Norman Foster reveals vaulted Droneport prototype at Venice Architecture Biennale



Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Foster + Partners has unveiled the first full-scale prototype of its Droneport concept at the Arsenale, which is designed to transport medical supplies to remote regions in Africa using unmanned flying vehicles (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Peter Saville colour-codes London’s Tate Modern ahead of extension opening



British graphic design legend Peter Saville is behind the Tate Modern art gallery’s updated graphic identity, a colourful model of the complex that includes the new Herzog & de Meuron extension. (more…)

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US job of the week: interior designer at Soho House New York

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Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for an interior designer at Soho House & Co in New York, where its members club features a space called the Vinyl Room (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

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Snøhetta’s Kjetil Trædal Thorsen urges architects to work in the “non-free world”

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Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: architects need to work in non-democratic countries to help improve conditions for the people that live there, says Snøhetta co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen. (more…)

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Studio Octopi designs floating swimming pool for Melbourne’s Yarra River



Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: the architects behind plans to create a cluster of freshwater swimming pools on the River Thames have unveiled a proposal for a floating pool on the Yarra River in the Australian city of Melbourne. (more…)

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Christian Kerez creates cavernous cloud to offer “a pure encounter with architecture”



Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: architect Christian Kerez has constructed a huge structure inside Switzerland’s Biennale Pavilion, featuring a cloud-like exterior and a cavernous interior (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Job of the week: graphic designer at Hem

The advancement of LED technology is like “discovering America” for lighting designers



Movie: designers Daniel Rybakken and Francisco Gomez Paz discussed their latest chandeliers as well as the challenges and opportunities of LED lighting in this talk Dezeen hosted for Luceplan in New York. (more…)

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Follow Dezeen on Snapchat for the best of the Venice Architecture Biennale

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Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Dezeen is posting behind-the-scenes footage and previews of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 on Snapchat this week, from famous architects with cat faces to the best pavilions, installations and parties. (more…)

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The Evidence Room presents “the worst crime ever committed by an architect”



Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: a team of architects and academics has created a room of architectural evidence from Auschwitz that shows how the Nazi concentration camp was purposefully designed as a killing facility (+ slideshow). (more…)

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