Snøhetta has unveiled plans to build a new kitchen for The French Laundry – a prestigious California restaurant that is often listed as one of the best in the world. More about Snøhetta designs a new kitchen for The French Laundry in Napa Valley
Less than a fortnight after moving into its new Frank Gehry-designed California campus, Facebook has presented plans for two neighbouring office buildings by the Canadian architect. More about Facebook pushes ahead with plans for two new Gehry-designed buildings
This house in the Utah desert is covered in sheets of rusty Corten steel to match the colour of the earth, while its four glazed gables are designed to take in views of the mountainous landscape (+ slideshow). More about Imbue Design completes a rusty steel dwelling in the Utah desert
Architecture studio Akoaki has created an angular aluminium pod called The Mothership, which contains a DJ booth for staging pop-up events and funk concerts in Detroit's North End neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More about The Mothership by Akoaki is a mobile DJ booth for playing funk on the streets of Detroit
Four "legs" support the upper level of this house in Portland, Oregon – a design intended to offer the openness of a glass house, without compromising on privacy (+ slideshow). More about The form of Ben Waechter's Pavilion house is derived from a dining table
In this exclusive movie, the founder of Studio Gang Architects explains how her design for the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership in Michigan was intended to bring human rights issues out of "invisible places" and into public consciousness (+ movie). More about Arcus Center was designed to embody the idea of social justice, says Jeanne Gang
British architect Richard Rogers is gifting the seminal Wimbledon home he designed for his parents in the late 1960s to the Harvard Graduate School of Design. More about Richard Rogers donates house designed for parents to Harvard architecture school
Facebook employees have moved into their new Frank Gehry-designed Silicon Valley headquarters – a 40,000-square-metre office building with "the largest open floor plan in the world" and a huge rooftop park. More about Facebook moves into California campus designed by Frank Gehry
The full facade of Japanese architect Tadao Ando's concrete and glass apartment block for Manhattan is revealed in this set of visualisations. More about Tadao Ando's first New York building shown in new images
American furniture brand Emeco is to sue IKEA for damages for allegedly copying a chair designed by Norman Foster. More about IKEA faces legal action over alleged copyright infringement
The American architecture studio led by Pritzker Prize-winner Thom Mayne has unveiled its design for a 381-metre-tall mirrored hotel tower in Vals, Switzerland. More about Morphosis unveils plans for "Minimalist" skyscraper next to Zumthor's Therme Vals
Driving a vehicle is too dangerous for humans and will be outlawed when autonomous cars are proven to be safer, claims Elon Musk, billionaire founder of electric car company Tesla. More about Driving cars could be outlawed says Tesla founder Elon Musk
Three designers who defected from Nike to Adidas have issued a counter lawsuit against their former employer, denying claims they stole trade secrets and accusing the sports giant of violating their privacy. More about Former Nike designers hit back at legal claims with counter lawsuit
Princeton University has accused its former architecture dean Alejandro Zaera-Polo of making an "inaccurate and incomplete" statement about the plagiarism row that led to his resignation last year. More about Princeton accuses former architecture dean of making "inaccurate" plagiarism statement
Design has become a "game changer" in Silicon Valley, according to a report by former Rhode Island School of Design president John Maeda, who says that designers are becoming essential to the success of tech companies. More about Designers are adding billions of dollars to the tech industry, says John Maeda
New York architect Thomas Phifer has designed a building featuring an opaque glass exterior for one of the world's most important glass museums (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Phifer adds reflective white wing to Corning Museum of Glass in New York
Sports brand Nike has collaborated with Japanese fashion studio Sacai to launch a capsule collection of women's performance sportswear that incorporates pleats and lace (+ slideshow). More about Nike x Sacai capsule collection aims to make sportswear more feminine
Rem Koolhaas has accused the president of Princeton University of making a "category error" by expecting former architecture dean Alejandro Zaera-Polo to include full academic citations in texts he wrote for the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Koolhaas accuses Princeton of "category error" over Zaera-Polo
A slatted-timber gallery is raised above the porch of this woodland lodge near the shore of Lake Superior in Wisconsin (+ slideshow). More about Timber gallery sits above the veranda of Salmela Architect's lakeside retreat
Design Indaba 2015: the advertising executive behind Nike's "Just do it" slogan has told Dezeen how he based one of the world's most recognisable taglines on the words of a convict facing a firing squad (+ interview). More about Nike's "Just do it" slogan is based on a murderer's last words, says Dan Wieden