Self-driving cars could disrupt the airline and hotel industries within 20 years as people sleep in their vehicles on the road, according to a senior strategist at Audi. More
Apollo Architects & Associates named this Tokyo house after Noah's Ark because it features a symmetrical floor plan and a pointed wooden roof. More
London studio reForm Architects has revealed plans for an opening bridge that would allow both pedestrians and cyclists to travel across the River Thames between Canary Wharf and Rotherhithe (+ movie). More
Dutch Design Week 2015: Dutch designer Emilie van Spronsen harvested feathers and bones from the corpses of bird flu-infected chickens to create this stool and urn. More
Paris-based JUNG Architectures has converted a former French leper colony into a gallery, adding an zinc-clad extension that can be used for wine tasting (+ slideshow). More
Barcelona design studio Goula/Figuera has created a collection of hanging lights that are based on thousands of drawings. More
This house in Mexico is made up from a series of concrete boxes, which are staggered across a steep site to take in views of Lake Avándaro (+ slideshow). More
Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld has unveiled designs for his first New York project: a high-end residential building in the Chelsea neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More
Writing implements shaped like paintbrushes and squeezable tubes of paint feature in a collection of pencils designed by students from the Holon Institute of Technology. More
Danish metalware brand Georg Jensen has shaken off its "dusty" reputation and now has high-profile designers queuing up to collaborate on products, according to creative director and CEO David Chu (+ slideshow). More
Architects and designers including David Chipperfield, Richard Rogers, Jasper Morrison and Tom Dixon have joined a campaign against plans to move The Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design and cut 19 of its courses. More
Comments update: the poor design of refugee camps was thrust into the spotlight this week after we interviewed one of the world's leading authorities on humanitarian aid. More
Dezeen promotion: cognac brand Martell has compiled a list of the most influential emerging creative talent from France, which includes architecture studio Triptyque and designer Philippe Nigro. More
Mottled grey tiles envelop this angular house in the Swiss Alps, which was designed by Milanese firm JM Architecture to look "like a stone in the landscape" (+ slideshow). More
After a spate of luxury developments with private suspended swimming pools, developer Guildhouse has announced plans for a Croydon skyscraper with a glass-bottomed pool on the 14th floor that would be open for everyone. More
Studio Libeskind has unveiled plans for a contemporary arts centre in Vilnius, which will house a unique collection of modern and contemporary art by Lithuanian artists (+ slideshow). More
Moscow studio Arch Group has designed a concept for an operations control centre for handling emergency situations in Russia, featuring a domed room filled with mobile seat pods. More
Portuguese firm Ribeiro de Carvalho Arquitectos has completed a winery at an estate in Alentejo, featuring a wide balcony facing out over the vineyards (+ slideshow). More
Artisanal oil brand By Evolve has packaged its organic extra virgin olive oil in a cylindrical reusable bottle made from laboratory glass (+ slideshow). More
DANS Architects used timber planks and shingles to create this footbridge and cycle path, which connects a Slovenian village to nearby lakes and mountains (+ slideshow). More