“Radical and audacious” French architect Claude Parent dies aged 93
Foster + Partners and Nissan unveil vision for self-charging driverless cars that can power the home
Designshop uses metal and brick to clad rural Tennessee home
Today we like: architecture in Wales
Forrester Architects’ London house extension has a “butterfly” roof and exposed wooden rafters
Maarten Baas exhibition in New York showcases furniture based on turtle and beetle shells
Remix Studio’s Shunyi House extension features louvred cladding and an all-white interior
Birth of brutalist Barbican Estate documented in Peter Bloomfield’s construction photos
Steel tubes support Patricia Urquiola’s Cuna bath for Agape
The Sample Sale to offer discounted design products at London event
Google granted planning permission for new King’s Cross offices
David Weeks’ folding wooden Cubebot toy “has a life of its own” on Instagram
“What a disastrous and shameful policy”
Kengo Kuma’s V&A Dundee receives extra £20 million from Scottish Government
Google’s self-driving vehicle crashes with bus in California
See Dezeen’s 10 most popular interiors ever on Instagram
Renovated Lisbon house by Cais conceals modern interior behind traditional facade
Alexander Lervik’s Storm table features a foldaway tray
Quinn Architects renovates apartment in London’s Brutalist Barbican Estate
MVRDV to transform La Part Dieu shopping centre in Lyon
Daniel Arsham evokes knocked-through walls with SCAD installation
Dezeen’s 10 most popular Instagram posts of 2016 so far
Liddicoat & Goldhill transforms an 18th-century barn into an English countryside home
