Saerom Yoon designs coloured resin tables to resemble crystals



Pastel-coloured gradients cover the surface of Korean designer Saerom Yoon’s Crystal Series tables.  (more…)

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Harvard students create tiny vacation houses for stressed-out city dwellers



Graduate students from Harvard University have launched a company that designs, builds and rents out wilderness micro cabins to urban residents “looking to escape the digital grind and test drive tiny-house living” (+ slideshow). (more…)

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NASA to test faster, cleaner and quieter X-57 electric aircraft



NASA is planning tests of an experimental electric aeroplane, which it believes could lead to reduced flight times and carbon emissions for future air travel (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Conceptual home for couples designed to split into two halves after divorce



This floating house is designed by Amsterdam-based Studio OBA to break apart, so unhappily married occupants can cast their spouses adrift. (more…)

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Zaha Hadid Architects to build Qatari hotel based on a desert flower



Zaha Hadid Architects has announced plans to build a 38-storey, fluid-form hotel as part of a new coastal city in Qatar. (more…)

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Killer robot used by Dallas police for first time in US history



Dallas police have used a robot to kill a gunman for what is thought to be the first time in US history. (more…)

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Watch Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu’s Royal Academy Lecture live on Dezeen tonight

Chinese architects Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu

Chinese architects Lu Wenyu and Wang Shu will deliver the Royal Academy’s prestigious Annual Architecture Lecture tonight. Tune in at 6.45pm UK time to watch it live on Dezeen or on our Facebook page. (more…)

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London mayor suspends Garden Bridge construction over funding concerns



London mayor Sadiq Khan has frozen a building project for the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge to ensure no more public money is committed to the £175 million scheme. (more…)

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Alexander McQueen’s DNA turned into human leather goods by Tina Gorjanc



Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Tina Gorjanc has proposed a conceptual range of leather accessories made of skin grown from late fashion designer Alexander McQueen‘s DNA (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Cross-shaped windows allow light to filter into Lebanese church by Maroun Lahoud



Crucifix-shaped windows are carved through the bush-hammered stone walls of this marble-lined church on Mount Lebanon, designed by Paris-based architect Maroun Lahoud (+ slideshow). (more…)

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