Influential names from the fashion industry, including Vanity Fair's Virginie Mouzat and British Fashion Council ambassador Sarah Mower, have criticised the interiors of Pininfarina's Eurostar redesign, referring to the Standard Premier carriage as "a disaster". More about New Eurostar carriage design slammed by fashion's elite
The Guggenheim Foundation has admitted that work has still not started on its new Abu Dhabi museum by architect Frank Gehry. More about Construction of Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi yet to start
Global architecture firm HOK and Barcelona-based TAC Arquitectes have won a competition to design a 10,000-seat sports arena next to FC Barcelona's Camp Nou football stadium. More about Basketball arena by HOK will be built in the shadow of FC Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium
A pavilion designed by architects SelgasCano and Helloeverything for a Copenhagen art museum is being transported to a Nairobi slum, where it will serve as a school for 600 pupils. More about SelgasCano's Louisiana Pavilion to be reused as a school in Kenya's Kibera slum
French department store chain Galeries Lafayette has selected Danish architect Bjarke Ingels to design its new flagship shop on the Champs-Élysées. More about BIG to design Galeries Lafayette flagship on Paris' Champs-Élysées
Business news: open-source furniture brand Opendesk has launched a service aimed at disrupting the contract furniture industry, allowing businesses to order locally manufactured products that can be delivered and installed in just 14 days. More about Opendesk Express launches "desks on demand" service for London's workplaces
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has joined forces with Mexican firm Legorreta + Legorreta to form LegoRogers, which has completed a 50-storey office block for a bank in Mexico City (+ slideshow). More about Legorreta and Rogers team up to complete Mexico City bank headquarters
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels and his firm BIG have been selected to design this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London, while four other studios will create accompanying summerhouses. More about Bjarke Ingels to design Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2016
London's Metropolitan Police force is considering using trained eagles to grab drones from the sky following a rise in unmanned aircraft crime (+ movie). More about Eagles could be used to take down "hostile drones" in London after Dutch trial
Architecture studio Haptic has won planning permission for a series of contemporary properties in a conservation area in London's Chelsea. More about Haptic granted permission to build contemporary homes in London's Chelsea
Stockholm 2016: too many furniture brands don't understand the importance of good photographic styling and would benefit from hiring designers as art directors, says Jasper Morrison. More about Design brands need creative directors to avoid "terrible" photography says Jasper Morrison
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has won a competition to design an observation tower for Dubai – a landmark that aims to rival the 828-metre-high Burj Khalifa. More about Calatrava wins contest for observation tower in Dubai harbour
Business news: British fashion label Burberry has announced its collections will be available to purchase straight after they are shown on the runway, as opposed to the typical four-month delay. More about Burberry to sell fashion collections straight from the catwalk
Moshe Safdie's firm has completed its Sky Habitat project in Singapore – a pair of balcony-covered housing towers linked by three aerial walkways (+ slideshow). More about Moshe Safdie completes Singapore Sky Habitat featuring aerial "streets" and gardens
Uber's head of design Andrew Crow has announced that he is to leave the company, immediately after it unveiled a widely criticised brand redesign. More about Uber's head of design steps down following controversial rebrand
Nonconformists have a crucial role in shaping British architecture, says the curator of a new Royal Academy exhibition on the work of 12 "maverick" architects. More about British architecture needs mavericks more than ever, says Royal Academy exhibition curator
Indian firm Studio Mumbai has been selected to design Melbourne's next MPavilion, an annual commission touted as Australia's answer to London's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. More about Studio Mumbai to design 2016 edition of Melbourne's MPavilion
Stirling Prize winner Haworth Tompkins has been appointed to design some of the housing that will replace Robin Hood Gardens, the historic east-London estate by Brutalist architects Alison and Peter Smithson. More about Haworth Tompkins appointed to work on Robin Hood Gardens redevelopment
Rotterdam firm MVRDV has revealed plans to overhaul 600 hectares of Caen, the French city where William the Conqueror built his castle, creating housing, offices and numerous leisure attractions (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV to transform 600 hectares of historic city in Normandy
Bjarke Ingels Group has released a conceptual design for its latest project in New York, an office skyscraper wrapped in a ribbon of green terraces (+ movie). More about BIG unveils designs for The Spiral office tower in New York