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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).

 
 

First Yo! Home scheme to compact houses into small apartments

"Intuitive" apartments with  moving surfaces and foldaway furniture will feature in the first residential development from the team behind Yo! Sushi and Yotel, which is currently awaiting planning permission.

 
 

Heatherwick appointed to design new stand for Fulham FC

London football club Fulham FC has appointed Thomas Heatherwick to redesign part of its stadium and create "an iconic landmark on the banks of the River Thames".

 
 

BIG creates "bubble-like cloud pavilion" at Roskilde Festival 2016

Bjarke Ingels' firm has revealed images of a huge inflatable pavilion it created for this year's edition of the annual music festival in Roskilde, Denmark (+ slideshow).

 
 

Saerom Yoon designs coloured resin tables to resemble crystals

Pastel-coloured gradients cover the surface of Korean designer Saerom Yoon's Crystal Series tables

 
 

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).

 
 

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.

 
 

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.

 
 

Killer robot used by police for first time in US history

Police used a robot to kill Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson, in what is thought to be a first in US history.

 
 

Watch Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu's Royal Academy Annual Architecture Lecture 2016

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.

 
 

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.

 
 

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).

 
 
 
   
 
 

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