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Architecture Interiors Design Technology News Jobs       "Siloed thinking" not cladding to blame for Grenfell Tower fire claims report Ignorance, indifference and inadequate regulation led to the Grenfell Tower disaster, not its cladding alone, claims a new report, which does not recommend a ban on the combustable building materials blamed for the fire.  More ›     Pritzker Prize-winners' best buildings transformed into animated toy blocks My First Pritzker is an animation by Andrea Stinga that reimagines the works of architecture's Pritzker Prize-winners as children's building blocks. More ›     Boston Dynamics to start selling SpotMini robot as soon as 2019 The four-legged Boston Dynamics robot that became an internet star when it featured in a series of viral videos is set to go on sale next year. More ›     Seven architecture and design opportunities available in New York To coincide with New York's International Contemporary Furniture Fair, which starts this weekend, we've selected seven of the best roles in the city available on Dezeen Jobs right now, including with Aesop and Karim Rashid. More ›     Renato D'Ettorre Architects references Italian villas for overhaul of Sydney home A vaulted brick extension is amongst a host of features that Renato D'Ettorre has introduced to this Sydney home during a renovation that takes note of traditional Italian villas. More ›     Biker ghouls feature in retro-style music video for new Cancer Bats track Gatekeeper A gang of ghouls embarks on a motorcycle journey to a castle in this 1980s-style music video, created for Toronto band Cancer Bats by designer Stevie Gee. More ›     Chuon Chuon Kim Kindergarten by Kientruc O looks like a cluster of brick houses Architecture studio Kientruc O has designed a kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City, which is made up of a stack of gabled brick blocks and features a curving cantilevered staircase leading to a roof garden. More ›     Kamarq launches colourful rentable furniture but pulls items after copying claims Japanese furniture brand Kamarq has launched in New York with a collection of products that users can rent monthly, but almost immediately pulled several of its designs amid plagiarism accusations. More ›     Airbnb debuts new scaleable typeface designed by Dalton Magg Airbnb has launched a new versatile brand typeface that is designed to have good readability across digital and print media. More ›     Norse's hacked IKEA cabinets are named after women's rights activists Women's rights activists like Eleanor Roosevelt, Frida Kahlo and Rosa Parks lend their names to designs in this series of hacked IKEA cabinets, created by New York City furniture start-up Norse. More ›     Norman Foster and Richard Rogers pay tribute to "genius" Will Alsop British architectural heavyweights Norman Foster and Richard Rogers have written tributes to Will Alsop, who passed away earlier this week. More ›     United Visual Artists fills A/D/O courtyard with rotating mirrors for Spirit of the City installation British studio United Visual Artists has installed a set of gold-mirrored columns in a courtyard in Brooklyn, which spin around to reflect light patterns, visitors, and the surrounding brick walls. More ›     Henge creates walnut-topped table using wooden fusion technique Furniture company Henge has created a dining table with a handmade "micro-mosaic" wooden top standing on bronze sand-casted legs. More ›     New visuals emerge of development risking Liverpool's UNESCO World Heritage status The design of the £5 billion development set to transform the northern docks of Liverpool, England, has been revised in response to concerns from the UNESCO conservation committee. More ›     Diamond Schmitt creates white facades with pops of colour for Vancouver art school Canadian studio Diamond Schmitt Architects has completed a new home for the Emily Carr University of Art & Design, which features white facades that are meant to evoke a blank canvas. More ›     UK government will foot £400 million bill to replace Grenfell-style cladding UK prime minister Theresa May has pledged £400 million to remove and replace dangerous cladding on social-housing blocks, one year after the Grenfell Tower fire. 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