Qatar 2022 stadium | SANAA's cloud-like pavilion | Ban on killer robots

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SANAA completes cloud-shaped port terminal building for Naoshima island

SANAA has built a small passenger terminal shaped like a cloud for a port on the Japanese island of Naoshima, which is famed for its contemporary art scene. More ›

 
 

Elon Musk among tech leaders urging ban on killer robots

Elon Musk urges ban on killer robots

More than 100 leaders in the field of robotics have signed an open letter calling on the United Nations to prevent a global arms race in autonomous lethal weapons. More ›

 
 

Ibrahim Jaidah unveils cap-inspired stadium for Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup

The latest football stadium for the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar has been unveiled, featuring a diamond-patterned exterior based on the knitted white cap traditionally worn by Arab men. More ›

 
 

The SHED Project offers micro-homes inside vacant London properties

Lowe Guardians and Studio Bark's SHED Project

Self-contained micro homes  are being installed inside vacant buildings across London as part of an initiative called The SHED Project, which features in the latest movie from our Dezeen x MINI Living video series. More ›

 
 

Cassidy Reid devises Hyperloop network to "make Europe great again"

Bartlett student Cassidy Reid devises a Hyperloop network to "make Europe great again"

Bartlett School of Architecture  graduate Cassidy Reid has designed a concept for a high-speed transport network based on Hyperloop to create infrastructural and cultural corridors across Europe, and shrink travel time between cities. More ›

 
 

Motorola files patent for phone that can repair its own screen

Motorola's future phones could be equipped with a self-repair function, which would enable users to fix their damaged screens. More ›

 
 

Arched bamboo trusses left exposed in Chiang Mai sports hall to create a "feast to the eye"

Chiangmai Life Architects and Construction modelled the segmented and undulating roof of this bamboo sports hall at a school in Chiang Mai in Thailand  on the petals of a lotus flower. More ›

 
 

Aurora Arquitectos opens up 1970s apartment in Lisbon with angular skylights and folding walls

Aurora Arquitectos refurbishes 1970s apartment in Lisbon, Portugal

A long bright corridor punctuated by three wood-lined skylights spans this apartment in Lisbon, Portugal, which was been refurbished by local office Aurora Arquitectos. More ›

 
 

Tom Fereday's Pelo light is made from a single coil of extruded ceramic

Australian designer Tom Fereday and artist Susan Chen make lamps using a ceramic printer

This delicately ridged pendant light by Australian designer Tom Fereday and artist Susan Chen takes two and a half hours to 3D print from one piece of extruded clay. More ›

 
 

Yael Perry includes flashes of colour in otherwise muted apartment in Israel

A|A Duplex by Yael Perry

Tel Aviv-based designer Yael Perry renovated this apartment in the Israeli region of Sharon into a "cool, contemporary" space with unexpected colourful accents. More ›