News: Dutch firm UNStudio has developed plans for Qatar's first public railway network in an attempt to encourage more of the country's residents to choose public rather than private transport (+ slideshow). More
News: Solveiga Pakstaite, an industrial design student from Brunel University, has won the UK James Dyson award with Bump Mark – an expiry label that decays to tell you when food is no longer safe to eat (+ slideshow). More
News: structural work has completed on the Museum of Biodiversity in Panama – the first building in Latin America designed by Frank Gehry – ahead of its official opening in October (+ slideshow). More
News: a competition to design a new Guggenheim Museum building in the Finnish capital has attracted more than 1,700 entries – more than any competition of its kind – but opponents to the scheme have launched a rival ideas contest. More
News: Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has won a competition to create a museum of fine art and culture in Taiwan's oldest city. More
London Design Festival: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have been awarded this year's London Design Medal, with British architect Richard Rogers receiving the lifetime achievement prize. More
News: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has revealed its first-ever project in the Middle East – a row of four waterfront skyscrapers underway in Abu Dhabi. More
News: a company that claims to have developed the first electric car powered by salt water says the vehicle has now been approved for testing on public roads in Germany and the EU (+ slideshow). More
News: Flos, the Italian lighting brand that produces iconic products including the Castiglioni brothers' Arco light, is to be sold to a private equity fund for around €400 million. More
News: ecommerce giant Amazon has selected an office building by Foster + Partners for central London as its new UK home. More
News: the Australian Institute of Architects has announced 61 projects in the running for this year's National Architecture Awards, including a rainforest home in Malaysia, a plant and seed research facility and a restaurant inside an old Sydney police station. More
News: Honda has launched a riposte to Google's driverless cars with a new saloon that incorporates automated collision prevention technologies and can connect with other road users (+ movie). More
News: Zaha Hadid has won the commission for a new gallery dedicated to maths at the Science Museum in London, with a design that explores "the many influences of mathematics in our everyday lives". More
News: Apple is "bloody ruthless" and a "monster" according to legendary industrial designer Kenneth Grange, adding that the tech giant uses design to ensure its commercial intentions are "dressed up nicely". More
News: Apple has finally launched its eagerly anticipated Apple Watch, with a purely digital square face, interchangeable straps and a sapphire screen (+ slideshow). More
News: Apple's annual conference has moved onto money, as the tech firm launches Apple Pay – a mobile payments system that will allow users to buy goods with their phone in shops and online. More
News: tech giant Apple has launched the iPhone 6 live at its annual conference in Cupertino, California. More
News: a company that specialises in prefabricated housing has unveiled a concept for a modular residence that would hang off the side of a cliff. More
News: BERG, the design company behind Little Printer and one of the stars of the London technology scene, is to close after failing to establish a sustainable business around its connected products. More
News: Korean architect Seung H-Sang is set to be officially named as Seoul's first city architect this week, in a move to re-establish the city's "architectural identity" after decades of unchecked development (+ interview). More