Diller Scofidio + Renfro co-founder Elizabeth Diller has hit out at New York's spate of luxury skyscrapers, saying that the city is at risk of being "consumed by the dollar" (+ interview). More
Rio 2016: Adidas and fashion designer Stella McCartney have revealed the outfits to be worn by Team GB athletes during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics this evening. More
Norman Foster, Calvin Klein and Dieter Rams are among over 100 high-profile designers that have sided with Apple as it continues an ongoing patent case against tech rival Samsung. More
Haworth Tompkins and Metropolitan Workshop have revealed their designs for housing that will replace London's historic Robin Hood Gardens estate by Brutalist architects Alison and Peter Smithson. More
The head of one of the world's top architecture schools has called for an overhaul of architecture education and accreditation in the UK following new statistics about the high rate of mental health issues among students. More
Lina Bo Bardi's first building and Eileen Gray's villa defaced by Le Corbusier are among the structures that will receive conservation grants from the LA-based Getty Foundation, as part of its initiative to preserve Modernist architecture from the 20th century (+ slideshow). More
Brexit design summit: the freedom to recruit talented staff from overseas is "completely essential" according to leading UK designers, who have submitted ideas for a design manifesto to help the sector thrive after Brexit. More
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: augmented reality will revolutionise the architecture and construction industries according to architect Greg Lynn, who used Microsoft HoloLens to design his contribution to the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (+ movie). More
The tallest residential skyscraper in San Francisco is tilting and sinking, according to reports. More
A bus that straddles traffic has made its first journey in the Chinese city of Qinhuangdao (+ slideshow). More
The final touches are being added to David Adjaye's museum of African American history, a project that "felt like a bloodbath at times" according to the British architect. More
IKEA has responded to US rapper Kanye West's request to collaborate, after he publicly declared his desire to work alongside the furniture giant. More
Apple is swapping its emoji of a revolver for a brightly coloured water pistol in what appears to be a show of opposition to gun violence. More
Business news: Elon Musk is moving closer to his vision for a "one-stop solar and storage experience", with the announcement that his company Tesla is set to buy solar panel manufacturer SolarCity. More
With the Marks Barfield-designed i360 in Brighton set to open to the public this week, drones have shot new footage of the structure billed the "world's tallest moving observation tower" (+ movie). More
Former footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs have teamed up with architects office Make to design a luxury shopping and hotel complex on the site of a 1950s synagogue in Manchester. More
Rio 2016: German art director Björn Karnebogen has created a tongue-in-cheek alternative logo for the Olympic games after a swathe of Russian athletes were found guilty of doping. More
Rapper Kanye West has declared his ambitions to design for IKEA and called for the Swedish company to collaborate with him on a furniture range. More
British artist David Shrigley and London mayor Sadiq Khan have launched a series of artist-designed posters for London's Tube, which declare that the city "will not cut itself off from the rest of the world" (+ slideshow). More
Architect Frank Gehry has been granted permission to build a series of five mixed-use buildings in his home city of Los Angeles. More