The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Google's Bay View campus in Silicon Valley, which was designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a Google campus designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio
Search engine company Google has opened its BIG and Heatherwick Studio-designed Bay View campus in California's Silicon Valley, which features sweeping, scale-like panels across its roof. More about BIG and Heatherwick complete Google campus topped with "dragonscale" roofs
Search engine company Google has purchased the Renzo Piano-designed Central Saint Giles development in London for £730 million, as it commits to a future of physical office working. More about Google buys Renzo Piano's Central Saint Giles as London office
Google will add a colourful "new set of capabilities" to its digital interfaces, allowing users to further personalise visuals on their phone and tablet screens. More about Google's Material You design language enables more personal interfaces
Google continues to emit greenhouse gases despite claiming to be carbon neutral, Dezeen has learned. More about Carbon neutrality "still allows for carbon emissions" says Google sustainability lead
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes the background to a 2012 computer-generated timelapse which depicts New York City being buried under a mountain of giant bubbles. More about An interview with the creators of a climate change animation features in today's Dezeen Weekly
Google has opened its first physical retail space in New York's Chelsea, designed by architecture studio Reddymade to include cork furniture and recycled materials. More about Google opens first physical retail space in NYC by Reddymade
Google and design agency Aruliden have created an AI-enabled video-conferencing kit for that automatically senses the number of participants in a room and optimises sound quality and video framing for each. More about Video conferencing with Google Meet Series One is like "being in the same room"
The envelope stamped with the red letter M, which has featured in every Gmail logo since its launch in 2004, has been abandoned as part of a new simplified, multi-coloured brand identity for Google's G Suite tools. More about Google ditches signature Gmail envelope in revamped logo
Google's sister company Loon is deploying a fleet of 35 solar-powered balloons that will provide internet service across more remote areas of Kenya by floating on stratospheric winds. More about Loon launches floating balloon-powered internet service in Kenya
Open-government advocate Bianca Wylie discusses her concerns over smart-city project Sidewalk Toronto in the fourth VDF talk in collaboration with reSITE. More about "Corporations are beginning to sound a lot like governments" says Bianca Wylie at reSITE conference
The Wing drone delivery system developed by Google is being used to deliver toilet paper and medicine to residents in lockdown in Virginia, USA. More about Google's Wing drones deliver essentials during coronavirus pandemic
Apple, Google, Amazon and the Zigbee Alliance have joined forces to develop a smart-home standard that will mean new devices are likely to be compatible with any of their hubs and voice assistants. More about Apple, Google and Amazon unite to make all smart home products talk to each other
Influential companies should be leading the development of sustainable products, according to Google's vice president of hardware design Ivy Ross. More about Companies like Google "have an obligation" to be more sustainable says Ivy Ross
Google's vice president of hardware design Ivy Ross has created an office building for her Silicon Valley team that is arranged around an atrium, skylight and staircase. More about Ivy Ross creates Google Design Lab at company's Silicon Valley headquarters
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort teamed up with Google's Hardware Design Studio to curate this Tokyo exhibition demonstrating how the company's latest products can be integrated into living spaces. More about Li Edelkoort curates "contemplative installation" showing Google devices in everyday settings
Google has created a fabric made of recycled plastic for the latest version of the Nest Mini speaker, which launched today along with an updated Pixel smartphone with two cameras on its back. More about Google includes recycled plastic in latest Nest Mini speaker
New photos capture the latest progress on the headquarters that BIG and Heatherwick Studio have designed for Google in California's Mountain View. More about Roof completes on Heatherwick and BIG's Google HQ
Google has released a beta feature for its Google Maps service called Live View, which uses augmented reality to show users which direction to walk in. More about Google Maps launches AR walking directions
Today's Google Doodle celebrates the centenary of the founding of influential German design school the Bauhaus. More about Google Doodle celebrates Bauhaus school's 100th anniversary