IKEA x Xbox gaming furniture | Sweden's smallest apartments | Multi-species wildlife tower

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View online     Pearce+ stacks reclaimed materials to create multi-species wildlife tower Architecture studio Pearce+ has added a wildlife tower for bats, owls, kestrels, invertebrates and wetland species at Honeygar Farm in Somerset, UK. Read more ›   Xbox teams up with IKEA for debut gaming furniture collection Designers from IKEA and Xbox were paired up to create the products in this furniture collection, including a stool that looks and tilts like a giant thumbstick. Read more ›   Riksbyggen creates Sweden's smallest apartments to "make the housing crisis tangible" Developer Riksbyggen and creative agency BBDO Nordics have designed three flats based on what a 25-year-old can afford to buy in Sweden today, with the smallest micro home measuring just 1.9 square metres. Read more ›   VOX Design Challenge Dezeen Competitions: VOX Design Challenge invites architects and designers across India to showcase built projects where VOX Ceiling solutions create spatial impact and elevate a building's design. Read more ›   Colar revives adobe structure to create pared-back home in Mexico Architecture studio Colar has updated and extended a dilapidated adobe structure to create a single-storey home in Chiapas, Mexico. Read more ›   Latest Dell workstations close gap between "design concept and client-ready presentation" Promotion: US technology company Dell has incorporated Nvidia GPUs and AI-assisted visualisation technologies into its workstation portfolio to support its latest real-time design studio. Read more ›   Miami votes to restore Hilario Candela's Marine Stadium Miami voters have approved Denver-based real estate company Oak View Group's bid to take over management of the city's historic Miami Marine Stadium and restore the structure. Read more ›   Lighting made from Chinese medicine waste among projects from Politecnico di Milano Dezeen School Shows: a light made from organic waste from traditional Chinese medicine is among the projects by students at Politecnico di Milano. Read more ›   KFA set to transform 1970s brutalist LA office into apartments Architecture studio KFA plans to convert a 1970s brutalist office in Los Angeles into housing after its recent designation as a historic landmark, taking advantage of a recently adopted adaptive reuse ordinance. 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

World's tallest jail | Anti-AI surveillance shirt | Grass-topped office

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View online     Grass-topped Dutch office by Studio Massimo "adds habitat rather than taking it" Local architecture practice Studio Massimo has completed a bio-based office in the Netherlands, using bark cladding and an expansive green roof to disguise its form within the surrounding woodland. Read more ›   Simon Weckert creates Digital Camouflage shirt to avoid AI video surveillance Designer Simon Weckert has created a colourful camouflage shirt that cannot be detected using AI video systems. Read more ›   Big-name studios encouraging architects to use AI The world's most prominent architecture studios are embracing AI for everything from coming up with designs to project analyses and reports, Dezeen research has found. Read more ›   Five standout art installations from Houghton Festival 2026 The Dezeen team was on the ground at Houghton Festival. Here are five standout installations from the festival, including a timber-and-thatch pavilion and a laser installation featuring a vintage campervan. Read more ›   DNCO brings "handmade quality" to Vermont's revamped logo Undulating hills and winding rivers are translated into the letters of Vermont's updated tourism logo, designed by creative agency DNCO as part of a wider rebrand for the US state. Read more ›   Peaked volumes top Los Angeles house by Allprace Local design-build studio Allprace aimed to create a feeling of "warmth and permanence" in a house called Hargis, which features gabled roof forms and earthy materials such as wood and stone. Read more ›   Construction begins on world's tallest jail in Manhattan A skyscraper-sized jail designed by architecture studio HOK is undergoing site preparation in New York City's Chinatown as one of the four new borough-based structures designed to replace the city's notorious Rikers Island jail complex. Read more ›   Artis Sense and Artis Frame by Christian Haas for Villeroy & Boch Dezeen Showroom: industrial designer Christian Haas has created two new bathroom products for German brand Villeroy & Boch, incorporating delicate ceramic reliefs and open shelving. 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

Debate: "It reminds me of Darth Vader's helmet shield."

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Join the debate! View online This week, readers are discussing the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago's new facade by architecture studio Jahn and AIA's announcement of the longest "ongoing slump" for architecture revenues.   Read on for more and join the debate!     "It reminds me of Darth Vader's helmet shield." The Thompson Center in downtown Chicago has been given a new facade as part of a renovation for tech company Google by architecture studio Jahn. What do you think? ›   "Thank American lawlessness and corruption." The American Institute of Architecture has announced the longest ever slump in architecture revenues in the US measured by the ABI index, citing "macroeconomic uncertainty" associated with rising oil prices. Read the story ›   "That's a genius way to preserve a classic structure!" A crisp white cube has been nested within the old brick shell of an existing building to create Casa Nido, a Spanish house designed by local studio Iterare Arquitectos. Share your thoughts ›   Latest Dezeen Showroom products Velo chair by Layer for Andreu World Marmoleum Cocoa flooring by Forbo Flooring Contemporary Room Dividing Screens by Fold Studio Flo wall light by Soktas   "I wouldn't be surprised if Ferrari just sold the car to themselves for the publicity." The first production model of the electric Ferrari designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson has sold for $40 million – a record price for a new vehicle at auction. Join the debate ›   "Is the building deliberately designed to tilt on one side? That is disturbing!" Architecture studios Waugh Thistleton Architects and Mithun have designed a 12-storey mass-timber office block in Bellevue, Washington. Join the conversation ›   "Thank you Heinz, thank you for everything." US food company Kraft Heinz has created an adjustable cap for its ketchup bottles that allows users to snap it into different positions to control the rate of flow. What do you reckon? ›     "Funky, different and exciting. I like it." Toronto architecture studio UUfie has expanded and renovated a 1970s chalet in Ontario to conform to its steep, wooded site with a net that serves as an internal barrier and a hammock. Have you had your say? ›   "This could be very good or interminably bad." American actor Brad Pitt has joined German filmmaker Wim Wenders on the production of a documentary exploring the works of Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. Share your thoughts ›   "Wondering why I haven’t heard of it before… Already planning to visit." With a renewed focus on contemporary art, Groninger Museum artistic director Roos Gortzak is seeking closer connection between the extraordinary postmodern building, she says in this interview. What do you think? ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Interior designer at Studio Seilern Architects Sales acccount and showroom manager at Stellar Works Project architect at Richard Parr Associates Architect, Part 2 architectural assistant or architectural technologist at AR Design Studio Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Debate, which was formerly called Dezeen Weekly. Update your preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise