Dutch landscape firm West 8 has masterplanned a new botanical garden in Houston, Texas, featuring a mosaic of gardens and a bridge incorporating an arch of trees. More about West 8 plans botanical garden for Houston featuring an arching tree bridge
American electronics company Polaroid has launched a range of 3D printers, aiming to make "3D printing become part of everyone's everyday life". More about Polaroid becomes "first household name" to launch home 3D printer range
Brooklyn creative agency Quoted Studios has produced an animated video using audio excerpts from an interview with legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright, recorded two years before his death (+ movie). More about Frank Lloyd Wright interview from the 1950s revived in animated movie
3XN has unveiled plans to build a residential tower in Aarhus that will be almost as tall as the Danish city's cathedral. More about 3XN wins approval for Aarhus tower rivalling the height of the city's cathedral
London firm Haworth Tompkins has been appointed to lead a major seafront redevelopment in Brighton and Hove, England – eight years after a controversial scheme by California architect Frank Gehry was scrapped. More about Haworth Tompkins chosen to replace Gehry on Brighton seafront redevelopment
A shadowy room with gabion walls and a suspended canopy made of wooden slats are among the winners of a juried competition to design installations for this year's International Garden Festival, in Quebec, Canada. More about Installations for Quebec garden festival to include stone pavilion and suspended cone
A team of scientists has published a study that details the health hazards of 3D printing in enclosed spaces, which it says causes the release of toxic and carcinogenic particles. More about Health study reveals harmful "toxic" effects of 3D printing
Herzog & de Meuron has completed its school of government and public policy at the University of Oxford, which is being officially unveiled to the press next week. More about Instagram users offer a preview of Herzog & de Meuron's Oxford University building
Rotterdam studio MVRDV has revealed its design for a shopping centre with a pearlescent facade, which is on target to complete this summer in central Beijing. More about MVRDV unveils pearlescent shopping centre nearing completion in Beijing
An exhibition opening this May at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will examine how computer modelling, 3D printing, laser cutting and other "machine-based" fabrication methods are impacting high-end fashion. More about The Met museum's Manus x Machina exhibition to explore technology's impact on fashion
Crowdsourcing site DesignCrowd has revealed the winner of a contest to find an alternative logo for taxi app Uber, after the company unveiled a controversial rebrand earlier this month (+ slideshow). More about Designers create alternatives to controversial Uber rebrand
Stockholm 2016: design duo Barber & Osgerby have said they "never accept" standard royalties from the brands they work for and always push for a better deal. More about "People want designers to be starving artists" say Barber & Osgerby
David Chipperfield Architects' proposal for a new east London home and studio for British artist Tracey Emin has been refused planning permission. More about Chipperfield's plans for Tracey Emin residence and studio rejected
New York architect Robert A M Stern has revealed designs for a condominium building in Lower Manhattan that references the massive warehouse buildings of Tribeca, and the Art Deco buildings of the Financial District and Midtown. More about Robert A M Stern to design luxury condo building influenced by Manhattan's industrial past
Bořek Šípek, the Czech architect and designer known for his flamboyant glassware and furniture, has died in Prague aged 66. More about Czech architect and designer Bořek Šípek dies aged 66
This week on Dezeen: Danish architect Bjarke Ingels and his firm BIG dominated headlines this week, as they proposed a New York skyscraper wrapped by gardens and were selected to design the next Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. More about This week, Bjarke Ingels was selected for the Serpentine and also featured in a rap video
Stockholm 2016: acoustics are the hot topic at this week's Stockholm Furniture Fair, with designers and brands launching products aimed at making interiors quieter. More about Noise reduction has become a "major preoccupation" in Scandinavian interiors
Business news: design brand Tom Dixon has been sold by its Swedish owners to a British investment company, it has emerged. More about Tom Dixon sold to British investment firm Neo Investment Partners
Google's self-driving car system has been officially recognised as a driver in the US, paving the way for the legalisation of autonomous vehicles. More about Google's artificial intelligence becomes first non-human to qualify as a driver
COBE has unveiled its masterplan for Christiansholm, an artificial island in Copenhagen harbour formerly occupied by the Danish press (+ slideshow). More about COBE wins contest to redevelop Copenhagen's Christiansholm island