A test track for the Hyperloop high-speed transportation network – first conceived by entrepreneur Elon Musk – will begin work in California next month (+ slideshow). More about Hyperloop's test track will be "closest thing to teletransportation"
Chinese-owned auto manufacturer The London Taxi Company has unveiled the glass-roofed hybrid TX5 prototype that is set to be used as the UK capital's latest black cab. More about The London Taxi Company reveals "new generation" battery-powered black cab
A rooftop infinity pool boasting views over Battersea Power Station has been unveiled for the Foster + Partners-designed building proposed beside the historic London structure (+ movie). More about Foster-designed hotel at Battersea Power Station to feature rooftop infinity pool
French architect Dominique Perrault has been named the 2015 Praemium Imperiale architecture laureate – a prestigious award given by the Japan Art Association. More about Dominique Perrault awarded Praemium Imperiale arts prize
Nike has celebrated Back to the Future day by presenting actor Michael J Fox with a pair of the self-lacing shoes he wore in the 1985 movie Back to the Future II. More about Michael J Fox tries Nike's first pair of Back to the Future self-lacing shoes
A modular residential tower designed by nArchitects that is meant to offer a solution to New York's affordable housing shortage is nearing completion (+ movie). More about New York's first micro-apartment building to be completed in December
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven has undergone a "paradigm shift" with students now more interested in responding to real-world problems such as Europe's refugee crisis than making beautiful objects for collectors, according to creative director Thomas Widdershoven. More about Design Academy Eindhoven students "see crisis in the world and respond to it"
Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers have launched a public competition to source a replacement logo for Kenjiro Sano's controversial withdrawn design. More about Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers seek replacement logo through public competition
Architect Renzo Piano has unveiled designs for another London skyscraper – a 224-metre cylindrical tower expected to do for Paddington "what The Shard did for London Bridge". More about Renzo Piano draws up designs for his next London skyscraper
Tech company Arx Pax has worked with pro skateboarder Tony Hawk to create a slimmed-down design for its second Hendo hoverboard, released today to mark the exact date travelled to in 1980s sci-fi film Back to the Future II. More about Arx Pax unveils updated Hendo hoverboard on Back to the Future day
The Cooper Hewitt museum in New York has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for its Design in the Classroom programme, which it hopes to launch across the US. More about Cooper Hewitt museum launches crowdfunding campaign to bring design to school classrooms
New York-based SHoP Architects has revealed plans for a major extension of the SITE Santa Fe gallery in New Mexico, featuring a textured facade that takes its cues from traditional Navajo patterns (+ slideshow). More about SHoP Architects unveils Navajo-inspired expansion plans for SITE Santa Fe gallery
The world's first 3D-printed bridge in Amsterdam uses a technique that designer Joris Laarman says could soon be used to build "infinitely large structures" (+ interview). More about Joris Laarman's canal bridge in Amsterdam could take 3D printing "to a higher level"
Frank Gehry has become the latest architect to design a boat – unveiling an entirely wooden yacht he created for himself. More about Frank Gehry forays into yacht design to create his own boat
An artificial ravine will carve through the centre of Kengo Kuma's Museum of Indigenous Knowledge in the Philippines, which is shaped like a hollowed-out lump of rock (+ slideshow). More about Cave-shaped and plant-covered museum by Kengo Kuma is dedicated to Filipino history
The governor of Illinois has announced plans to sell Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago – a move that could lead to the demolition of the Postmodern government office building. More about Helmut Jahn's Thompson government centre faces demolition threat
Italian architect Renzo Piano has unveiled plans to convert a power station on the banks of Moscow's Moskva river into a new venue for contemporary art. More about Renzo Piano to convert Moscow power station into art gallery
The overhaul of a Modernist 1950s school for girls in London by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has won the RIBA Stirling Prize 2015 for the biggest contribution to British architecture in the last year (+ slideshow). More about Burntwood School by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris wins Stirling Prize 2015
Londoners working in the creative industry have an almost 20 per cent higher average hourly salary compared to those in non-creative jobs, according to a government report. More about London creatives paid more than city's average hourly wage
Business news: Bradford Shellhammer's online design retailer Bezar has announced the addition of a digital marketplace to its current offerings of pop-up and flash sales (+ slideshow). More about Bezar launches e-commerce site Storefronts to offer a "broad view of design"