News: the first tenants have moved into offices in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's newly opened One World Trade Center in New York (+ slideshow). More about One World Trade Center welcomes first occupants
News: Beijing firm MAD has unveiled the initial design for an art museum on Chicago's lakefront, which will house the collection of American film director George Lucas. More about MAD reveals concept design for George Lucas' Chicago art museum
News: the Barcelona Design Museum will open in December with newly curated collections that represent Catalonian design history from the third century to present day (+ slideshow). More about New Barcelona Design Museum merges decorative art and design collections
News: the World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize for preservation of a modern landmark has been given to a Finnish committee responsible for restoring architect Alvar Aalto's Viipuri Library in Vyborg, Russia (+ slideshow). More about Restoration of Alvar Aalto's Viipuri Library wins 2014 Modernism Prize
News: work has begun on a Greek Orthodox Church designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava to replace a building that was destroyed by the collapse of New York's World Trade Center buildings on 9/11. More about Work starts on Calatrava-designed Greek Orthodox Church on World Trade Center site
News: Italian design brand Moroso has produced a limited-edition set of the table designed by architect Daniel Libeskind for an installation by artist Marina Abramovic (+ slideshow). More about Libeskind's table for Marina Abramovic produced as limited-edition by Moroso
News: a TU Delft graduate has presented an unmanned aerial vehicle with built-in defibrillation equipment, which could fly to a patient suffering from a heart attack in a fraction of the time it would take an ambulance to drive. More about Ambulance Drone could deliver life-saving equipment "within one minute"
News: a "fully functional" new prototype of a vehicle that is both an aircraft and a car, called the AeroMobil, was made public yesterday after a development and build time of just 10 months (+ slideshow). More about Latest AeroMobil flying car prototype set for Europe's roads and skies
News: the massive 6 million-square-metre Dubai Creek Harbour development launched this week will include a pair of record-breaking towers, according to the developers. More about Dubai plans to build world's tallest twin towers
News: technology and food have replaced products and furniture as the new frontiers for designers, according to Thomas Widdershoven, creative director of Design Academy Eindhoven (+ interview). More about Design Academy Eindhoven "needs to get a grip on technology"
News: The Rom Skatepark in east London has become the first European facility of its kind to be awarded protected status (+ slideshow). More about London's The Rom becomes first listed skatepark in Europe
News: craft skills contribute £3.4 billion to the economy, according to research that for the first time measures the economic impact of thousands of small craft businesses in the UK. More about £3.4 billion crafts sector is "far bigger than we thought" says Crafts Council
News: Chicago-based Studio Gang is following in the footsteps of OMA, Herzog & de Meuron and Zaha Hadid by becoming the latest architect to design a residential building for Miami (+ slideshow). More about Studio Gang joins rising tide of architects building in Miami
News: Marc Newson, the industrial designer who joined Apple in September, is working with Italian gun brand Beretta to launch a new version of the 486 Parallelo hunting shotgun next month (original version pictured). More about Marc Newson designs a shotgun for Beretta
News: Frank Gehry has responded to criticism of his own architectural style by giving an audience of journalists the middle finger and saying that most architecture today has "no sense of design". More about "98% of what gets built today is shit" says Frank Gehry
News: Herzog & de Meuron has revealed its plans to redevelop the Basel campus of Swiss pharmaceuticals company Roche, adding a 205-metre-high tower and a research centre (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron unveils Basel campus redesign for Roche healthcare
News: British studio OS31 has won a competition to design a pop-up restaurant on the surface of a frozen river in Winnipeg, Canada. More about Pop-up restaurant by OS31 will be built over a frozen river
News: Claudio Luti has resigned as president of Milan's Salone Internazionale del Mobile after less than two years in the role, following a shakeup of the furniture fair's ownership structure. More about Salone del Mobile president Claudio Luti resigns after boardroom shakeup
News: Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster have been selected to design high-rise hotels in China for Jumeirah Group. More about Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster chosen to design Chinese hotels
News: the first glow-in-the-dark road of Daan Roosegaarde's Smart Highway project has opened in Oss, the Netherlands (+ movie). More about Daan Roosegaarde's pilot Smart Highway is a Dutch road illuminated with solar power