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Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       Retro capsule hotel in Tokyo gets contemporary makeover by Schemata Architects Jo Nagasaka's architecture studio has overhauled a capsule hotel in Tokyo, pairing old sleeping cabins with a suite of timber-lined saunas. More ›     Drug ring smuggles cocaine into the UK inside office furniture A drug-smuggling operation brought over £10 million worth of cocaine into the UK under the guise of a Leicester-based interior design company, a jury has heard. More ›     Doug Aitken installs geodesic pavilions under the sea This captioned movie shows an underwater installation by artist Doug Aitken, which involved anchoring three mirrored geodesic domes to the seabed near Catalina Island in California, and inviting people to swim inside. More ›     Cladding of Will Alsop's Chips apartment block has "non fire retardant" written on it Cladding panels have been found with "non fire retardant" written on them at the Will Alsop-designed Chips apartment block in Manchester, UK, in a safety review following the Grenfell Tower fire. More ›     Call for entries to YAC's Art Prison competition Dezeen promotion: Young Architects Competitions is inviting designers to submit proposals for a contest that would see an old fortress on an island in southern Sicily converted into an art gallery. More ›     Pauline van Dongen designs backpack using "energy harvesting textile" Dutch designer Pauline van Dongen has created a backpack from a single piece of knitted fabric, which incorporates tiny solar power beads enabling wearers to charge smart devices on the go. More ›     10 buildings that represent a new age of postmodernism The age of postmodern architecture is far from over, according to designer Adam Nathaniel Furman. To prove it, he has picked out 10 examples, including a pile of Dutch townhouses and a skyscraper modelled on a clock tower. More ›     "550 Madison is worthy of the greatest respect and most careful preservation" As demolition work begins on the lobby of Philip Johnson's AT&T Building, now known as 550 Madison, Municipal Art Society of New York chair Christy MacLear emphasises the building's architectural significance and warns of the limitations of the city's current preservation process. More ›     Foster + Partners designs headquarters for golf's PGA Tour in Florida British architecture firm Foster + Partners has unveiled a new headquarters for golfing association PGA Tour in northeast Florida, featuring an expansive overhanging roof. More ›     Snarkitecture sculpts kitchen islands based on glaciers, rivers and geysers A melting ice globe, a fountain and steam clouds feature in this series of kitchen islands that New York studio Snarkitecture has crafted using quartz surface material Caesarstone. More ›     Sou Fujimoto designs tower with wavy canopies and verdant balconies for new development in Nice A tower with undulating, tree-covered canopies by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto forms part of this competition-winning €275 million masterplan for a new neighbourhood in Nice, France. More ›     BIG revises Smithsonian campus masterplan in Washington DC Architecture firm BIG has updated its plans for the revitalisation of the Smithsonian Institution campus in the US capital, after the initial designs sparked opposition. More ›     Grassy landscape cascades over angular Los Angeles house by Eric Rosen California studio Eric Rosen Architects has carved away parts of a sloped site to make way for a multi-level home topped with a grass-covered roof. 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