World's largest aircraft "the Flying Bum" prepares for first flight
A vessel said to be the world's largest aircraft has left its hangar for the first time, in preparation for a test flight (+ slideshow). More
A vessel said to be the world's largest aircraft has left its hangar for the first time, in preparation for a test flight (+ slideshow). More
Architect Ben Derbyshire has been elected to become the next president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. More
Architecture firms Stanton Williams and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands have been selected to design the first buildings at University College London's proposed Olympic Park campus, which is set to include a major new school of design. More
Brexit crisis: housing architect O'Mahony Pike has revealed it is shutting its London office while Grimshaw is letting go of staff, as projects dry up thanks to the uncertainty caused by Brexit. More
Rio 2016: Adidas and fashion designer Stella McCartney have revealed the outfits to be worn by Team GB athletes during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics this evening. More
Architecture studio Hayhurst and Co has built a home and studio for leading leather-design duo Whitaker Malem, featuring a steeply stepped roof covered in over 800 plants (+ slideshow). More
New copyright laws in the UK have come into effect, banning replicas of some of the most-copied icons of 20th century furniture design – including pieces by Arne Jacobsen, and Charles and Ray Eames (+ slideshow). More
Opinion: shocking new statistics about the mental health of architecture students in the UK should be a wake-up call for both architects and educators, says Robert Mull. More
Haworth Tompkins and Metropolitan Workshop have revealed their designs for housing that will replace London's historic Robin Hood Gardens estate by Brutalist architects Alison and Peter Smithson. More
The head of one of the world's top architecture schools has called for an overhaul of architecture education and accreditation in the UK following new statistics about the high rate of mental health issues among students. More
Most Loved: in our next exclusive movie, designer Ed Carpenter reflects on how the pigeon-shaped lamp he presented at his graduation show in 2001 became a bestseller in museums and design shops around the world. More
Brexit design summit: the freedom to recruit talented staff from overseas is "completely essential" according to leading UK designers, who have submitted ideas for a design manifesto to help the sector thrive after Brexit. 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
British artist David Shrigley and London mayor Sadiq Khan have launched a series of artist-designed posters for London's Tube, which declare that the city "will not cut itself off from the rest of the world" (+ slideshow). More
Architecture studio Selencky Parsons has extended a typical midcentury end-of-terrace house in southeast London by adding a pair of brick gables that diminish in size like Russian dolls (+ slideshow). More
Jonathan Tuckey Design has completed two London shops for skincare brand Malin+Goetz – one filled with plywood boxes and the other featuring a reflective ceiling (+ slideshow). More
Fleet Architects has paired slatted timber screens with wooden parquet flooring in this transformation of a "concrete shell" in east London into a craft beer house (+ slideshow). More
Brexit design summit: the UK's creative industries should come together to produce a manifesto explaining the benefits they bring the whole country, designers have suggested. More