This week on Dezeen:聽the designer behind聽David Bowie's Blackstar album artwork revealed its true meaning in an exclusive interview聽and we looked ahead to the era of the聽"megatall" skyscraper.
Jonathan Barnbrook on David Bowie's Blackstar album artwork
The cover of David Bowie's Blackstar album, released just days before his death, was designed to reflect the musician's mortality, according to his graphic design collaborator Jonathan Barnbrook.
Skyscrapers completed in 2015 reach record numbers
In other news, it was revealed聽that a record number of towers over 200 metres tall were completed in 2015聽while the聽number of skyscrapers over 600 metres high ? known as "megatalls" ? is set to more than double.
Manhattan West tower in New York by SOM Architecture firm SOM showcased new renderings of Manhattan West ? a trio of skyscrapers spanning massive rail yards in New York City ? and Selldorf Architects was selected to design a mixed-use project in Washington DC聽on the site of an HIV treatment centre named after the actress Elizabeth Taylor.
Google's driverless car
The US Department of Transportation unveiled聽its聽plan to eradicate accidents on American roads by investing in聽self-driving cars,聽and聽the US Treasury unleashed a series of聽measures to crack down on "dirty money" flowing through the luxury real-estate market.
We've reached "peak home furnishings" says Ikea sustainability chief
Ikea announced that the western world h...