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Bernardes Arquitetura completes Rio office block fronted by perforated metal and plants

This office block in Rio de Janeiro features a triple-layered facade with a window wall, a screen of plants, and a thick lattice of perforated metal (+ slideshow).

 
 

Murray Barker and Laith McGregor create concrete ping pong tables

Architect Murray Barker and artist Laith McGregor have designed two outdoor table tennis tables from monolithic concrete slabs (+ slideshow).

 
 

Moving walls open Stal Collectief's charred timber workshop to the elements

Raised on stilts above a field in northeast Belgium, Stal Collectief's self-designed studio features charred timber walls that can be wheeled back to reveal the interior (+ movie).

 
 

Bugaboo expands beyond pushchairs with first luggage collection

After 20 years making pushchairs, Dutch company Bugaboo is expanding into a different area of the travel market: luggage (+ slideshow).

 
 

Students build scaffold-like pavilion topped with mesh "cloud" at former Latvian brewery

Stacks of recycled materials form tables, benches and stairs in this temporary timber pavilion, designed by architecture students for the grounds of a former beer brewery in Cēsis, Latvia (+ slideshow).

 
 

Hope of Glory adds mirrored apartment block to street of historic buildings in Graz

A+Awards:  next up in our collaboration with Architizer's A+Awards is an apartment building in Austria that is covered in mirrors to reflect the facades of surrounding historic buildings.

 
 

Eight of the most majestic Modernist-influenced churches in Iceland

Iceland's dramatic landscape is dotted with equally spectacular religious architecture. Here's eight of our favourite churches built in the country's unique style, which take cues from Modernism (+ slideshow).

 
 

Huge wooden model torched on 350th anniversary of Great Fire of London

A giant model of London's 17th-century cityscape has been set ablaze on the River Thames to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London (+ slideshow).

 
 

DesignStudio completes minimal rebrand for Deliveroo

Deliveroo has become the latest company to scrap its complicated logo in favour of a flat design, launching a pared-back rebrand by London agency DesignStudio (+ slideshow).

 
 

V&A director quits after expressing dismay over Brexit vote

The German director of the V&A museum in London Martin Roth is stepping down after five years, after describing the results of the EU Referendum as a personal defeat.

 
 

Philippe Starck designs voice-controlled smart radiator valves for Netatmo

French designer Philippe Starck has created smart radiator valves that allow homeowners to remotely control the temperature of each room using their voice (+ movie). 

 
 

RZLBD divides black and grey Toronto residence with central staircase

Toronto firm RZLBD has completed a three-storey house comprising two volumes split by a staircase in the middle (+ slideshow).

 
 
 
   
 
 

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