Dyson to launch electric car | Minimal cat accessories | Shipping container house

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Dyson set to launch electric car in 2020

Embargoed: New Dyson campus

British inventor James Dyson is investing £2 billion into developing a battery-powered vehicle, which is expected to launch in 2020. More ›

 
 

Mikhail Riches unveils plans for phase two of Park Hill estate regeneration

Architecture practice Mikhail Riches has revealed its designs for the second wave of regeneration works at Park Hill estate in Sheffield, England, which will see modern homes inserted within the original 1960s structure. More ›

 
 

Simon Waterfall named creative director of Airbnb's new design and innovation studio

Industrial designer and creative entrepreneur Simon Waterfall has been named creative director of Airbnb's recently launched design and innovation studio Samara. More ›

 
 

Dote uses recycled materials to create range of minimal accessories for cats

This range of accessories for style-conscious cat lovers and their pets includes a blanket that can be sculpted into different shapes, and minimal shelves that can be used for scratching or napping. More ›

 
 

Carmody Groarke's V&A Members' Room combines heritage references with contemporary details

V&A Members' Room by Carmody Groarke

London studio Carmody Groarke has completed a top-lit members' room at the Victoria & Albert Museum, featuring mirror installations that provide reflected views of spaces inside and outside the building. More ›

 
 

Slatted timber doors unfold along house in Uruguay by Masa Arquitectos

Casa Marindia by Masa Arquitectos

Wooden panels open up in sections across the back of this concrete house in Uruguay, designed by local firm Masa Arquitectos. More ›

 
 

New Affiliates renovates Bed-Stuy Loft with plywood mezzanine and rough materials

Bed-Stuy Loft by New Affiliates

New York design studio New Affiliates has placed a plywood sleeping platform between chunky columns at an apartment in Brooklyn, making the most of the building's high ceilings. More ›

 
 

"Architecture as intellectual inquiry needs to take more risks"

Vertical City exhibition at Chicago Architecture Biennial 2017

The second Chicago Architecture Biennial tackles the broad and tempestuous topic of history, but plays it too safe, says Mimi Zeiger in this Opinion column. More ›

 
 

"Copying a natural form is the lowest degree of architectural thinking"

A blushing desert rose or postmodern eyesore? Readers are arguing over the sculptural form of Jean Nouvel's National Museum of Qatar in this week's comments update. More ›

 
 

Grenfell tragedy shows "architectural intervention must not be limited to facades" says Ole Scheeren

The fatal fire at Grenfell Tower shows that architects need to be reevaluating the functionality and safety of old buildings, as well as their aesthetics, according to architect Ole Scheeren. More ›

 
 

Splayed shipping containers form Joshua Tree Residence conceived by James Whitaker

Joshua Tree Residence by Whitaker Studio

An office comprising a cluster of angled shipping containers, proposed for a site in Germany by James Whitaker but never realised, is now being built as a home in the California desert. More ›