News: American car manufacturer Ford has unveiled its new GT concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, signalling the company's return to designing race-ready supercars (+ slideshow). More about Ford launches first new GT supercar design in a decade
News: Herzog & de Meuron's severely delayed concert hall for the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie finally has an opening date set for 2017, but its price tag is now more than 10 times the original estimate. More about Completion in sight for Herzog & de Meuron's £617-million Elbphilharmonie concert hall
News: the creative industries are now worth £76.9 billion per year to the UK, with the design sector enjoying the biggest growth. More about Creative industries in the UK generate £8.8 million per hour
News: a chart-busting 97 skyscrapers over 200 metres tall were completed in 2014 – and a record-breaking 58 of them are in China, according to the latest industry review. More about Skyscraper surge makes 2014 the "tallest year ever"
News: an appeals court has blocked the SANAA-designed renovation of iconic former department store La Samaritaine in Paris, which includes a wavy glass facade that critics have compared to a shower curtain. More about French court revokes planning permission for SANAA's La Samaritaine revival
News: the viewing terraces opened today at the top of Rafael Viñoly's so-called Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London, pictured in these exclusive images by photographer Edmund Sumner (+ slideshow). More about Sky Garden opens at the top of Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie
News: a team led by 64North Architecture has won a competition to design a pedestrian and cyclist bridge connecting the San Francisco Bay waterfront and Palo Alto – home to some of the world's leading technology companies. More about Palo Alto footbridge will span the 14 lanes of San Francisco's 101 freeway
News: disgraced fashion designer John Galliano has made his catwalk comeback with his inaugural haute-couture collection for Paris house Maison Martin Margiela. More about John Galliano returns to fashion with Margiela couture collection
News: Ole Bouman, former head of the Netherlands Architecture Institute, has been named as the director of a major new design museum developed in collaboration with the V&A in Shekou, Shenzhen. More about Ole Bouman named as director of V&A-backed design museum in China
News: the American Institute of Architects has announced 23 winners for the 2015 edition of its annual awards, including a visitor centre for the Wild Turkey Bourbon distillery, a cube-shaped courthouse and BIG's subterranean maritime museum in Denmark (+ slideshow). More about 2015 AIA Institute Honor Awards winners announced
News: Foster + Partners has been given the title "most admired architect" for the ninth consecutive year, in a global survey of architecture firms. More about Foster + Partners named world's most admired architect for ninth year in a row
News: Design Miami co-founder Ambra Medda has started a new role as global creative director for the 20/21 Design department at Christie's auction house. More about Ambra Medda joins Christie's design department
News: sportswear brand Nike is hoping to release real versions of the self-lacing shoes from sci-fi movie Back to the Future II by the end of this year. More about Nike plans to launch Back to the Future shoes in 2015
News: the Glasgow School of Art has named five architects in the running to lead the restoration of the Mackintosh Building, which was devastated by fire last May. More about Five architects shortlisted to restore Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art
Exclusive: Fab.com co-founder Bradford Shellhammer is to return to online design retail with a new venture called Bezar (+ interview). More about Fab co-founder returns with Bezar, a new marketplace for emerging designers
News: former US president Bill Clinton has been named as the keynote speaker for the American Institute of Architects' annual conference in Atlanta this May. More about Bill Clinton to address American architects at the 2015 AIA convention
News: the competition-winning design by Herzog & de Meuron and Hassell to revamp Melbourne's iconic Flinders Street Station is unlikely to go ahead, according to the state government. More about Herzog & de Meuron face loss of multibillion-dollar Flinders Street Station project
CES 2015: German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its vision for the future of motoring with an autonomous pod-like vehicle designed to function as a communal living room on wheels (+ slideshow). More about Mercedes-Benz's latest concept car is a driverless "living space"
CES 2015: the makers of the first popular 3D-printing pen 3Doodler have unveiled a smaller device, which weighs just 50 grams. More about WobbleWorks unveils new pen for drawing 3D objects in the air
CES 2015: San Francisco designer Yves Behar has unveiled a "sculptural" television with a curved screen for Samsung at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (+ slideshow). More about Yves Behar mounts Samsung's curved TV on a pedestal