News: the city of Almere in the Netherlands has selected a small curvy chapel designed by architect René van Zuuk to be constructed over the surface of the Weerwater lake. More about Zinc-clad chapel by René van Zuuk to be built over Almere's city lake
News: architects have been selected for two of three new "iconic" train stations in Paris that will be built as part of the Grand Paris Express ring-route rail project. More about Miralles Tagliabue and Elizabeth de Portzamparc to design new Paris metro stations
News: Zaha Hadid has unveiled designs for a new Cambodian institution made up of five interwoven wooden towers to house the largest archive of genocide-related documents in Southeast Asia (+ movie). More about Zaha Hadid designs a wooden building for Cambodian genocide researchers
News: British supermarket giant Tesco has followed up its Hudl device – one of the first "affordable" Android tablets – with a second model by product designers Chauhan Studio, which goes on sale today. More about Tesco and Chauhan Studio launch Hudl2 tablet device
News: designs by London studio Priestmangoode are due to be rolled out on four London tube lines in 2020, and could be the first fleet of driverless Underground trains (+ interview + movie). More about Priestmangoode unveils driverless tube train designs for London Underground
News: Norway's central bank has selected pixellated designs by Oslo design studio Snøhetta to feature on the back of the country's new banknotes. More about Snøhetta graphics to feature on Norwegian banknotes
News: technology company Microsoft's research branch has combined projection mapping with motion sensors to turn enclosed spaces into immersive augmented experiences. More about Microsoft's RoomAlive transforms any room "into an augmented interactive display"
News: Will Hobhouse of high-street furniture retailer Heal's has berated design schools for failing to teach business principles, claiming there's "no better background than an education through eBay" for designers who want to learn how to make a living. More about "Education through eBay" is the best business training for designers, says Heal's chairman
World Architecture Festival 2014: architect Moshe Safdie has called for a "reorientation" of the way cities are designed, saying that the vogue for skyscrapers and the privatisation of public space is creating cities that are "not worthy of our civilisation". More about Skyscrapers are creating "disjointed and disconnected" cities says Moshe Safdie
World Architecture Festival: a community space in Ho Chi Minh City designed by local firm a21studio and built using recycled materials and colourful fabric has been named World Building of the Year 2014 at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore (+ slideshow). More about The Chapel community space in Vietnam by a21studio wins World Building of the Year 2014
Inside Festival 2014: a Hong Kong restaurant that combines colonial-style furnishings with an industrial warehouse aesthetic has been named World Interior of the Year at the Inside Festival in Singapore (+ slideshow). More about Hong Kong restaurant by Joyce Wang wins World Interior of the Year 2014
World Architecture Festival 2014: a proposal by Canadian firm 5468796 for an art gallery with a spiny exterior has won the title Future Project of the Year 2014 at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore. More about Spiny gallery extension by 5468796 named Future Project of the Year 2014
World Architecture Festival 2014: Australian firm Taylor Cullity Lethlean has won the World Landscape of the Year prize for the second year in a row for the new National Arboretum on the outskirts of the Australian capital, Canberra (+ slideshow). More about World Landscape of the Year 2014 prize goes to Australian garden with a pointed pavilion
World Architecture Festival 2014: a village library in China with a roof that doubles as a playground has been selected for the inaugural Small Project of the Year award at the World Architecture Festival. More about Small Project of the Year 2014 award goes to a community library with a rooftop playground
News: Spanish architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo has abruptly stepped down from his post as dean of Princeton's School of Architecture to "devote greater attention to his research", just two years after taking the post. More about Alejandro Zaera-Polo steps down as dean of Princeton Architecture School
News: a team comprising Danish architects COBE and Finnish firm Lundén Architecture has won a competition to design a new transport centre for Tampere, Finland's second-largest city. More about COBE and Lunden win competition to design new transport hub for Finland's second city
World Architecture Festival 2014: an apostrophe-shaped bridge in a British industrial city and a pair of structures at a sustainable forest in Australia feature in the second group of category winners for awards at this year's World Architecture Festival in Singapore (+ slideshow). More about World Architecture Festival 2014 day two winners announced
News: a proposal for a new east-west cycleway that would float on the River Thames has been unveiled by a consortium of architects, artists and engineers formed to promote the development of better cycling links in London. More about Floating cycle path proposed for London's River Thames
Inside Festival 2014: after day two at the Inside Festival, the final award winners have been revealed, including a marble-lined cinema in a Hong Kong shopping centre and an Australian school of architecture filled with colourful bespoke furniture (+ slideshow). More about Inside Awards 2014 day two winners announced
News: Markthal Rotterdam, the covered food market and housing development shaped like a giant arch by Dutch architects MVRDV, has officially opened today after five years of construction (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV's Markthal Rotterdam opens