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BIG reveals full designs for Dubai Hyperloop in new video

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Bjarke Ingels Group has today unveiled its designs for the world's first Hyperloop high-speed transportation system in Dubai, which is to feature pods that travel at "near supersonic speed".

 
 

Competition: win a book exploring contemporary pavilion architecture

Free comp: New Pavilions

Dezeen has teamed up with publishing house Thames & Hudson to give readers the opportunity to win one of five copies of The New Pavilions book.

 
 

David Adjaye and Amanda Levete compete in London bridge lighting contest

The Illuminated River Shortlist

David Adjaye, Amanda Levete and Diller Scofidio + Renfro are among the six design teams shortlisted to create light installations for the bridges on London's River Thames.

 
 

Job of the day: product and furniture designer at Heatherwick Studio

Dezeen Jobs architecture and design recruitment

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a product and furniture designer at Thomas Heatherwick's London studio, whose design for a Garden Bridge over the River Thames is pictured. Read more stories about Thomas Heatherwick  or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

 
 

Camera capability comes to Apple Watch with launch of third-party band

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Apple Watch wearers can know take photos with a flick of the wrist, using the CMRA watch band.

 
 

Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects transforms Belgian fort into home and guesthouse

Farmhouse Burkeldijk and fortress Hazegras in Knokke by Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects has renovated and extended a former fort in West Flanders to create a home for an estate agent and his family.

 
 

Charge's electric truck can be built in just four hours

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British automotive company Charge has unveiled its vision for the "future of electric trucks", with an autonomous vehicle that can be assembled in four hours.

 
 

Philadelphia office building by BIG takes cues from old battleships

Philadelphia Navy Yard by BIG

Bjarke Ingels Group has completed an office facility in the Philadelphia Navy Yard with a facade that curves like the bow of a ship.

 
 

Richard Meier releases more images of black tower for New York

Black Tower New York City by Richard Meier & Partners

American architect Richard Meier has followed up teasers of a black tower planned for New York's East River with a wider set of images showing the firm's interiors for the building.

 
 

Incandescent bulb likely cause of Tokyo Design Week fire

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The  fire that killed one young boy and injured two adults at Tokyo Design Week on Sunday was likely started by an incandescent bulb.

 
 

National University of Singapore starts building zero-energy design school

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Construction started today on a  Singapore design school that will produce all of its own energy and more.

 
 

"Trumpitecture stands as a sad but honest reflection of the values Trump proudly embodies"

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The garish and self-indulgent buildings developed by Republican candidate Donald Trump reveal a lot about how he would run America if elected president tomorrow, says US architect Doug Staker in this Opinion column.

 
 

Agathom builds artist's cabin in dense British Columbia forest

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A+Awards: next in our showcase of this year's Architizer A+Awards winners is a wooden artist's retreat on Vancouver Island by Toronto firm Agathom.

 
 

Bouroullec Brothers suspend chains of light from ceiling of Galerie Kreo

Chains by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec at Galerie Kreo

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec's latest piece for Galerie Kreo is a series of light chains made from links that can be "endlessly joined together".

 
 
 
   
 
 

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