California moves to usher in driverless vehicles
Fully autonomous cars are another step closer to California's roads, after the state's Department of Motor Vehicles revealed plans to help companies test and deploy the technology. More
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Norman Foster joins Instagram and shares candid snaps and ski-race times
British architect Norman Foster is providing a rare insight into his personal life with his new official Instagram account, which he set up to debunk imposters. More
Marc Newson and Riccardo Tisci design trainers for Nike Air Max anniversary
Sports brand Nike has unveiled limited-edition Air Max trainers by designers Marc Newson, Riccardo Tisci and Arthur Huang to celebrate the shoes' 30th anniversary. More
OMA completes industrial-style exhibition centre in old Shanghai shipyard
OMA has completed an events centre on a former shipyard in Shanghai, which features a mesh facade and an exposed steel structure intended to reference the hulls of boats once built there. More
RCR Arquitectes forms Soulages Museum from linked weathering-steel boxes
A+Awards: this year's Pritzker Prize-winning studio RCR Arquitectes is behind this steel-clad museum in France, which also earned the Catalan firm an Architizer A+Award. More
MIT named world's top architecture school for third year
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has taken the number one spot as world's leading architecture school for the third year running, according to new global rankings. More
Call for entries to Iconic Awards' international architecture and design competition
Dezeen promotion: architects and designers are invited to submit projects to this year's Iconic Awards, with winners being announced in a ceremony at Coop Himmelb(l)au's BMW Welt. More
Woobi Play air-pollution mask is designed to appeal to children
Danish studio Kilo Design has created a mask to protect and educate children living in areas with very high levels of air pollution. More
Deadline approaching for Dezeen's Brexit passport design competition
There are only 10 days left to enter our unofficial contest calling for a new design for the UK passport after Brexit. More
Banksy opens art-filled Walled Off Hotel on Israeli West Bank barrier
The artist Banksy has opened an "all-inclusive vandals resort" in Bethlehem, five metres from the wall that separates Israel from the Palestinian West Bank. More
Eight examples of cartoon furniture to bring out the kid in anyone
After spotting a cartoon dining room set at Chamber gallery earlier this month, we've rounded up a variety of chairs, tables and lamps that resemble animated characters and comic book drawings – whether deliberately or not. More
MVRDV wraps Rotterdam house around a mature olive tree
Two tiers of glazing sweep around a stout olive tree in the back garden of this Rotterdam residence by MVRDV, contrasting with the almost windowless brick walls that face the street and neighbouring houses. More
"I really want to keep on shaking things up" says Maarten Baas
Scorched furniture, theatrical clocks and an indoor circus are among the projects that Dutch designer Maarten Baas presents in his first retrospective, at the Groninger Museum. In this exclusive interview, he explains why taking risks has been crucial to his success. More
Job of the day: senior designer at PearsonLloyd
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a senior designer at PearsonLloyd's London studio, whose recent projects include a collection of bins designed to promote home recycling. More ›
House L27 by dIONISO LAB is arranged around a curving courtyard in northern Portugal
Straight walls are in short supply at this house in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, which curls around the edges of a curving cobbled courtyard. More
Royal College of Art students design The Brinery home fermentation tool
The Brinery is a home fermentation vessel designed by a team of Royal College of Art students to kickstart interest in the "forgotten" process of preserving vegetables. More
Rob Hootsmans adds serrated glass extension to stone-clad Dutch courthouse
Architect Rob Hootsmans has renovated a 1970s courthouse in the Dutch city of Zwolle and added a "transparent and approachable" extension featuring sawtoothed glass facades. More