Automotive company Volkswagen has launched a fully working prototype for an automated flying car, an electric vehicle that the company describes as a "state-of-the-art passenger drone prototype". More about Volkswagen launches working prototype of Flying Tiger electric flying car
Architecture studio Snøhetta has revealed the design for a skyscraper in Tokyo, named Shibuya Upper West Project, which is intended to be "a sanctuary of peace and relaxation in the bustle of the city". More about Snøhetta unveils 36-storey "urban retreat" in Tokyo
Designers and academics have created a series of objects, including a bright-red wooden chair based on a medieval design, to furnish a 700-year-old castle in Northumberland, England, for the (Re)imagining Aydon exhibition. More about Modern design objects feature in exhibition informed by 13th-century English castle
Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has used traditional Chinese roof tiles as the key material at Blue Bottle Coffee's latest shop in Shanghai to celebrate local culture. More about Traditional Chinese roof tiles decorate the interior of Blue Bottle Coffee shop in Shanghai
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled designs for the Sixth and Blanco restaurant, shop and hotel development in Austin, which will incorporate existing stores and houses. More about Herzog & de Meuron reveals mass-timber design in existing Austin street front
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Gradient Architecture has used a planning rule from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy to help revitalise an unused lot in New York City's Red Hook neighbourhood, which was severely affected by the 2012 storm. More about Gradient Architecture designs brick home on existing footprint after Hurricane Sandy
Dezeen School Shows: a house informed by the playfulness of the game hide-and-seek and a textile collection that combines hand-manipulated and digital techniques are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students presented by the Design Institute of Australia. More about Design Institute of Australia spotlights eight award-winning student projects
An open-air platform for meditation is elevated above the treetops at Zenbo Seinei, a wooden retreat that Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has completed on Awaji Island in Japan. More about Shigeru Ban creates wooden Zenbo Seinei retreat on Japanese island
Architect Gae Avitabile has designed the interior of Civico 29, a sea-informed cocktail bar in the coastal town of Sperlonga, Italy. More about Cocktail bar "suspended between sea and sky" draws upon nearby Mediterranean
Dutch studio MVRDV has begun construction on a mixed-use building in Tirana, Albania, which it has modelled on a bust of the country's prominent historical figure Gjergj Kastrioti. More about MVRDV models Skanderbeg Building on head of Albania's national hero
Two years on from the devastating explosion that destroyed much of Beirut, architects and designers have shared first-hand accounts of how everyday life in the city continues to be profoundly affected by the disaster. More about Beirut explosion was "the funeral of my hometown"
Space tourism company Space Perspective has unveiled a redesign of its travel capsule, promising passengers a smoother and safer journey to the edge of the stratosphere. More about Space Perspective develops "even more thrilling" design for space-travel capsule
Trainers injected with magnets climb the walls and polystyrene ceiling tiles line the floor of Axel Arigato's "upside-down" office-themed sneaker pop-up in London's Selfridges department store. More about Axel Arigato opens "upside-down" pop-up sneaker shop in Selfridges
Ukrainian designer Victoria Yakusha has created her first collection of furniture following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which explores her connection to her homeland through a tapestry and animal-like seating. More about Victoria Yakusha designs furniture collection as homage to Ukraine
Latvian photographer Anna Dave has released photographs of Javier Senosiain Aguilar's El Nido de Quetzalcóatl in Mexico, a work of organic architecture shaped like a snake. More about Anna Dave captures fantastical snake-like apartment complex in Mexico
Ascent, an 86.6-metre-tall mass-timber tower in Wisconsin designed by Korb + Associates Architects, has been certified as the world's tallest timber building. More about Ascent skyscraper in Milwaukee becomes world's tallest timber building
British architect Sam Jacob has used ribbed glass to create a contemporary entrance for London's historic V&A museum and updated its bathrooms with a broken-ceramic cladding that feels "a little perverse". More about Sam Jacob Studio adds glass-tube entrance to London's V&A museum
O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has added a rear extension clad in red porphyry stone to a Victorian house in London, creating a kitchen and dining area connected to a courtyard garden. More about Red stone covers extension to London terrace by O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects
Japanese digital consultancy Gluon is combining data from laser scanning with 20,000 photographs to create an augmented reality model of the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, which is currently being demolished. More about Gluon "using 3D data to save" the Nakagin Capsule Tower