Online shopping giant eBay has teamed up with specialist retailer Saatchi Art to createย an experimental shopping experience, which brings together art and technology to uncover shoppers'ย subconscious desires. More
Foster + Partnersย has begun construction on aย supertall skyscraper inย Toronto's business district, which is set to become the country's tallest building atย 306 metres. More
"Shared space" streets have been called into question after a taxi ploughed into museum-goers on Exhibition Road, a broad boulevard shared by pedestrians and vehicles in London's South Kensington. More
A Seattle-based start-up backed by Boeing and JetBlue Airways has revealed plans to launch a commuter planeย that combines electric motors with a jet-fuel engine. More
Finland's most important architecture prizeย has been awarded to JKMM and Arkkitehdit NRT Oy for their renovation of the Aalto University campus library in Otaniemi. More
Marks Barfield Architects co-founder David Marks has died aged 64, following a long illness. More
Two high-profile project cancellations made the headlines this week as Thomas Heatherwick's New York Philharmonic concert hall overhaul andย Atelier van Lieshout's controversial sculpture at Musรฉe du Louvre were both dropped. More
A filigree-patterned supertall tower under construction in Downtown Manhattan is set become the area's second tallest skyscraper behind One World Trade Center. More
British architect David Chipperfieldย is to carry out major restoration works on theย Procuratie Vecchie on Venice's Piazza San Marco, which will see the palace opened to the public for the first time in 500 years. More
A new education programme has launched in London, to encourage young people who are black or minority ethnic to embark on careers in architecture and design journalism.ย More
Thomas Heatherwick has suffered his third cancelled project in as many months, with his studio's plans to revamp the David Geffen Hall at New York's Lincoln Center now no longer going ahead. More
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has championed the importance of creativity in tackling global issues like climate change and gender equality, becoming the first in his position to do so in 25 years. More
UK prime minister Theresa May has committed an extra ยฃ2 billion to building new affordable housing โ but the figure is nowhere near high enough to solve the housing crisis,ย according toย Royal British Institute of Architects presidentย Ben Derbyshire. More
The first photos have been released of Norman Forster's newly completedย European headquarters for Bloombergย in London, which claims to be the world's most sustainable office building. More
Artist Joep van Lieshout has slammed a last-minute decision made by the Musรฉe duย Louvre to cancel a display of his controversial Domestikator sculpture, whichย looks like a man penetrating a four-legged animal. More
Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to create a sustainable office campus for a Hungarian oil and gas company, centred around a 28-storey skyscraper. More
The Nordic Office of Architectureย andย Hapticย have won the competition to redesign the Norwegianย government headquarters after it was damaged during a fatal terrorist attack six years ago. More
New details and interior renderings of Uruguayan architect Rafael Vinฬoly's latest residential skyscraper for New York City have been released. More
The UK's Design Council has weighed in to the debate about the declining number of students taking creative subjects, describing the situation as "not sustainable for design businesses or the UK economy". More
Visitors to London's Design Museum have increased 500 per cent since the institution moved to its new home, although the number buying tickets has grown by a more modest 50 per cent. More
