News: Fab.com is reportedly in acquisition talks with electronics development company PCH International, which could see the online design retailer sold for a fraction of its earlier valuation. More about Fab.com in reported million acquisition talks
News: more than half of employees prefer a private work space, while open-plan office workers often experience too many distractions to work effectively, according to new data. More about Open-plan office designs unpopular with workers and can damage productivity
News: a team from Mexico City has won this year's Audi Urban Future award with a scheme that collects location data from commuters to identify problems in the city's congested road network (+ slideshow). More about "Operating system for urban mobility" wins Audi Urban Future award
News: construction has started in Chengdu, China, on a 468-metre-high crystalline skyscraper by the architects behind the current and future tallest buildings in the world. More about Construction starts on Smith and Gill's ice-inspired skyscraper for Chengdu
News: these renderings show what New York's skyline will look like in 2018, when many of the city's new tall skyscrapers will be complete (+ slideshow). More about New York's 2018 skyline revealed in visualisations
News: the typeface used on the recently unveiled Apple Watch has been made available to download alongside a kit of tools for developers who are customising apps for the device. More about Apple releases San Francisco typeface for watch-app developers
News: Loughborough University graduate James Roberts has won this year's James Dyson Award for a baby incubator that costs a fraction of the price of current technologies and "could save thousands of lives" in developing countries. More about "Low-cost" inflatable baby incubator could help slash number of neonatal fatalities
News: these new images show the interiors and exteriors of David Chipperfield's soon-to-complete museum and gallery complex in a converted steel factory in Milan (+ slideshow). More about David Chipperfield's City of Culture nears completion in Milan
News: groups of eight people or more will have to apply for permission to cross Thomas Heatherwick's proposed Garden Bridge in London in a move to discourage "protest groups" from occupying the structure. More about Heatherwick's Garden Bridge will require groups of eight or more to "request a formal visit"
News: 10 architecture firms – seven from the UK and three from the Czech Republic – have been selected via an international design competition to create housing designs for a development on the outskirts of Prague. More about Czech and UK architects win Prague housing project
News: Spanish design brand BD Barcelona has released a limited-edition gold version of the suggestively shaped Shiva Vase by late Italian Postmodernist designer Ettore Sottsass. More about Ettore Sottsass' penis-shaped Shiva Vase now comes in gold
News: Frank Gehry has completed his first building in Australia – the Dr Chau Chak Wing building at Sydney's University of Technology, set to open in early 2015 (photos by Peter Bennetts). More about Frank Gehry's Sydney business school completed ahead of 2015 opening
News: 3D printing company MakerBot has enlisted the help of American lifestyle guru Martha Stewart to develop a range of custom printable designs and new filament colours with "artisanal character". More about Martha Stewart launches 3D printing products with MakerBot
News: Herzog & de Meuron's proposal for the first new skyscraper in Paris for over 40 years has been rejected by councillors in a controversial decision that has been declared invalid by the city's Socialist Party mayor.
More about Herzog & de Meuron's triangular tower rejected by Paris councillors
News: first it was a garden bridge to span London's River Thames, now British designer Thomas Heatherwick is proposing a floating island park for the Hudson River in New York (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Heatherwick to build 0 million "treasure island" on New York's Hudson River
News: Melbourne surfers could ride 1.5-metre-high waves within a heated salt-water pool in plans set out by local firm Damian Rogers Architecture for the city's docklands. More about Melbourne floats proposal for artificial surf park
News: Dutch studios Powerhouse Company and De Zwarte Hond have won a competition to redesign the railway station in Assen, north-east Netherlands, with plans for a structure with a triangular latticed roof. More about Assen Station redesign by Powerhouse Company and De Zwarte Hond to feature triangular roof
News: Oslo-based Neue Design Studio has won a competition to redesign Norway's passports and ID cards, a month after graphics by Snøhetta were chosen for the country's new bank notes. More about Norwegian travel documents given a minimal makeover
News: a team led by Danish architecture firm COBE has seen off competition from three firms to land the commission for a new railway interchange in Køge, a town 28 miles south of Copenhagen. More about COBE team trumps Kengo Kuma in Danish railway station contest
News: OMA's New York office has unveiled plans to build three residential towers beside the bay in Miami's Coconut Grove neighbourhood. Practice partner Shohei Shigematsu explains the design to Dezeen in an exclusive interview (+ slideshow). More about OMA reveals trio of "peanut-shaped" towers for Miami's Coconut Grove