Comments update: design education in the UK was the hot topic among Dezeen readers this week, as industry figures claimed they prefer to hire graduates from overseas during Dezeen’s Brexit design summit, and a survey revealed 25 per cent of architecture students have mental health problems. (more…)
Business news: Elon Musk is moving closer to his vision for a “one-stop solar and storage experience”, with the announcement that his company Tesla is set to buy solar panel manufacturer SolarCity. (more…)
London’s Design Museum has commissioned a series of films showing classic objects from its collection making their own way to its new building, including a Vespa Clubman and an Anglepoise lamp (+ movies). (more…)
With the Marks Barfield-designed i360 in Brighton set to open to the public this week, drones have shot new footage of the structure billed the “world’s tallest moving observation tower” (+ movie). (more…)
Former footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs have teamed up with architects office Make to design a luxury shopping and hotel complex on the site of a 1950s synagogue in Manchester. (more…)
This small holiday home by Rural Design nestles between grassy knolls on the Isle of Skye, the largest of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides islands (+ slideshow). (more…)
Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have devised a new method of construction using mini robots that they claim is cheap, fast and can create structures that would otherwise be impossible to build (+ movie). (more…)
This extension to a Swiss art museum by Spanish studio Barozzi Veiga features gridded concrete facades and subterranean galleries (+ slideshow). (more…)
A decade after its last launch, British luxury automobile company Bristol Cars has unveiled its new speedster model, named the Bristol Bullet (+ slideshow). (more…)
A large tiered garden forms the roof of this house in the coastal Vietnamese city Nha Trang, which architect Vo Trong Nghia designed in partnership with former colleague Masaaki Iwamoto (+ slideshow). (more…)
