NASA to test faster, cleaner and quieter X-57 electric aircraft
NASA is planning tests of an experimental electric aeroplane, which it believes could lead to reduced flight times and carbon emissions for future air travel (+ slideshow). More
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Conceptual home for couples designed to split into two halves after divorce
This floating house is designed by Amsterdam-based Studio OBA to break apart, so unhappily married occupants can cast their spouses adrift. More
Zaha Hadid Architects to build Qatari hotel based on a desert flower
Zaha Hadid Architects has announced plans to build a 38-storey, fluid-form hotel as part of a new coastal city in Qatar. More
Killer robot used by police for first time in US history
Police used a robot to kill Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson, in what is thought to be a first in US history. More
Watch Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu's 2016 Royal Academy annual architecture lecture
Chinese architects Lu Wenyu and Wang Shu delivered the Royal Academy's prestigious annual architecture lecture this week. The lecture was broadcast live on Dezeen and on our Facebook page, but you can still watch it here. More
London mayor suspends Garden Bridge construction over funding concerns
London mayor Sadiq Khan has frozen a building project for the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge to ensure no more public money is committed to the £175 million scheme. More
Alexander McQueen's DNA turned into human leather goods by Tina Gorjanc
Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Tina Gorjanc has proposed a conceptual range of leather accessories made of skin grown from late fashion designer Alexander McQueen's DNA (+ slideshow). More
Cross-shaped windows allow light to filter into Lebanese church by Maroun Lahoud
Cruciform windows are carved through the bush-hammered stone walls of this marble-lined church on Mount Lebanon, designed by Paris-based architect Maroun Lahoud (+ slideshow). More
AntiVJ casts sound waves in concrete for Ecume vinyl cover
Sound waves are visualised and cast in concrete to make the cover for Brussels-based musician Thomas Vaquié's album Ecume. More
The European Union is "paralysing entrepreneurial innovation" says Patrik Schumacher
Brexit crisis: the UK's departure from the EU offers "the chance to evolve a more open, immigration-friendly society and economy," according to Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher. More
Deborah Berke to turn former New York prison into women's rights headquarters
New York firm Deborah Berke Partners has won a competition to transform a correctional facility into a permanent home for the girls' and women's rights movement in the city. More
Poul Kjærholm's 1955 table designs to be rereleased by Carl Hansen & Søn
Danish brand Carl Hansen & Søn is rereleasing a set of tables by Poul Kjærholm that made its debut in 1955. More
Haptic adds faceted skin of perforated metal to car park in London's Olympic Park
London studio Haptic has re-clad a utilitarian multi-storey car park in the London 2012 Olympic Park, using triangular metal panels that produce ever-changing patterns of light and shadow (+ slideshow). More
De Vorm's Workspace Divider lamp adds privacy to open offices
Dutch brand De Vorm's combined lamp and desk partition has been designed to bring privacy to crowded open offices (+ slideshow). More
Huge timber steps form bridge built by students across a river in rural China
This stepped timber bridge was built by a team of architecture students from the University of Hong Kong to provide a meeting place for residents of a rural community in southern China (+ slideshow). More