A Canadian startup has designed an app-controlled home growing system that is intended to make growing organic food and cannabis easier (+ movie). (more…)

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This small wooden cabin by London-based architect Sini Kamppari perches among trees on a granite ridge, offering views of a lake in southeast Finland (+ slideshow). (more…)

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World Heritage Corb: commissioned by an Argentinian surgeon, Maison Curutchet is the only project in Latin America among the 17 Le Corbusier-designed buildings added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List (+ slideshow). (more…)

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US firm Studio Dwell has created an aluminium-clad home in northern Illinois that features a cantilevering terrace and a front door located on the upper storey (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Rio 2016: London architecture firm Wilkinson Eyre has created a trio of conjoined venues to host a range of indoor events at this month’s Olympic games (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has filled new Milan hotel Room Mate Giulia with a colour clash of custom furniture from Italian brand Cassina (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has revealed renderings showing his design for the new Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which is based on nearby tar pits (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Rio 2016: an orange and black flag representing the life jackets worn by asylum seekers has been designed for the Refugee Olympic Team (+ movie). (more…)

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Haworth white papers: working styles are changing, but ergonomic design is stuck in the days of the “cubicle farm” and not evolving quickly enough to support more mobile employees, according to US furniture giant Haworth. (more…)

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A roundup of the best team uniforms from Rio’s Olympic opening ceremony, a “giant flying bum” and Japanese houses of the future by world-famous architects (pictured) feature in this week’s issue of Dezeen Mail.

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