Robot Phone | "New world wonder" shortlist | Barbican revamp

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View online     Madras Spaces creates rural Indian home using "only what was necessary" Indian studio Madras Spaces has completed The Threshold House, a farmhouse in Tamil Nadu built using a locally sourced palette of repurposed brick, timber and tiles. Read more ›   Honor's Robot Phone is a smartphone with an articulating arm Chinese electronics company Honor has previewed a smartphone with an articulating robot arm at this week's Mobile World Congress. Read more ›   Formafantasma creates "intentionally banal" set for Marni's Milan Fashion Week show An office chair, a lighter and a close-up of a PDF on a laptop are among the everyday scenes hand-painted on canvases by design studio Formafantasma for the set of Marni's Autumn Winter 2026 show at Milan Fashion Week. Read more ›   Plans for Barbican revamp get go-ahead British architecture studios Allies and Morrison and Asif Khan Studio plan to renew the Barbican Centre have received planning approval from the City of London Corporation. Read more ›   AB+AC Architects uses natural materials and sculptural furniture for House of Green Patios Lebanese-Italian studio AB+AC Architects has created an "urban retreat" with terracotta floors in Lisbon, Portugal, for clients who wanted to feel like they were living in the countryside. Read more ›   Heatherwick, MVRDV and Mecanoo among shortlisted designs for "new world wonder" Dutch social venture Shift has revealed the five shortlisted designs in a competition to design "a new wonder of the world" to promote action against climate change. Read more ›   Snøhetta and Hariri Pontarini Architects design revamped Ontario Science Centre A scalloped design by Snøhetta and Canadian studio Hariri Pontarini Architects has been selected for the Ontario Science Centre on the Toronto waterfront as part of a wider, years-long redevelopment of the area. Read more ›   Dezeen Debate features "kitsch" shuttlecock-shaped badminton centre The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Shuttle badminton academy in India. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Read more ›   Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill adds "yacht-inspired" skyscraper to Miami waterfront American architecture studio Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has completed the 47-storey Una Residences skyscraper in Miami, USA, which features wraparound terraces and sleek facades. Read more ›   Thousands of angry comments flood White House ballroom review Ahead of reviewing the final site and building plans of the White House East Wing ballroom project this week, the National Capital Planning Commission has received over 32,000 public comments, with the "majority in opposition to the project". Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise

Zaha Hadid legal battle | Steel-fence chair | Nike portable football stadium

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View online     Gridded concrete cloisters define Málaga university building by Vaillo + Irigaray Architects Gridded volumes of exposed concrete surround a series of courtyards at the University of Málaga's Faculty of Tourism, designed by local studio Vaillo + Irigaray Architects. Read more ›   Nike's portable stadium kit allows football to be played anywhere Sport brand Nike and creative agency Amsterdam Berlin have developed the ACG All Conditions Cup System, a movable modular stadium that facilitates football matches on rugged terrains from mountains to deserts. Read more ›   Moss adds new metallic finishes to its Dune light Dezeen Showroom: German brand Moss has updated its Dune luminaire, which is informed by and named after the flowing forms of sand dunes, adding three new metallic tones. Read more ›   "Software designers must abandon their roles as the custodians of libraries, logic and grids" Designers should use AI's foibles as a chance to move away from the ruthlessly rational approach that has come to dominate software, writes Nick Foster. Read more ›   FOG Architecture designs Beijing spa to be more than a "quiet place" Chinese studio FOG Architecture has designed warm and relaxing interiors for YUSPA in Beijing, China, using subtle transitions of lighting and materials. Read more ›   Eight exemplary projects that showcase sustainable design To inspire your entries to Dezeen Awards, we have rounded-up some of our favourite sustainable architecture and interiors projects from previous shortlisted submissions. Read more ›   MXarchitecture installs back-to-back homes in Paris suburb Paris studio MXarchitecture has built 2in1 Houses, a pair of three-bedroom homes that butt up against each other on a suburban plot in the east of the French capital. Read more ›   Tola Ojuolape designs textured green lounge space for Collect 2026 In this exclusive interview produced by Dezeen, designer Tola Ojuolape explains the design process for her Collectors' Lounge on show at this year's Collect 2026. Read more ›   Han Seungmin creates chair from the stainless-steel fences of Brooklyn Designer Han Seungmin has created a chair using the mass-produced stainless-steel fencing in Asian and West Indian neighbourhoods in New York to "challenge the idyllic image of the 'American Dream'". Read more ›   Bloqe Architectura designs Mariano Azuela 194 apartment block after Mexico City manor houses Local studio Bloqe Architectura created a four-bay apartment complex with a series of barrel-vaulted spaces that open up to rooftop gardens overlooking Mexico City. Read more ›   BuildFest 2026 Dezeen Competitions: BuildFest 2026 invites international university teams to submit ideas for timber pavilions and multimedia projects to be installed on the historic grounds of the 1969 Woodstock festival. Read more ›   Patrik Schumacher wins right to rename Zaha Hadid Architects Zaha Hadid Architects principal Patrik Schumacher has won a legal battle with the Zaha Hadid Foundation over the use of the late Zaha Hadid's name. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise