Residents were invited to plan the layouts of these new homes in Manchester, England, as part of a pioneering housing project by property developer Urban Splash and architecture office ShedKM (+ slideshow). More
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
New images have been unveiled of the proposed Olympicopolis, a new cultural district at London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park designed by architects Allies and Morrison and O'Donnell + Tuomey. More
Marking International Women's Day, design studio Muf has embarked on a project to transform a narrowboat into a touring cultural centre promoting contemporary female artists. More
Women are being driven out or held back from careers in architecture by long hours, childcare, unequal pay and the likelihood of being passed over for promotion, according to a major new survey by the American Institute of Architects released to coincide with International Women's Day. More
German manufacturer BMW Group is celebrating its centenary year by unveiling a series of future-looking concept vehicles, the first of which is a shape-shifting autonomous car with artificial intelligence. More
Fernando Romero and Jürgen Mayer H have become the latest architects to contribute to Revolution Precrafted, a prefabricated building service that already offers designs by Zaha Hadid, Sou Fujimoto and Kengo Kuma (+ slideshow). More
Video games will become an increasingly important tool for designing cities, according to Los Angeles architect and game developer Jose Sanchez (+ movie). More
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has begun work on a granite clubhouse and spa complex, which will be set in the centre of a lake in southern China to serve the residents of exclusive villas. More
British studio Weston Williamson has unveiled a trio of Hong Kong skyscrapers that "kiss" one another, designed to sit on top of a new high-speed railway line. More
This week on Dezeen: the automotive industry flocked to the Geneva Motor Show this week, where French manufacturer Bugatti unveiled what it described as the world's most powerful and fastest car. Meanwhile in California, Google's self-driving vehicle collided with a bus at walking pace. More
The developer behind Foster + Partners' 3 Sutton Place tower on Manhattan's East Side, originally planned to be 290-metres tall, lost a fight to block foreclosure proceedings on the site before declaring itself bankrupt this week. More
Geneva Motor Show 2016: Chinese startup Techrules has unveiled a track-focused concept vehicle that can be recharged on the move via an on-board turbine at the 86th Geneva Motor Show. More
NASA has unveiled a conceptual design for a supersonic plane that would be much quieter than Concorde. More
Architects Le Corbusier, Herzog & de Meuron and Gottfried Semper are depicted in drag to promote a series of talks about the industry's gender imbalance at Swiss university ETH Zurich. More
A long-awaited cultural centre designed by architects Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti is nearing completion on the site of Les Halles – a historic Parisian marketplace demolished in the 1970s. More
Business news: UK architecture firm BDP has been bought by Japanese firm Nippon Koei for £102.2 million. More
Israel's design museum will hold a four-month retrospective covering the prolific output of Japanese studio Nendo and its founder Oki Sato (+ slideshow). More
A glass-enclosed "skyslide" is being added to the US Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles, offering thrill seekers the opportunity to glide down the building's exterior. More
Geneva Motor Show 2016: French manufacturer Bugatti has unveiled a £1.9 million vehicle, which it describes as the world's most powerful and fastest car, at the 86th Geneva Motor Show. More