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Architecture Interiors Design Technology News Jobs       Dezeen launches gender pay gap calculator to help tackle inequality in the workplace What's your organisation's gender pay gap? We're created an online calculator to help you find out, as part of our Move the Needle initiative to tackle gender equality in architecture and design. More ›     Competition: win tickets to a talk with architect Amanda Levete For our latest competition, Dezeen has teamed up with Creative Entrepreneurs to give 10 readers the chance to attend a talk with Amanda Levete, founder of British architecture firm AL_A. More ›     Goodyear's "living" car tyre converts carbon dioxide into oxygen This 3D-printed concept wheel by tyre manufacturer Goodyear uses living moss to absorb moisture from the road, before converting it into oxygen through photosynthesis. More ›     Zaha Hadid Architects wins contest for water-inspired cultural hub in UAE Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed plans for a vast cultural hub at the heart of a new masterplan in the United Arab Emirates city of Sharjah, which will comprise a series of droplet-shaped buildings set around a tapered observation tower. More ›     BIG releases new image of twisted residential towers in New York Danish firm BIG has unveiled a new rendering of its pair of rotated towers that are currently under construction in New York's Chelsea neighbourhood. More ›     "The girls started asking why there weren't more women on the list of Pritzker Prize winners" Teaching children about architecture opened Mary Tooley's eyes to the lack of recognition given to female architects. In this letter she wrote to Dezeen in response to our Move the Needle initiative, she explains what she is doing about it. More ›     Latest Dezeen Weekly features 2018's Pritzker winner and sustainable Lego bricks The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly features the announcement of Balkrishna Doshi as this year's Pritzker Prize laureate and Lego's new range of plant-based plastic bricks, sourced from sugar cane. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly ›     Everlane turns historic San Francisco building into minimal clothing store Online fashion brand Everlane is continuing to expand its bricks-and-mortar offering with a new location inside a century-old building in San Francisco. More ›     Barbie launches collection of female role models for International Women's Day Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and Australian conservationist Bindi Irwin are among 17 historical and modern-day role models to be immortalised as Barbies, in celebration of International Women's Day. More ›     "No other architectural title comes close" to Dezeen, says media survey Dezeen has been rated the most effective resource for marketers and advertisers in the UK architecture industry by construction marketing consultancy Insynth. More ›     Snøhetta and Local Studio build tribute arch to Desmond Tutu in Cape Town Architecture firms Snøhetta and Local Studio celebrate South African anti-apartheid activist Desmond Tutu with this monumental arch, which was unveiled in downtown Cape Town during this year's Design Indaba. More ›     Lasvit creates minimalist versions of traditional chandeliers Dezeen promotion: Lasvit has teamed up with designers Jan Plecháč and Henry Wielgus to recreate a selection of chandeliers found in five of the world's most famous theatres. More ›     MB Architecture constructs university building from shipping containers in one day American firm MB Architecture has used shipping containers to quickly and cheaply build a media lab for Bard College in New York's Hudson Valley. 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