand Driade, and has been replaced by a "creative committee". More about David Chipperfield leaves Driade after just two years as artistic director
Work is almost complete on a sunken extension to the Tate's seaside art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, which is set to open to the public later this year. More about Jamie Fobert's cliffside extension to Tate St Ives nears completion
Architects have lost control of city design according to Rem Koolhaas, who says the gap between the profession's rhetoric and the reality is wider in Italy than anywhere else. More about Cities are "deeply tragic" says Rem Koolhaas
This week on Dezeen, Balenciaga launched its own version of IKEA's iconic blue tote bag, and Snøhetta completed its transformation of New York's Times Square. More about This week, Balenciaga paid tribute to IKEA and Times Square was transformed
The "world's first" electric jet plane capable of taking off and landing vertically has successfully completed test flights in Germany. More about Electric flying taxi by Lilium successfully completes its first voyage
Skidmore Owings & Merrill has unveiled its vision for One Bangkok: a new district in the centre of the Thai city made up of a family skyscrapers interspersed with green spaces. More about SOM reveals designs for 16-hectare "vertical village" in central Bangkok
The Yves Behar-designed Juicero juicer has been slammed on social media after it transpired that a pair of hands could do the same job as the $400 machine. More about Yves Behar's Juicero juicer has its reputation shredded by social media
"Architectural visionary" David Adjaye has been named among Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2017 – and is the only architect to make the list. More about David Adjaye named world's most influential architect by Time magazine
The growth of augmented reality will make most of the hardware we use today obsolete, according to Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. More about Mark Zuckerberg predicts the end of the TV as augmented reality takes over
Towers for charging electric cars replace roadside petrol stations in this concept developed by Ennead Architects in response to emerging transportation technologies. More about Ennead Lab proposes electric car charging tower as "the future of roadside architecture"
Kengo Kuma & Associates has revealed plans to create a modern art museum in a former wood market in Turkey, which will be made up of cluster of slatted timber blocks. More about Kengo Kuma unveils stacked wooden box design for Turkish art museum
A+Awards: the winners of the 2017 Architizer A+Awards, which include David Adjaye, Odile Decq and Tatiana Bilbao, will be honoured during a special event during the NYCxDesign festival next month. More about Architizer to celebrate 2017 A+Awards winners at New York gala
The Italian-owned Horm Group has acquired 100 per cent of "young and fresh" furniture brand Casamania as it looks to expand in the contract market. More about Casamania bought out by fellow Italian furniture brand Horm
Luxury fashion brand Balenciaga has designed a large blue tote bag that bears a striking resemblance to IKEA's iconic Frakta bag, but with a significantly higher price tag. More about Balenciaga sells £1,705 version of IKEA's blue tote bag worth 40p