News: Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have revealed designs for the first eight buildings of their 35-hectare masterplan for La Confluence, an extension of the city centre in Lyon, France (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron unveil first buildings of Lyon masterplan
News: Russian socialite and gallerist Dasha Zukhova has sparked a racism row after a photograph of her sitting on a chair in the form of an inverted semi-naked black woman appeared alongside an interview on a Russian website. More about Russian gallerist sparks race row over "overtly degrading" chair
News: three months after leaving online retailer Fab, its co-founder and ex design chief Bradford Shellhammer has announced that his next career step will be to form a rock band with British designer Tom Dixon. More about Fab's ex design chief and Tom Dixon to start a rock band
News: Italian architecture and design magazine Abitare is to end the publication of its monthly print edition. More about Abitare design magazine to cease publication
News: architect Julien de Smedt has designed a museum to feature at the centre of a plot line in popular Danish television series The Legacy. More about JDS Architects designs fictional museum for Danish television drama
News: scientists at the Google[x] research facility in California are working on contact lenses containing tiny electronics that could constantly monitor glucose levels in the tears of people with diabetes. More about Google's "smart contact lenses" could help diabetics monitor blood sugar levels
News: surgically implanted chips that feed digital information directly into the brain will supersede wearable technology, according to the co-founder of a leading 3D imaging studio. More about "Cyborg scenario" will see computers in the brain replace wearable tech
News: a record-breaking 53 skyscrapers over 200 metres high were completed in Asia in 2013, accounting for three-quarters of the year's tallest new buildings, according to the latest industry report. More about Asia dominates skyscraper construction with three quarters of 2013's tallest buildings
News: Italian architect Renzo Piano has been commissioned to design a 27-storey residential tower beside his London skyscraper The Shard. More about Shard architect Renzo Piano to design residential tower next door
News: US publisher Riverhead has collaborated with 3D-printing firm MakerBot to create the first printed book sleeve. More about "First 3D-printed book cover" created with a MakerBot
News: Google has announced it is poised to acquire domestic technology firm Nest for $3.2 billion, a move that will increase the tech giant's presence in the home. More about Google buys domestic technology firm Nest in first step towards connected home
News: Michael Graves' seminal postmodern work the Portland Public Services Building is under threat of demolition, following news that the 32-year-old building needs more than $95 million worth of repairs. More about Michael Graves' Portland Building faces threat of demolition
News: New York architect Daniel Libeskind has unveiled images of a timber-clad building to house physics researchers at Durham University in north-east England. More about Libeskind unveils timber-clad physics centre for Durham University
News: the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced 26 winners for this year's Institute Honor Awards, including a holocaust museum beneath a hill in Los Angeles, a stone mausoleum in Minneapolis, and a concrete house on a rocky outcrop in Washington (+ slideshow). More about American Institute of Architects names best projects of the year for AIA Institute Honor Awards
Cologne 2014: a storage rail based on a traditional Shaker-style peg board, a scaly room divider and a magnetic lamp were revealed as the winners of the [D3] Contest for young designers at the imm cologne trade fair today. More about [D3] Contest winners announced at imm cologne
News: architect Kathryn Findlay of London firm Ushida Findlay Architects has died at the age of 60 after suffering from a brain tumour. More about British architect Kathryn Findlay dies aged 60
News: American biotechnology company Bioglow has applied synthetic biology processes to create plants that glow, which its founder claims are "truly the first of their kind." More about World's first glow-in-the-dark plant genetically engineered
News: American manufacturer 3D Systems has unveiled the world's first 3D printers for food, printing out sweets at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. More about First food 3D printer launched by 3D Systems
News: following the announcement last month that London architecture studio FAT is to disband this year, founding member Sean Griffiths has been appointed professor of Architecture at the University of Westminster.
News: the Williams and Tsien-designed former American Folk Art Museum in New York will be demolished just 13 years after it was built to make room for an extension to the neighbouring Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), despite an outcry from architects, conservationists and critics. More about Demolition "only option" for New York's folk art museum says MoMA director