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Rusty ship transformed into cavernous pavilion for MoMA's Young Architects Program in Seoul

South Korean studio Shinslab Architecture sliced off one end of a rusty old ship and turned it upside down to form this installation for the Seoul edition of MoMA's Young Architects Program (+ slideshow).

 
 

Ai Weiwei creates lotus-like installation from refugee life jackets

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has arranged 1,005 life jackets from refugees into the shape of lotus flowers for a floating installation in Vienna (+ slideshow).

 
 

SOM unveils masterplan for Philadelphia's 30th Street Station district

Architecture firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill has unveiled its vision to transform the Beaux-Arts 30th Street Station and its surrounding area in Philadelphia (+ movie).

 
 

Jérémie Souteyrat photographs 20 contemporary Japanese houses and their owners

This series of images by photographer Jérémie Souteyrat captures the everyday activities of people living in contemporary Japanese houses (+ slideshow).

 
 

Rainforest foliage and mirrors feature inside Amsterdam bar by Studio Modijefsky

Dutch design office Studio Modijefsky has filled an Amsterdam bar with tropical plants and green surfaces to create a rainforest-like feel (+ slideshow).

 
 

Marc Newson revamps Louis Vuitton luggage in bright colours

Australian designer Marc Newson has reinvented Louis Vuitton's iconic trunks, making them lighter and more spacious on the inside (+ slideshow).

 
 

Kodasema creates tiny prefabricated house that moves with its owners

This tiny prefabricated dwelling by Estonian design collective Kodasema is designed to allow its residents to up sticks and move to a new location in less than a day (+ slideshow).

 
 

11 of the best rooftop swimming pools on Dezeen

As London enjoys a mini heatwave, we're celebrating the belated arrival of summer by dipping into some of the best rooftop swimming pools from our archive, including an infinity pool with views of the Tel Aviv skyline and a bathing spot in the Brazilian jungle (+ slideshow).

 
 

Crowdfunding campaign launched to fund restoration of abandoned Miami Marine Stadium

Heineken and the National Trust for Historic Preservation are hosting a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the resurrection of a 1960s Miami stadium designed by Cuban architect Hilario Candela.

 
 

Mercedes-Benz unveils its self-driving Future Bus

Mercedes-Benz has revealed its design for an autonomous bus, which recently made its first self-driven journey along a 20-kilometre-long route in the Netherlands (+ movie).

 
 

UNESCO adds 17 Le Corbusier projects to World Heritage List

Heritage body UNESCO has added 17 projects by 20th-century French architect Le Corbusier to its list of internationally significant architecture sites, including the Unité d'Habitation housing in Marseille – arguably the most influential Brutalist building of all time (+ slideshow).

 
 

Hou de Sousa builds reconfigurable Raise/Raze installation from plastic balls

New York firm Hou de Sousa has created an interactive installation in a Washington DC subway station, using over half a million plastic spheres glued together to form building blocks (+ slideshow).

 
 

"How does one interact with cities when you are continuously looking into your phone?"

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Comments update: readers are debating the merits of Nintendo's Pokémon GO smartphone video game, with some questioning its implications on the way people experience the built environment.

 
 

Zaha Hadid Architects is "yet to evolve" says Patrik Schumacher

Movie: in this exclusive video interview, Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher explains how he hopes to take the practice forward after the unexpected death of Zaha Hadid earlier this year.

 
 

Five products that have already been designed for Pokémon GO

Just two weeks after the release of mobile game Pokémon GO, designers have created an array of products aimed at making it easier for players to "catch 'em all".

 
 

New images revealed of Renzo Piano's 565 Broome Soho tower in New York

Renzo Piano Building Workshop has released new images of its 30-storey Soho Tower in New York, which will be the firm's first residential project in Manhattan.

 
 
 
   
 
 

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