This movie we filmed at Dezeen's pop-up shop of the future at London department store Selfridges demonstrates how augmented reality technology could transform retail. More about Augmented reality demonstration at Dezeen's Imagine Shop for Selfridges
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: 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
Visitors to London department store Selfridges can take a virtual reality tour created by technology company Inition inside a helmet by fashion designer Gareth Pugh (+ slideshow). More about "Immersive virtual world" by Gareth Pugh and Inition installed at Selfridges
A series of steel-braced oak staircases and bridges connect the different levels of this extension to the Manchester School of Art by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (+ slideshow). More about Art school extension with wooden stairs and bridges by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Webs of red parachute cables take the place of traditional balustrades between the two levels of this office that architects Joe Fraher and Lizzie Webster have built as an extension of their London home (+ slideshow). More about Parachute cables form netted balustrades at Fraher Architects' London studio
Walls of dark brick connect the exterior and interior of this mews house in the north London borough of Hackney (+ slideshow). More about Blackbox mews house by Form_art Architects has brick walls inside and out
News: a fighter jet incorporating 3D-printed parts has successfully completed a test flight, making it the first combat aircraft produced using additive manufacturing. More about First combat aircraft with 3D-printed parts completes test flight
Architecture firm OMA has designed a temporary auditorium for the basement of London department store Selfridges (+ slideshow). More about OMA's temporary auditorium at Selfridges features mirrored walls and an Op Art floor
Here's a full set of images showing the Jazz superyacht Zaha Hadid is designing for German shipbuilders Blohm+Voss, including new interior shots (+ slideshow). More about More images of Zaha Hadid's Jazz superyacht
News: architect David Adjaye has designed an office campus featuring ten conical towers as the centrepiece of a new 65-hectare urban development under construction in Kampala, Uganda. More about David Adjaye designs office campus for new 65-hectare development in Uganda
News: British architect Norman Foster has unveiled a concept to build a network of elevated pathways above London's railways to create safe car-free cycling routes, following 14 cyclist deaths on the city's streets in 2013. More about Norman Foster promotes "cycling utopia" above London's railways
A faceted roof made from a shimmering copper-bronze alloy covers this extension by British firm Emrys Architects to a pair of Georgian townhouses in London (+ slideshow). More about Office extension with a faceted copper roof by Emrys Architects
UK-based Guy Hollaway Architects has become the latest firm to install a slide inside an office building with this renovation for online events guide View London (+ slideshow). More about The Workshop offices by Guy Hollaway Architects feature a tubular steel slide
Architects Takero Shimazaki and Charlie Luxton have renovated a 1960s house outside London to create a modern home that features black-painted brickwork, large windows and a new angular roof (photographs by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More about Black brick house in the woods by Takero Shimazaki and Charlie Luxton
News: the architecture and design department at the V&A museum in London has acquired Katy Perry Lashes (pictured) and Primark jeans as part of a new "rapid response" strategy for collecting objects as soon as they become newsworthy, to reflect the changing way fast-moving global events influence society (+ interview). More about V&A acquires Katy Perry false eyelashes as part of new "rapid response collecting" strategy
Dezeen promotion: design show designjunction and online retailer Clippings.com have teamed up to bring a Christmas pop-up shop to London's Covent Garden. More about Designjunction and Clippings curate Christmas pop-up shop in London
Fashion designer Matthew Williamson has enlisted his celebrity friends including architect Zaha Hadid, actress Gwyneth Paltrow and singer Mary J Blige to design Christmas tree ornaments, which are on display at The Shard in London and will be auctioned for charity. More about Zaha Hadid among celebrity Christmas bauble designers
Design Miami 2013: architects OMA and Foster + Partners will work alongside Hollywood power-couple Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin to create a new ocean-side cultural quarter at Miami Beach in Florida, it was unveiled during Design Miami earlier this month (+ slideshow). More about OMA and Foster to work alongside Hollywood duo on Miami Beach
Ammar Basheir and Flower Michelin Limited have designed a retail interior for a west London boutique where garments are displayed within a series of bespoke metal screens (+ slideshow). More about Belgravia boutique reveals evening gowns through bespoke metal screens