News: electronics company LG has unveiled an updated version of its G Watch R smartwatch that is designed to look like a luxury timepiece (+ slideshow). More about LG targets luxury market with metal smartwatch
News: Japanese firm Kengo Kuma + Associates has unveiled plans to replace an ageing Tokyo medical centre with a louvre-clad hospital built around a landscaped garden. More about Kengo Kuma designs Tokyo hospital wrapped around a garden
News: Herzog & de Meuron has revealed the latest images of its design for M+, the new museum of visual culture that recently broke ground in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron unveils updated design for Hong Kong M+ museum
News: Studio Fuksas has been selected to design a major new convention centre in Canberra, with a proposal that features wavy floors and a bulging, elliptical roof. More about Studio Fuksas to design Australia Forum convention centre in Canberra
News: construction is now underway on the 66-storey Telus Sky Tower designed by Bjarke Ingel's firm for Calgary, Canada (+ slideshow). More about BIG's curvaceous Calgary skyscraper breaks ground next to Foster's Bow tower
News: technology giant Apple is designing an electric vehicle that could revolutionise automobiles and challenge electric car manufacturer Tesla, according to reports that emerged over the weekend. More about Apple rumoured to be working on an electric car
News: Foster + Partners has unveiled its design for a new National Museum of Marine Science and Technology in northern Taiwan, which has now begun construction. More about Marine science museum by Foster + Partners starts on site in Taiwan
News: Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a smartphone accessory that can simultaneously detect HIV and syphilis within minutes. More about Smartphone-powered dongle tests for HIV in 15 minutes
News: supercar brand McLaren is exploring ways of developing shape-shifting "transformer" vehicles that morph from self-driving city cars to low-slung racers in the countryside, according to chief designer Robert Melville. More about McLaren investigates driverless supercars that change shape
News: updated footage of construction work on the Foster + Partners-designed Apple Campus 2 in California has been published on YouTube by another amateur videographer using a drone-mounted GoPro video camera (+ movie). More about Drone movie shows progress on Apple Campus construction
News: musician Kanye West has partnered with Adidas to produce Yeezy Season 1 – a collection of clothing and footwear that he described as the world's "first solutions-based" clothing line (+ slideshow). More about Kanye West debuts first Adidas collection and Yeezy Boost trainer
News: the UK has unveiled a self-driving "pod" and announced regulations for testing automated vehicles on British roads later this year. More about UK launches answer to Google's driverless cars
Business news: luxury brand B&B Italia could be sold to a major American furniture group, Dezeen understands. More about B&B Italia in takeover talks with American suitor
News: Australian police have seized weapons created on a 3D printer while raiding a property in Gold Coast, Queensland. More about 3D-printed weapons found during Australian police raid
News: Brian MacKay-Lyons has been selected for Canada's most prestigious architecture award thanks to his "pure, dignified, poetic and beautiful" projects (+ slideshow). More about Brian MacKay-Lyons wins 2015 RAIC Gold Medal
News: the jury tasked with selecting the design for a new hotel adjacent to Peter Zumthor's Therme Vals spa in Switzerland has "dissociated itself" with the client's decision to appoint Los Angeles firm Morphosis. More about Jury distances itself from Morphosis appointment for Vals hotel
News: architecture studio SO-IL's installation for the New York architecture gallery has been vandalised within weeks of opening – but the firm's co-founder says he "knew" it would be a target for graffiti. More about SO-IL's Storefront gallery installation vandalised with "poor quality" graffiti
Business news: Berlin-based retailer Monoqi has acquired the assets of former online furniture marketplace Mydeco to help its expansion into the UK market. More about Monoqi buys Mydeco to extend UK reach
News: 40 projects have been shortlisted for the European Union's 2015 architecture prize – the Mies van der Rohe Award – including a woodland crematorium in Sweden and a rowing centre in a Portuguese wine region (+ slideshow). More about Mies van der Rohe Award 2015 shortlist announced
Business news: furniture brand Hem has acquired the rights to over 200 products from Italian design company Discipline (+ slideshow). More about Hem acquires Discipline products to expand furniture and homeware range