Massachusetts design studio Nervous System has revealed a dress made from 1,600 rigid pieces of Nylon fabricated using a technique referred to as 4D printing (+ movie). More about Nervous System creates "4D-printed" dress made of nylon petals and scales
A US government agency responsible for developing military technology has signed off on production of a prototype for an unmanned electric aeroplane that can take off and land without a runway (+ movie). More about US government gives go ahead to high-speed drone capable of vertical takeoff
Video games will become an increasingly important tool for designing cities, according to Los Angeles architect and game developer Jose Sanchez (+ movie). More about Video games will become "new tools" to solve architecture's global challenges
Melbourne architecture office Taylor Knights has renovated an existing Federation-style house in the city and added a contrasting contemporary extension that opens directly onto the rear garden (+ movie). More about Taylor Knights adds modern rear extension to a traditional Melbourne house
Japanese studios Hibino Sekkei and Youji no Shiro have returned to a kindergarten building in Kanagawa Prefecture they designed 42 years ago, updating it to suit modern teaching styles (+ movie). More about Hibino Sekkei and Youji no Shiro's kindergarten features house-shaped reading nooks
Geneva Motor Show 2016: architecture firm Foster + Partners and auto brand Nissan have combined technologies including wireless charging, autonomous driving and battery storage to present a proposal for the future of vehicles and cities (+ movie). More about Foster + Partners and Nissan unveil vision for self-charging driverless cars that can power the home
Most Loved: New York designer David Weeks reflects on how the simple toy robot he designed became a social media sensation in the next movie from our exclusive video series. More about David Weeks' folding wooden Cubebot toy "has a life of its own" on Instagram
London studio Liddicoat & Goldhill has remodelled a derelict barn in Kent, England, to create a home featuring mechanically operated doors and a staircase that wraps around a chimney (+ movie). More about Liddicoat & Goldhill transforms an 18th-century barn into an English countryside home
French designer Ora ïto has revealed his tram designs for the Mediterranean city of Nice, which will be charged through the ground rather than via overhead cables (+ movie). More about Ora ïto and Alstom unveil trams for Nice's expanded public transport system
Design Indaba 2016: the 1996 ad campaign that encouraged British housewives to throw away their fussy furnishings helped transform attitudes to design, according to ad executive Naresh Ramchandani (+ movie). More about IKEA's "Chuck out your chintz" ads changed British taste, says the man who wrote the slogan
Inside Festival 2015: Casey Vallance of Cox Rayner Architects explains how the firm used natural materials to create a calming environment inside a dentist training facility in Brisbane, Australia, in this exclusive movie. More about Cox Rayner's university health centre aims to reduce anxiety in patients
Tel Aviv architect Kedem Shinar drew on Israel's Bauhaus architecture and her training in Japan to create the clean lines of this bright white house in Carmey Yossef (+ movie). More about Kedem Shinar bases boxy Israel home on Bauhaus architecture
Movie: in the final instalment of our exclusive video series, Serpentine Gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones reflects on Smiljan Radić's use of handmade paper models to design his bulbous pavilion in 2014. More about Model making was key to the design of Smiljan Radić's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in 2014
The logo to support Los Angeles' 2024 Olympic bid features a multicoloured angel-like figure in reference to the city's name (+ movie). More about Los Angeles unveils logo to accompany 2024 Olympic bid
Inside Festival 2015: in this exclusive movie, architect Pan Yi Cheng explains how his studio Produce Workshop created two separate shops in the same space at Singapore's School of the Arts. More about Produce Workshop uses wooden trellis to create connected shops inside Singapore art school
Brooklyn creative agency Quoted Studios has produced an animated video using audio excerpts from an interview with legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright, recorded two years before his death (+ movie). More about Frank Lloyd Wright interview from the 1950s revived in animated movie
Stockholm 2016: thin metal strands support the circular diffuser and strip of LEDs in these lamps by Stockholm studio Front (+ movie). More about Wire cage supports disc-shaped diffuser in Front's Plane lamp for Zero
Movie: in the penultimate instalment of our exclusive video series, Julia Peyton-Jones explains why it was a gamble to commission the relatively young Sou Fujimoto to design the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in 2013. More about Sou Fujimoto was considered "a risk" for the 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
Stockholm 2016: to mark its first decade as a design studio, Stockholm-based Form Us With Love installed a retrospective exhibition at Konstakademien in its home city (+ movie). More about Form Us With Love celebrates 10 years with I—X exhibition in Stockholm
Movie: in the next instalment of our exclusive video series, gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones explains why Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei dug into the ground to create their 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. More about Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion paid homage to its predecessors