This house in Amagansett, New York, by Bates Masi Architects is designed to take advantage of its windy site on Long Island's south shore (+ slideshow). More about Amagansett Dunes House by Bates Masi Architects is shaded with strips of canvas
Apple may be better known for cutting-edge contemporary design, but a New York preservation group is honouring the company for sensitively reusing old buildings with its store designs (+ slideshow). More about Apple given New York preservation award for repurposing historic buildings
American firm Hennebery Eddy Architects used wood, concrete, glass and battered stone to create this chapel on a Jesuit high school campus in Seattle (+ slideshow). More about Seattle chapel by Hennebery Eddy features walls of rough sandstone and concrete
The $28 million full-floor penthouse at the BIG-designed Grove at Grand Bay towers includes a rooftop pool, four-car garage and ten bathrooms (+ slideshow). More about Penthouse in BIG's twisted Miami towers is on sale for million
Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby are joining the teaching staff at Parsons design school in New York, after leaving the Design Interactions course at London's Royal College of Art last year. More about Dunne and Raby move to Parsons following RCA departure
A team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology has won a competition to design an experimental capsule for the Hyperloop – a conceptual high-speed transport network conceived by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. More about MIT students' bullet-shaped Hyperloop pod wins Elon Musk's SpaceX competition
Business news: online retail businesses are becoming more expensive to run than traditional design stores, according to Bradford Shellhammer, who co-founded Fab.com and launched Bezar.com. More about It's now cheaper to open a traditional shop than an online store, says Fab co-founder
Business news: online design store Bezar has been bought by internet marketplace Ahalife and will disappear as a brand, founder Bradford Shellhammer has announced. More about Bradford Shellhammer's Bezar acquired by online retailer Ahalife
Mexico City-based Escobedo Soliz Studio has won this year's MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program contest, with plans to create a colourful woven canopy and a paddling pool in the New York gallery's courtyard (+ slideshow). More about Escobedo Soliz to create "cloud of ropes" for MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program
New York-based Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed a new home for the Berkeley Art Museum and the Pacific Film Archive, adding a sculptural metal volume to an old industrial plant (+ slideshow). More about Official photos released of new Berkeley art and film centre by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Bjarke Ingels' firm has unveiled its design for a police station in New York that will consist of intersecting blocks clad in concrete, metal and glass. More about BIG reveals design of police station planned for the Bronx
New York architecture firm nArchitects has released new photos of its modular, micro-unit residential building that is intended to serve as a "systemic new paradigm" for cities facing an affordable housing crisis (+ slideshow). More about Photos released of New York's first micro-apartment tower by nArchitects
Work starts this week on a huge bridge made up of 10 pairs of arches, designed by architect Michael Maltzan to replace the iconic Art-Deco Sixth Street Viaduct in Los Angeles (+ slideshow). More about Michael Maltzan's Ribbon of Light Bridge to break ground in Los Angeles
The iconic Barbie doll is now available in several different body types, including a more full-figured version for the first time. More about Barbie redesigned to include more body types and skin tones
Architecture firm Studio Gang has designed a fire station for Brooklyn, where emergency workers will be able to live, work, and use the building itself for training exercises. More about Studio Gang designs Brooklyn fire station with bright red details
New York is experiencing a boom in high-end residential construction not seen since before the 2008 recession, including buildings by Álvaro Siza, Bjarke Ingels, Rafael Viñoly and Renzo Piano. More about 16 residential projects by famous architects are changing the face of New York
New York's Museum of Modern Art has simplified plans for an expansion by Diller Scofidio + Renfro that will include the site of the now demolished American Folk Art Museum Building designed by Todd Williams and Billie Tsien. More about MoMA scales back expansion by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in New York
Business news: American media company Architizer has received $7 million to develop an online products marketplace for architects that aims to be as revolutionary as Airbnb and Uber. More about Architizer raises million to launch online products marketplace
CES 2016: LA-based augmented reality company Daqri has unveiled a smart hardhat that gives workers additional layers of information about their surroundings (+ slideshow). More about Daqri's augmented-reality construction helmet aims to "change the nature of work"
New York office Studio KCA has created a conch-shaped, metal pavilion for NASA that provides visitors an opportunity to listen to the sound of satellites orbiting the earth (+ movie). More about Orbit Pavilion by Studio KCA broadcasts sounds of NASA satellites in outerspace