UK's Royal Navy tests drone speedboat on River Thames
The UK's Royal Navy has tested an autonomous speedboat it believes could completely "change how they operate" (+ slideshow). More
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Bernardes Arquitetura completes Rio office block fronted by perforated metal and plants
This office block in Rio de Janeiro features a triple-layered facade with a window wall, a screen of plants, and a thick lattice of perforated metal (+ slideshow). More
Murray Barker and Laith McGregor create concrete ping pong tables
Architect Murray Barker and artist Laith McGregor have designed two outdoor table tennis tables from monolithic concrete slabs (+ slideshow). More
Bugaboo expands beyond pushchairs with first luggage collection
After 20 years making pushchairs, Dutch company Bugaboo is expanding into a different area of the travel market: luggage (+ slideshow). More
Students build scaffold-like pavilion topped with mesh "cloud" at former Latvian brewery
Stacks of recycled materials form tables, benches and stairs in this temporary timber pavilion, designed by architecture students for the grounds of a former beer brewery in Cēsis, Latvia (+ slideshow). More
Hope of Glory adds mirrored apartment block to street of historic buildings in Graz
A+Awards: next up in our collaboration with Architizer's A+Awards is an apartment building in Austria that is covered in mirrors to reflect the facades of surrounding historic buildings. More
Eight of the most majestic modernist-influenced churches in Iceland
Iceland's dramatic landscape is dotted with equally spectacular religious architecture. Here's eight of our favourite churches built in the country's unique style, which take cues from Modernism (+ slideshow). More
Huge wooden model torched on 350th anniversary of Great Fire of London
A giant model of London's 17th-century cityscape has been set ablaze on the River Thames to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London (+ slideshow). More
DesignStudio completes minimal rebrand for Deliveroo
Deliveroo has become the latest company to scrap its complicated logo in favour of a flat design, launching a pared-back rebrand by London agency DesignStudio (+ slideshow). More
RZLBD divides black and grey Toronto residence with central staircase
Toronto firm RZLBD has completed a three-storey house comprising two volumes split by a staircase in the middle (+ slideshow). More
World's tallest and longest glass bridge closes after just two weeks
A 430-metre-long glass bridge in China has closed after just 13 days after opening due to being "overwhelmed" by visitors. More
Weston Williamson chosen to design Cairo Science City
London studio Weston Williamson has won a competition to design a major new science complex for the Egyptian capital (+ slideshow). More
Bare concrete walls enclose HDPF's Haus Meister near Zurich
Air bubbles mark the stark concrete walls of this house that architects office HDPF has built near Zurich's airport (+ slideshow). More
Jean Jullien brings his illustrative style to first sculpture exhibition
Ghent's Dift Gallery has presented the first large-scale exhibition of sculptures by French illustrator Jean Jullien in a show titled Flat Out (+ slideshow). More
Poetic Lab's faceless Silo Clock shifts shape throughout the day
Maison&Objet 2016: London studio Poetic Lab has designed a clock with sculptural hands that form different shapes as they turn (+ movie). More
Döðlur converts 1940s warehouse into design hotel and hostel in Reykjavík
Icelandic design studio Döðlur has paired 20th-century design pieces with custom-made furniture inside this hotel-cum-hostel on Reykjavík's waterfront. More
Mathieu Lehanneur brings Liquid Marble technique to tables
London Design Festival 2016: French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has added to his Liquid Marble series for an exhibition at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery (+ slideshow). More
Transparent walls reveal wooden skeleton of house in Bohemia
Corrugated plastic cladding reveals the timber structure of this house by Czech architects Matěj Petránek and Adam Jirkal, which replaces a family holiday home near Prague (+ slideshow). More
BoardGrove Architects designs Melbourne apartment to look like a gallery
The kitchen inside this Melbourne apartment is designed to look more like a gallery, where furniture and fittings appear as art objects. More
Studio Padron creates secluded library in the woods of New York state
This tiny black cabin by US firm Studio Padron serves as a cosy library and guest house for a vacation home in upstate New York (+ slideshow). More