Architectural Association announces shortlist for new director
David Chipperfield designs £5 coin to mark Royal Academy of Arts’ 250th anniversary
Seeding Finger is a hand-shaped tool for artificial insemination
Reconfigurable apartment allows residents to transform their living spaces
Álvaro Siza combines geometric forms for white-concrete church in Brittany
EWE Studio’s handcrafted Alquimia furniture and lighting is born of fire
Nick Deaver enlarges 1930s cottage in Austin with glass and metal additions
Dorte Mandrup to wrap heritage centre around second-world-war bunker
Uber builds and tests self-driving cars at engineering centre in Pittsburgh
Tokujin Yoshioka creates cloud-like sculpture from thousands of acrylic rods
Rick Banks compiles a visual history of UK club culture
Curving roof and stone walls create seclusion for Portuguese house by NOARQ
Tramway Gas Station by Frey and Chambers is a modernist gatehouse for Palm Springs
The Boundary releases visuals of “pi-in-the-sky” luxury hotel in the Sonoran Desert
Developer to remove signage from site of Nazi torture cellars following backlash
Digital installation seemingly turns selfies into gravel
DesignAgency turns former strip club into boutique Toronto hotel
Nendo exploits acoustic properties of beech wood for transparent Bunaco speaker
Populous to design spherical music venues in Las Vegas and London
“Can modernism be explained without an architectural education?”
Eurotunnel “very interested” in Boris bridge between England and France
Lim + Lu uses brightly coloured walls and furnishings for fashion designer’s Hong Kong home
Carsten Höller’s first giant slides in the US open in Miami
