Tent-like mountain shelter | Ole Scheeren designs Vietnam tower | Plant-powered lamp

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Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       Skýli mountain shelter is designed to withstand extreme weather conditions Utopia Arkitekter has designed a tent-like shelter that could provide a cosy retreat for trekkers in the mountains. More ›     Astro's architectural lighting collection lets a building take centre stage Astro Lighting has revealed its new collection of architectural LEDs, which are simple and subtle, so that they never overpower a setting. More ›     Watch our livestream of Diébédo Francis Kéré's lecture at World Architecture Festival 2017 Diébédo Francis Kéré, designer of this year's Serpentine Pavilion, is the next architect to take to the main stage at World Architecture Festival 2017. Tune in at 12.00pm UK time to watch his talk live. More ›     Scottish architects call for reform of "increasingly secretive and autocratic" RIAS More than 150 architects are calling for an independent review into the governance of Scottish architecture's professional body, the RIAS, which is being accused of covering up details of its internal finances. More ›     Watch Alison Brooks and Jacob Kurek speak about performance spaces live at World Architecture Festival 2017 Architects Alison Brooks and Jacob Kurek speak on the theme of performance spaces in the second talk Dezeen is streaming live from World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. More ›     Watch Rafael Viñoly's keynote presentation live from World Architecture Festival 2017 Architect Rafael Viñoly discusses the concept of performance in architecture in the opening keynote seminar at World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. Watch the livestream here from 9.20am UK time. More ›     Ole Scheeren references mountain landscapes in design for Vietnam skyscraper Architect Ole Scheeren has unveiled plans to build a 333-metre-high skyscraper in Vietnam's largest city, which will mimic the topography of the country's natural landscape. More ›     Living Light is an off-grid lamp powered by photosynthesis Dutch designer Ermi van Oers has created a lamp that uses a living plant to generate its own electricity – and plans to scale up the technology to power entire smart cities. More ›     M3 Architecture adds music studio with its own stage to garden of Australian residence This music studio in the garden of a home in Newcastle, New South Wales, is entered via a house-shaped porch that doubles as an outdoor recital space. More ›     Marina Abramovic cancels OMA's theatre conversion in Upstate New York Serbian artist Marina Abramovic has abandoned plans for OMA to turn a former theatre in Upstate New York into an arts institute in her name, after failing to raise enough funding. More ›     Steel colonnades create sheltered outdoor spaces at Mexican hacienda Mexican firm Desnivel Arquitectos has completed a residence that includes a large living area with no walls, and a covered walkway that overlooks a lush garden and a swimming pool. More ›     Costume Institute's Spring 2018 exhibition to explore fashion and Catholicism New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will draw connections between religious art and contemporary couture for its next major fashion exhibition, to be designed by architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro. More ›     "It's like walking through some bizarre toy village" In this week's comments update, an opinion piece arguing against the homogenisation of shop signs on a northeast London high street started a debate among readers around aspirational politics and gentrification. More ›     Bomma showcases glass-blowing techniques used to create its sculptural lighting pendants Dezeen promotion: Czech brand Bomma reveals the glass-making techniques behind its lighting products, in these two short films produced by director Petr Krejci. More ›     IKEA lab Space10 launches website to "revamp" co-living for 2030 IKEA's external innovation lab Space10 has created an online platform for researching and developing concepts for future shared living spaces. More ›     Sculptural Arizona research building takes cues from desert topography CO Architects and Ayers Saint Gross have completed a copper-clad laboratory complex in downtown Phoenix that evokes jagged and striated rock formations found in the American Southwest. More ›       Follow us     Forward this newsletter to a friend You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Unsubscribe     Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise