A team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology has won a competition to design an experimental capsule for the Hyperloop – a conceptual high-speed transport network conceived by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. More about MIT students' bullet-shaped Hyperloop pod wins Elon Musk's SpaceX competition
Farrells has proposed a series of low-level bridges over the River Thames to help stimulate water-side development in east London. More about Terry Farrell proposes six new bridges across River Thames in east London
Business news: online retail businesses are becoming more expensive to run than traditional design stores, according to Bradford Shellhammer, who co-founded Fab.com and launched Bezar.com. More about It's now cheaper to open a traditional shop than an online store, says Fab co-founder
Business news: online design store Bezar has been bought by internet marketplace Ahalife and will disappear as a brand, founder Bradford Shellhammer has announced. More about Bradford Shellhammer's Bezar acquired by online retailer Ahalife
Mexico City-based Escobedo Soliz Studio has won this year's MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program contest, with plans to create a colourful woven canopy and a paddling pool in the New York gallery's courtyard (+ slideshow). More about Escobedo Soliz to create "cloud of ropes" for MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program
New York-based Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed a new home for the Berkeley Art Museum and the Pacific Film Archive, adding a sculptural metal volume to an old industrial plant (+ slideshow). More about Official photos released of new Berkeley art and film centre by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Bjarke Ingels' firm has unveiled its design for a police station in New York that will consist of intersecting blocks clad in concrete, metal and glass. More about BIG reveals design of police station planned for the Bronx
The DeLorean Motor Company has announced its intention to manufacture the iconic DMC-12 sports car again, 30 years after the vehicle was immortalised in sci-fi movie trilogy Back to the Future. More about DeLorean goes back to the future to reproduce DMC-12 car
New York architecture firm nArchitects has released new photos of its modular, micro-unit residential building that is intended to serve as a "systemic new paradigm" for cities facing an affordable housing crisis (+ slideshow). More about Photos released of New York's first micro-apartment tower by nArchitects
Work starts this week on a huge bridge made up of 10 pairs of arches, designed by architect Michael Maltzan to replace the iconic Art-Deco Sixth Street Viaduct in Los Angeles (+ slideshow). More about Michael Maltzan's Ribbon of Light Bridge to break ground in Los Angeles
Renzo Piano's proposal for a 72-storey skyscraper in London's Paddington has been withdrawn following protests against the development. More about Renzo Piano's plans for controversial "Paddington Pole" skyscraper withdrawn
British architect David Chipperfield has unveiled his design for a museum in Agra, India, which is now under construction next to the Taj Mahal. More about Work starts on David Chipperfield-designed museum beside Taj Mahal
The iconic Barbie doll is now available in several different body types, including a more full-figured version for the first time. More about Barbie redesigned to include more body types and skin tones
This week on Dezeen: Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza unveiled a glimpse of his first US project – a luxurious residential block in Manhattan – just days before announcing the completion of a red brick theatre near Barcelona (pictured). More about This week, Álvaro Siza released a teaser of his first US project and completed a theatre in Spain
Architecture firm Studio Gang has designed a fire station for Brooklyn, where emergency workers will be able to live, work, and use the building itself for training exercises. More about Studio Gang designs Brooklyn fire station with bright red details
Belgian designer Olivier Debie, who claimed that one of his designs was plagiarised for the recently ditched Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo, has dropped his lawsuit against event organisers. More about Belgian designer abandons plagiarism lawsuit over Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo
New York's Museum of Modern Art has simplified plans for an expansion by Diller Scofidio + Renfro that will include the site of the now demolished American Folk Art Museum Building designed by Todd Williams and Billie Tsien. More about MoMA scales back expansion by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in New York
A change to building regulation codes in Australia means that architects will be allowed to build timber-framed structures up to eight storeys in height for the first time. More about Australia becomes latest nation to embrace wooden high-rise buildings
Hall McKnight, 6a Architects and DRDH Architects are among the studios to have revealed their shortlisted designs for the overhaul of St Hilda's College at the University of Oxford (+ slideshow). More about Five shortlisted concepts unveiled for extension to Oxford University college
Plans to overhaul the area surrounding Copenhagen's Bella Center – the location of biannual design fair Northmodern – aim to turn the neighbourhood into a year-round creative hub (+ slideshow). More about Copenhagen's Bellakvarter development will "further strengthen" Danish design industry